Last night my good friend was putting his kids to bed when someone stole his raft out of his driveway while it was laid out to deflate.
The raft was taken from Homestead (Edwards). It is new this summer - a 14 ft 3E blue AIRE / grey bottem and greythwarts with 6 blue footcups.
The serial number is 200700008
I have faith in the rivergods that this boat will come back with your help!!!!!!!
Please respond with any info or call Pat at 970-390-8627
Thanks!
wow, unbelievable....since that boat was only months old, i hope it will be easy to spot with whatever the theives plan to do with it. Lets all keep an eye out & Eagle Valley boaters beware there are some major scumbags around.
Just keep spreading the word, it is pretty hard to keep something as big as a raft a secret, especially in such a tight knit community of boaters.
A friend of mine had his raft stolen and the idiots tried to take it out on the same river about a week later, lets just say it was recovered pretty quickly.
probably already know, but check out craigslists/ebay/pawnshops all over Western Slope, newspapers, post on every forum you can, put up flyers in raft/fly shops/etc. The more the better, that is what a friend of mine did and it worked. Right now its probably in car or stored away. Keep looking months down the road, that is when they will try and get rid of it. Good Luck. If you catch them, please kick the shit out of them for me.
Wow! I live in Homestead and leave stuff outside all the time without even thinking about it. Maybe not anymore. Good luck and I will be keeping my eyes open.
I will issue a beat-down to everyone with a blue Aire and check the serial numbers before they regain consciousness. You have to be proactive with this stuff.
Saw two people R2ing a new looking blue aire on the Eagle at cross creek at about 1 pm on Thursday. They just put in so I could not check the rafts #. Hope this helps
Yes cross creek south of Minturn. It was two guys over 6' tall short brown hair the person dropping them off was driving a silver 1980's small pick up. I was driving and by the time I turned around they had launched. Hope this helps I will keep my eyes open
Total crap, I hope these guys read this site because the Rivergods bitch slap people who steal boats/rafts. Karma baby. You steal a boat/raft, you drown or carnage awaits.
Good luck getting it back, if not, file a police report and your homeowners insurance should get you back on the river in no time. And you can rest assure that the thieves will pay the price one way or another.
The serial number is sooo easy to remember, thankfully. It's etched in the brain so we'll be looking for the Aire. In Glenwood that is standard fare but who knew that could happen at home...
Hopefully he's not responding because his knuckles are too bruised to type!
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