Sabatage?

They did not sell me any Delstar battery.
I bought 2 Diehard batteries at the same time.
I never heard of Delstar, and learned my lesson on buying cheap batteries a long time ago.
I also looked at the Sears website and they only showed Diehard Marine batteries.
 
Since you can hide the game camera I'd say just do it. There's no telling what "creatures" are visiting your boat.....
 
I would go to the two live aboards and tell them what has happened and that local law enforcement is involved and a good set of fingerprints to work off of. Tell them to keep an eye out for anything suspicious.

See which one changes marinas first.
 
When I was living in HK, I declined the use of the local marina service crew as my new trawler was to be serviced by the boat agent for 2 years - part of the deal i made when made the initial purchase.

About two months into ownership, hopped onto the boat and went to take her out. Put both engines into astern and increased throttles. And increased throttles. And increased throttles again. Boat just floated in the pen. Turned everything off. Tied boat up. Went into engine room to find that someone had disconnected both shafts from the transmissions. Not an easy job. Would have taken them an hour or so of screwing around

i new it was the marina service crew but of course had no proof. Laughed about it at the time but for quite a while when I went down to the boat I half expected to find something amiss. Never did.
 
Is it possible the marina inadvertently put the wrong battery in when you splashed this spring. Our marina infamous for this in the spring rush to launch.

Seems like a strange crime with all the other valuables on a boat.
 
jmeirhofer has a good idea.
I was with an organization that was vicitimized by two thieves. We did just as J said: let them know we were closing in on some Thieves and to keep thier eyes open as they might have to testify....
They both dissapeard.
 
My boat lives on a mooring. Anyway, I've had 2 incidents happen to me. Just like you I had bought 2 deep cycle Exide batteries from Auto Palace. That next fall found out someone had swapped out both of my batteries for some older ones. Another time I found a bong inside my cockpit enclosure. I figure it was a couple of kids on a skiff or something that wanted to remain out of site.

Nick k
 
This happened to me during a fall layup and spring thaw. Boat yard had my batteries on a trickle charge over the winter and put the wrong batteries back in the boat in the spring. it wasn't until a month into the season it occurred to me that i didn't have the same. I now put my name on the batteries.
 
Boat stays in the water year round.
Boat yard doesn't do any work on our boat unless we ask them to.
They don't board boats either, unless asked.
I am friends with the owners, one of them looked at the issue and talked to the liveaboards.
One is on my dock and the other is on the next dock.
All the game cameras I can find have a flash. Not good unless it is done during the day time.
I work away from home for 2 weeks at a time. So we put colored ty-wraps on the hatchs to see if anyone cuts and opens the hatches while I am away. Boat stays locked, but the engine hatches have no locks.
Where the boat is located is about as far up the bayou as most boats go. It almost had to be someone in the boat yard, in my opinion.
 
Then there is the possibility that this was an isolated, never to be repeated incident. Never leave anything of obvious value on the boat, especially if it can be carried off with ease, We live in a nasty world. I agree that it would be helpful to talk to the nearby liveaboards and put them on notice.
 
Make sure you take a sharpie marker and put a single dot on the tie wrap. If you can buy the colored ones so can they.

Then when you check your wire ties you will see if it's the one you put on or not. Most times thieves will not notice a mark on the wire tie when they are swapping them after an entry.

I also put a twist in my wire tie before connecting it. Most would not notice a single twist but I would notice if it was not there.

I had some guy leaving brochures ony helm like once a week. I knew who he was as I bought a radar unit from him. He would board my boat ( unzipping canvas in 3 places, go in and leave stuff on my dash for radar masts that cost thousands of dollars and other equipment that was intended for stealth bombers.

I wired tied my zippers with a standard black tie as two of them would meet when zipped closed. This guy would cut the wire tie and replace it!!!! And then not leave anything inside but foot prints. I
My cabin had a padlock on it so he could go no further but it bugged me. I went to colored wire ties and it stopped. He was a rich older guy and I think he either got the message or could not find the same ties.

I got them in Maine at Big Al's in wacassett ayup.
They were cheap Chinese imported ties with weird faded colors. They were not going to be found in Mystic CT. Unless you went to West Marine and paid $500.00 for 6 of them. Ha ha ha ha!
 
Very stealthy, using a single twist on a zip tie. I have placed an insiginificant piece of paper (size of a match stick) in my door jamb just to see if anybody had been snooping. Don't use a lock, never would be able to find a replacement cabin door if they decided to bust sh#t up to discover there's nothing that valuable in there. Microwave ovens and TV's are cheaper than a ruined non replaceable door.
 
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