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£6,000 boat engine stolen from UK dive club
An investigation has been launched by the Police after a new boat engine worth £6,000 was stolen from a UK diving club.
Scuba divers from the Calshot Sub-Aqua Club in Hampshire are appealing for help after the Yamaha 150bhp two-stroke engine was taken from a locked facility on a New Forest farm.
Club officials say the boat was also badly damaged when the thieves struck.
Peter Holding, committee member and marketing officer, said the loss of the engine has seriously affected the club’s diving programme.
He said: “We have a great many students and new members currently going through an intensive training programme – myself included, as I’m currently doing my dive leader course.
“As a club we also had a boat handling course which was to run in October but that is now seriously in doubt. It is really frustrating and very annoying to say the least.
“Other BSAC affiliated clubs are trying to help us but they have their own busy dive schedules to meet so it isn’t easy to accommodate our needs too. But if any club or individual can help us either by loaning us a boat or engine we’d be delighted.
“Whoever took the engine cut through cables and pipes. For instance fuel lines, pipes to the oil reservoir, throttle cables, steering lines and even lines to our echo location system were cut or simply pulled away.
“We understand, from the police officer dealing with the theft, that two other boat engines were stolen in the same period and in much the same way. We would certainly warn anyone who has an expensive boat engine stored with a boat to be very vigilant.
“The whole thing is now in the hands of our insurance company and we will have to wait and see how long it all takes.”
Anybody who can help or who is interested in joining Calshot Sub Aqua Club should ring 0870 7652722 or email info@calshotdivers.com.
Source: www.dailyecho.co.uk
Over the next 12 months, specialist scuba holiday company Dive Worldwide will be supporting Bite-Back Shark & Marine Conservation with donations collected from client bookings to any one of its stunning dive destinations around the world. The independently-owned operator expects to raise £3000 for the UK charity.
Manager at Dive Worldwide, Phil North, said: “We’re especially excited to work with Bite-Back and support its intelligent, creative and results-driven campaigns to end the UK trade in shark products and prompt a change in attitudes to the ocean’s most maligned inhabitant.”
Bite-Back is running campaigns to hold the media to account on the way it reports shark news along with a brand new nationwide education programme. Last year the charity was credited for spearheading a UK ban on the import and export of shark fins.
Campaign director at Bite-Back, Graham Buckingham, said: “We’re enormously grateful to Dive Worldwide for choosing to support Bite-Back. The company’s commitment to conservation helps set it apart from other tour operators and we’re certain its clients admire and respect that policy. For us, the affiliation is huge and helps us look to the future with confidence we can deliver against key conservation programmes.”
To launch the fundraising initiative, Phil North presented Graham Buckingham with a cheque for £1,000.
Visit Dive Worldwide to discover its diverse range of international scuba adventures and visit Bite-Back to learn more about the charity’s campaigns.
MORE INFORMATION
Call Graham Buckingham on 07810 454 266 or email graham@bite-back.com
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