Tender Theft in Siracusa, Sicily

Created by sue. Last modified on 2009-07-06 12:21:11
Countries: Italy

Published 2009-07-05

I read with interest (the below) message about a tender theft in Syracusa. The same thing happened to us in the exact same spot by the bridge about 2 years ago. It seems we interrupted the thieves though we we found a hammer and screw-driver by the padlock and damage to the padlock. They had taken our fuel can, anchor etc but had not yet broken the padlock, so we were lucky. But a warning to your readers, this is a bad harbour for tender theft!

Simon

Published 2008-09-18

When visiting Siracusa, Sicily, Italy in June 2008, we left our tender close to the bridge between the old and new parts of Siracusa and close to the Marina, as this is a place used by small fishing boats and loads of traffic over the bridge.

However when we returned with the shopping, the Tender was gone.

The Tender was locked to a chain and also attached with its mooring lines, but the thief managed to break the lock and cut the mooring lines.

We filed a report with the Police and we borrowed a friends tender to make a long tour of the towns marinas and the complete bay to see if we could find our tender, but we found nothing.

We informed the insurance company Pantaenius and hope they will cover the cost of a new tender as the old one was only about 4 1/2 years old. But we have not yet been informed and after nearly three months are still waiting.

We bought a new tender in Malta and the total cost was about € 4.600

Unhappy Skipper.