Stolen Boats in Cypress

I just read an article about some unfortunate dragon boaters in Cyprus who will miss this year's Limassol Dragon Boat Festival Races. The reason? The Dragon Boats for the event - which were due to be shipped from the UK to Cyprus, were stolen from their storage compound in Cirencester, Gloucester, along with their road trailer !

As the report said, "The Gloucestershire Police have been unable to trace either the boats or trailer and say they are bafflled as to why anyone would want to steal two 40' Dragon Boats." The assumption is that the thiefs were after the trailer and that the boats would soon be found in a ditch somewhere.

Unfortunately due to the timing of the thievery, new boats cannot be sent to Cypress in time for the event so the races have been rescheduled to next October 2008.

The saddest thing about this whole incident was the reason the Cyprus Dragon Boat Association needed the new boats in the first place, because one year earlier their 4 boats and their trailer were destroyed by fire!

So if anyone spots some dragon boats for sale, I guess you ought to call the Gloucestershire Police!