Three things I have learned so far while working with Kiran Pinisetti and Kelly O’Hara in Cowboys & Indianstheir DCB Performance Marine M37R catamaran, for several events this summer:
1. How to install a Marine Concepts cover on a catamaran on a dump trailer. 2. How to polish the side of a hull. 3. How to steal and recover a Ford F-350 tow vehicle same evening.
The same night it was stolen, the Ford F-350 truck of DCB M37R catamaran co-owner Kiran Pinisetti was seized.
I learned lesson number 3 last night with Pinisetti, his wife Jessica and two of their friends after a late dinner at Pepe & Dolores, a fine Italian restaurant in Cincinnati, before the Rock The River Fun Run this weekend. blocked The truck – key words – was parked in a well-lit, paid parking lot across the street.
But when we were full of fresh pasta and ready for bed, we found ourselves standing in front of an empty room. No broken glass or other signs of forced entry. And definitely no truck.
As anyone who has ever had a car stolen can attest, it takes a moment to accept in your mind what your eyes are telling you when you come across such a scene. Then acceptance turns to anger and a whole lot of (euphemistic) “How the hell did they do that? The damn thing was fucking locked. Those damn bastards.”
The “how,” at least according to the four members of Cincinnati’s best police force who met us at the car when we located it – via the Ford tracking app on Pinisetti’s phone – in an area I’d rather not revisit at midnight, is something called a “frequency receiver.” It’s a hot item among car thieves these days, and while the technology is a little beyond my comprehension, it works on today’s code-locked vehicles.
Aside from a slightly damaged rear fender and a missing hubcap, the truck was undamaged. The $30,000 worth of propellers were still in the back seat. But a legal and licensed firearm was missing. (In the unlikely event that the thieves are readers of speedonthewater.com, first of all, piss off, and secondly, the gun theft was reported on the spot.)
“That’s usually what these thieves are looking for,” said one of the police officers. “Guns.”
Got away with luck.
Thanks to the great work of the tow truck driver, the truck is back in the marina, just a few meters from the Cowboys & Indians DCB-Cat. Pinisetti is a car dealer and one of his employees brings a new keychain for the truck from his headquarters in Indianapolis. The story ends happily.
And even if this morning’s rain and thunder had continued during today’s lunchtime run and street festival, we would still be the jolliest, happiest group in town at this weekend’s event.
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