﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>BoatQuest.com Boating Community Forums / Experiences / Boating &amp; Cruising  / Missing 53' Sailboat from Texas / Latest Posts</title><generator>InstantForum.NET v4.1.4</generator><description>BoatQuest.com Boating Community Forums</description><link>http://forum.boatquest.com/</link><webMaster>forums@boatquest.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:20:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Missing 53' Sailboat from Texas</title><link>http://forum.boatquest.com/Topic37-17-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;DIV style="BORDER-RIGHT: white 0.75pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 12pt; BORDER-TOP: white 0.75pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 14pt; BACKGROUND: #f2f2f2; PADDING-BOTTOM: 12pt; BORDER-LEFT: white 0.75pt solid; PADDING-TOP: 12pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: white 0.75pt solid; mso-shading: windowtext; mso-pattern: gray-5 auto"&gt;&lt;P class=BlockQuotation style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"&gt;MISSING 53' KETCH SAILBOAT&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;P class=BlockQuotation style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align=center&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt"&gt;&lt;B&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;P class=BlockQuotation style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none" align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;Missing Person &lt;/B&gt;&lt;P align=center&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT size=5&gt;John Delage&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Vessel “Jenny Jean” last seen at the Watergate Marina in Clear Lake, 1500 Marina Bay Drive, Clear Lake Shores, Texas, USA. Went Missing in October 2003.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoListNumber&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: -0.5pt"&gt;We are assisting the legal owner in locating her stolen sailboat that was last seen in the possession of her EX-Husband “John Delage”, a skilled aircraft mechanic with over 25 years in the aviation industry, and has worked in St. Croix USVI, Caracas Venezuela, Florida, Alabama, Texas and Georgia, approx. age 55-56, White male Caucasian 200-220 lbs&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;.&lt;B&gt;, 6'1"&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoListNumber&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: red"&gt;If you have any information that may assist us in locating this sailboat, please call our office or email us at:&lt;/SPAN&gt; &lt;A style="COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single" href="mailto:pi@laprivateeye.com"&gt;pi@laprivateeye.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;Description of sailboat:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;53’ center cockpit ketch, fiberglass hull, USCG # 1035847, hull# AYK53004M87B, USCG registered, boat is a "Kit hull Boat" with teak interior, may be traveling in Central, South America or Caribbean Islands.  Also with a 1982 11 FT Boston Whaler &amp;amp; Cape Dory Dinghy –BWCH476601828.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=4&gt;The interior:  a mixture of woods natural teak, cherry, white ash, walnut, sassafras and red elm. The stainless wheel on the pedestal is installed in the manner that you cannot stand behind the wheel in the cockpit.  You have to stand on the seat behind the wheel. Engine – Lister Petter, Model CS4MP, serial # 3700138C4A-902. 4 Cylinders.  &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;Washer/Dryer combination – Stainless steel Splendid 2000&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;, Bose Stereo System, Westerbeke&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt; 7.7 KW, Serial #24521&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt; Propeller – Bronze (3) blade Feathering (MAX PROP) &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;Has 2 water tanks-approx 200 gallons each&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4&gt;, Galley – the counter top is Off-white Corian.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;O:P&gt;&lt;/O:P&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt"&gt;It seems that the Ex-husband cleared out the family bank accounts and sailed off into the sunset leaving the family in debt up to their eyeballs!  Help us bring back justice to this family in need, ask around and see if anybody has seen this boat, post this on your local ship's store bulletin board.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1111 size=4&gt;For more information please look at the details at: &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.laprivateeye.com/missing_sailboat.htm"&gt;&lt;FONT color=#ff1111 size=4&gt;http://www.laprivateeye.com/missing_sailboat.htm&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;/B&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P class=MsoBodyText&gt;&lt;B&gt;Ken Dreger, PI&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/B&gt;</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:19:39 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>kdreger</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>