They did changed the name, but you can't change the boat and all its characteristics. Especially since they did not seem to understand the passion of Boatlovers for details
Well done yacht world community. I don't have a yacht, never will but I thoroughly enjoy this channel. It provides a look into a diverse and interesting culture.
Renting your boat out is perfectly normal, many people do it to assist with the cost of them. I did it for a year. Cheers to the sailors of the world and a grand cheers to the finders.
I know the yacht club well I grew up there, learnt to sail optimist there. This vessel would of stood out like a mega yacht, it would be unusually super luxurious. If they headed to a busier marina with more similar yachts it would of blended in more.
@@danielkantor3248 Did you know that most of this planet is not English speaking? The commenter stated that he is from Croatia, so I think you have to be grateful to the commenter to write in Your language so You can understand it, even though the commenter does not have to do this for you. Instead of feeling gratitude, you felt offended. Well done! You need some self reflection time I guess.
So... boat makers could/should get ~50 RFID chips, all with one code, and bury them in the fibreglass as the boat is being made. A simple RFID scanner would then identify the boat in particular. It would be hard to remove them without making a mess. And/or, add microdots to the fibreglass, so they can be dug out, cleaned, and viewed in a microscope, similar to "explosive taggants" used to identify the origin of explosive blocks. Just make it hard to remove the identifiers.
A great story with a happy ending, well done on the report - first I heard about it. Just as a footnote I really dislike the term superyacht when the vessel is not a grotesque display of wealth. I understand it drives traffic from would-be millionaires but for those of us into sailing who are chartering similar sized yachts with friends there's not much luxury about sailing them.
In Europe the kicker is if the boat has been used for illicit activities like drug running . The boat can still be impounded even if the boat had been leased out on holiday charter.
This is great Cinderella story , a rich guy lost his yacht but then in the end he found his yacht again , happy ending! (just kidding , greetings from Croatia!)
Production pleasure vessels have a hidden HIN (Hull Identification Number) which if the actual HIN had been altered would have helped the authorities in positively identifying the boat.
Looks like a backup gps location system that has its own power supply and needs to be "deliberately" shut off every couple of weeks so it doesn't activate randomly seems to be a good idea.
Owners need to leave some air tags hidden around the boat. It's almost certain that someone with an iPhone will be on the boat at some point. So the AIS is irrelevant.
Curious, why is the telescopic passarelle (sp?) not visible on the stern photo at 2:21? Was it added later? Or is the vessel name edited onto a similar stern photo?
good story- use an air tags. or go old school- etch the last 4 numbers of your SS # somewhere like the engine room- only you could direct police to look. thieves are just not that smart.
This! Lord knows what those people did to it and you may not find out until something catastrophically fails. No way I’m taking that boat back with an inch by inch inspection.
Is their some kind of corrupt police culture in Brazil the theives hoped to trade on ? Possible the spotters made it difficult for the cops to play dumb .
Writing from Australia the North America, Central America and South America are the other side of the world, get it right mate 😂. Also if I’m going to Europe I say it’s the other side of the world it’s a figure of speech.
@@arfriedman4577 I cannot understand how many of you are completely thick about world geography. From Croatia Brazil is half way around the world. Didn't your parents send you to school.
@cagno1 yes I went to school. Croatia north of equator, Brazil south of equator. From Croatia to Australia according to your info, would still be halfway around the world.
@@Jin-Ro delivery sailors,yes it gets done. I think the novel Kilo Class is based on an American submarine fleet big time chief delivering a yacht from Britain to Tasmania . How can you go wrong? But these owners have had their dose of trusting con artist criminals with Russian accents. Maybe if they have foreign accents.......
We should never trust any of our governments but most people are wonderful…spent time in Russia back in the 80’s…amazed at the appreciation for the arts…loved the ballet , opera , winter palace and the people were so kind with old world manners….never trust the reports we read always trust people
It is the Croatian flag which, from a distance, looks like the Dutch flag. Ships documents were forged, the video doesn't state if the original were Dutch or if the docs were forged from scratch (without originals)
These yachts are a "hole in the water you throw money into". They're also supposed indicators of success and "finding fulfillment." But those who get them find out it only adds to their grief and emptiness. We should be seeing what Philanthropists are doing with their money. Because it's the source of satisfaction, if not happiness.
JK Rowling bought herself a yacht that she hardly used or enjoyed for say $37 million and later sold for say $3 million ... something like that. Yachts for sale can be on the market for years.
Must be one of the UPPERCLASS criminals, they are known to do this! And of course they may do so as they live above the law! I have afriend in the yachting business and he told me about this and how he is still waiting for his money but will never get!! Time we all go and get our hard worked for money back by these FILTHY rich living above the laws!!!!
Thieves with bad taste. Having been ashore for quite a few years, it's hard to know if that's now a common design style, reverse angle stem and barn door transom? Whatever the case, it's ugly as hell, reminiscent of very late 19th century and early 20th century warships, which were no beauties. FMD.
Hats off to those who reported the boat to police.
Hats off to the amateur's for not changing the name or decals or anything
They did changed the name, but you can't change the boat and all its characteristics. Especially since they did not seem to understand the passion of Boatlovers for details
Well done yacht world community. I don't have a yacht, never will but I thoroughly enjoy this channel. It provides a look into a diverse and interesting culture.
Renting your boat out is perfectly normal, many people do it to assist with the cost of them. I did it for a year.
Cheers to the sailors of the world and a grand cheers to the finders.
Ruzzians? Maybe they thought it was going to attack them so they conquered it?
Or more in tune with recent news, they just decided other's property and lives were more valuable than theirs and decided to conquer and abscond.
HH, mighty glad you and your wife got your boat back. 🇿🇦
I know the yacht club well I grew up there, learnt to sail optimist there. This vessel would of stood out like a mega yacht, it would be unusually super luxurious. If they headed to a busier marina with more similar yachts it would of blended in more.
Esse barco não seria recuperado se estivesse na Marina da Glória
Would HAVE…would’ve…there is no "would of". Bad grammar is harder to take seriously.
@@danielkantor3248l always love it when Americans who have never learned a foreign language feel superior because they speak fluent English 😂
@@danielkantor3248 Did you know that most of this planet is not English speaking? The commenter stated that he is from Croatia, so I think you have to be grateful to the commenter to write in Your language so You can understand it, even though the commenter does not have to do this for you. Instead of feeling gratitude, you felt offended. Well done! You need some self reflection time I guess.
Do you read/write/speak Croatian....bet not so s..t..f..u!!@@danielkantor3248
Im just surprised you could find a Russian, Latvian and Lithuanian on the same boat. Were they found alive????????
Only one was on board. The other two had "flown back to Russia"... in air quotes.
latvia and lithuania have bunch of russians living there, the soviets moved people there from inner russia.
@@vallevaan and now Putinistas are saying these minorities are being mistreated...
I'm expecting a joke about them walking into a bar .
If it was my boat, I'd install my own tracker. Always have a fail-safe.
Although I don't own a yacht, but this is great advice & a great find and story.
And. . . A generous reward was given to the finders???
So... boat makers could/should get ~50 RFID chips, all with one code, and bury them in the fibreglass as the boat is being made. A simple RFID scanner would then identify the boat in particular. It would be hard to remove them without making a mess. And/or, add microdots to the fibreglass, so they can be dug out, cleaned, and viewed in a microscope, similar to "explosive taggants" used to identify the origin of explosive blocks. Just make it hard to remove the identifiers.
A simple RFID scanner can be used by the thieves to also find those chips.
A great story with a happy ending, well done on the report - first I heard about it. Just as a footnote I really dislike the term superyacht when the vessel is not a grotesque display of wealth. I understand it drives traffic from would-be millionaires but for those of us into sailing who are chartering similar sized yachts with friends there's not much luxury about sailing them.
Yep. Those have heli-pads. This one's a 56. Super nice boat, though
superyachts sound like 2-3+ story yachts not a 1-2 story under-deck yacht
but modern sailboats are high luxury. Maybe you are misinformed
"Owners are going to have it shipped back to Croatia" It's a big boat,just sail it back.
Wrong time of year. Charter it out there or go enjoy it yourselves. Then sail it back in April.
In Europe the kicker is if the boat has been used for illicit activities like drug running . The boat can still be impounded even if the boat had been leased out on holiday charter.
This is great Cinderella story , a rich guy lost his yacht but then in the end he found his yacht again , happy ending! (just kidding , greetings from Croatia!)
WHAT else would you expect from russinas ? Dont have any contact and you have no problems.
The police are going to require a payment approximately equal to the retail value of the yacht in order to satisfy the impound fees. Great job!
Production pleasure vessels have a hidden HIN (Hull Identification Number) which if the actual HIN had been altered would have helped the authorities in positively identifying the boat.
Dumb question from my side: Is that HIN something like a serial number?
@johnerdam961 Yes, it's like a vehicle VIN.
dont' tell me Russian are involve can't believe it. can I ?
I love your work. I have had a lot of interest in yatches and boats. Will be happy to have a guidance angel in this journey I am starting
Looks like a backup gps location system that has its own power supply and needs to be "deliberately" shut off every couple of weeks so it doesn't activate randomly seems to be a good idea.
Can they be sniffed out if transmission is continuous? Maybe one or two pings a day perhaps would still help .
Glad they found Mischief! You know what I mean
Owners need to leave some air tags hidden around the boat.
It's almost certain that someone with an iPhone will be on the boat at some point. So the AIS is irrelevant.
Really enjoy your videos. Watching from Ecuador.
Yes! I like the short view format.
wow, definately easier than saving, buying and sailing around the world. I am still working towards push off. Food for thought.
Outstanding by all involved!
Sweet! Grats on being on the good guy side. Very cool
Update? How about photos of the persons involved and a separate update on the vessel?
Looks like they were up to some " mischief" (the boat name ) hahaha
Could be that the boat stole itself? As it is misbehaving??? :o
I had a cross eyed girlfriend on that boat but we had to break up because we couldn't see eye to eye.
my type of yacht. what a beauty!
Curious, why is the telescopic passarelle (sp?) not visible on the stern photo at 2:21? Was it added later? Or is the vessel name edited onto a similar stern photo?
Good eyes 🤔
I dont have an expensive boat like that but if I did I would have one of those GPS trackers....even two.....on the thing so I could find it anytime.
Bravos are nice but what about the reward? Surely the insurance carrier has a reward
good story- use an air tags. or go old school- etch the last 4 numbers of your SS # somewhere like the engine room- only you could direct police to look. thieves are just not that smart.
Recovering the yacht may cost more than it is worth.
Years ago Bison Dele catamaran was found far from where it was supposed to be. I think it was altered too.
Give me the insurance check, keep the boat
This! Lord knows what those people did to it and you may not find out until something catastrophically fails. No way I’m taking that boat back with an inch by inch inspection.
Right On E !!!
Brazil is "the other side of the world" from the Adriatic? Hardly. The other side of the Atlantic, anyway.
Is their some kind of corrupt police culture in Brazil the theives hoped to trade on ? Possible the spotters made it difficult for the cops to play dumb .
Way to go people!!
Latvia is not Russia ! 🤣 So the bearded babbler !😂
nice
You can run but you can't hide.
Parabéns à Policia Federal.
Não tenho mais vontade ou quaisquer esperanças de navegar em veleiro pelo mundo.
O mundo mudou,somos reféns do crime.
You have to avoid the pirate infested regions .
Russians…
Didn't I see this on channel #1?
Captain totally in on it.
That's what sailboats do: sail about the world.
Does the Insurance company pay a reward for recovery of the vessel?
All charterboats in Croatia and also in Greece are privately owned!
Brazil is not the other side of the world dude, Australia is. And you are a sailor!
Figure of speech maybe
Writing from Australia the North America, Central America and South America are the other side of the world, get it right mate 😂. Also if I’m going to Europe I say it’s the other side of the world it’s a figure of speech.
Croatia is in Europe. Brazil is South America.
It is basically the other side of the world.
@@arfriedman4577 I cannot understand how many of you are completely thick about world geography. From Croatia Brazil is half way around the world. Didn't your parents send you to school.
@cagno1 yes I went to school. Croatia north of equator, Brazil south of equator.
From Croatia to Australia according to your info, would still be halfway around the world.
Good news, but really something that was fraudulently done.
latvian and lithuanian ?
Some of Putin's friends.
Russians! Say no more!
The boat belongs to the insurance company now anyway 😂 cos they paid the owner for the loss
typical russian
Yes, there's a story behind this, 😂⛵️⚓️🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Sounds fishy. It can only do 6-9kts. They could've checked in with every harbor master. Hmmm...
Captain Jack Sparrow has been busy…..
Hardly a feel-good story. So a rich man got his toy back? Please, sysman. See, this is why people don’t like you. And it’s pronounced HON-SUH
Our world is filled with corrupt people…no matter what part of the world you come from…even corrupt governments.
Wonder if the Latvian girl knew what was going on, she may well be innocent victim, just caretaking.
How do you ship a yacht?
On a ship.
Drum roll, please @@pilothouseking
They do get shipped. The braces and supports and chains are welded to the metal deck for good measure in case of rough seas.
@@Biggles732 Ah ok. Never occurred to me that you could ship a yacht somewhere. I thought they hired delivery sailors or something.
@@Jin-Ro delivery sailors,yes it gets done. I think the novel Kilo Class is based on an American submarine fleet big time chief delivering a yacht from Britain to Tasmania . How can you go wrong? But these owners have had their dose of trusting con artist criminals with Russian accents. Maybe if they have foreign accents.......
Mischief! You can't make this stuff up.
Sparrow?
congratulations to the Brazilian police
I want to confess... I know nothing
foiled a future drug boat,,, or it had return cash that got offloaded prior , seems like the perfect target boat ,
LAtvia mentioned RAAAH
Brazil is not the other side of the world from Croatia. Its a mere 5000 miles. The "other side of the world basically" would be near New Zealand.
The yacht crossed the meridian line bye
And the name of the owner is? Ask me I will tell you.
Difficult for a crook to make an honest living these days...
Russians....
Nothing good comes from Russia…
Them was ukrainians
@@KosherFinance Wrong
@@franc9111 them ukranians up to no good
We should never trust any of our governments but most people are wonderful…spent time in Russia back in the 80’s…amazed at the appreciation for the arts…loved the ballet , opera , winter palace and the people were so kind with old world manners….never trust the reports we read always trust people
Even the best vodka.
ofcourse its sailing the dutch flag....... our system for registering boats is completly broken
It is the Croatian flag which, from a distance, looks like the Dutch flag.
Ships documents were forged, the video doesn't state if the original were Dutch or if the docs were forged from scratch (without originals)
Difficult to understand
one thief stole from another thief; make a guess, who can own a yacht in croatia - a poor post-war eastern block coutry? only bandits...
She is pretty looking.
"Nothing" doesnt have a k on the end
Dirty that’s Russians ….
How many times will you repeat the info and state the obvious?
Poor rich people. LOL
insurance scam
These yachts are a "hole in the water you throw money into". They're also supposed indicators of success and "finding fulfillment." But those who get them find out it only adds to their grief and emptiness. We should be seeing what Philanthropists are doing with their money. Because it's the source of satisfaction, if not happiness.
You sure are generous with other people's money.
JK Rowling bought herself a yacht that she hardly used or enjoyed for say $37 million and later sold for say $3 million ... something like that. Yachts for sale can be on the market for years.
not even smart enough to change the name..lol..
Albina
Must be one of the UPPERCLASS criminals, they are known to do this! And of course they may do so as they live above the law!
I have afriend in the yachting business and he told me about this and how he is still waiting for his money but will never get!!
Time we all go and get our hard worked for money back by these FILTHY rich living above the laws!!!!
Kind of an ugly boat
💪🏻❤️🇭🇷🫡
RuZZians….
So In other words a democrat stole it and blamed Russia 😂
Thieves with bad taste. Having been ashore for quite a few years, it's hard to know if that's now a common design style, reverse angle stem and barn door transom? Whatever the case, it's ugly as hell, reminiscent of very late 19th century and early 20th century warships, which were no beauties. FMD.
Perhaps it’s only ugly to you, the owner’s seem to love her, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Boat owners need to install tracking systems
nobody cares if a superyacht gets retrieved
Everybody cares!
no they dont fool@@AthosRac
That is not a superyacht
It's a really nice boat but you're right. I could care less about who lost it and who gets it.
I do
Russians eh ?
Of course Russians
if you've ever dealt with american law enforcement you will adopt the ACAB understanding sooner or later.
ох уж эти русские🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I say the Brazilians had no authority to do anything.
Odd, nobody asked you or gives a fk about your opinion. Who could have guessed.
They were not Russians, but Ukrainians
Alert for a Russian troll.