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LexA quotes " lots of cruising people dont carry boat insurance for a variety of reasons so accept that anything that happens comes out of their own pocket hence the term 'self insured'. I didnt coin the phrase but have seen it used quite a bit over the past year or two and I fit into that category. Mind you some marinas' and slipways wont allow you to use their facilities unless you can show a current certificate of insurance but I havent found that to be a problem. "
No wonder he has no insurance, he just uses fraud to get boats replaced!http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/01/06/14/58/qld-boatie-jailed-for-flood-appeal-rort
A Queensland boat owner rorted almost $60,000 from the 2011 flood appeal by claiming that his boat had been swept away, but came unstuck after he told the true story of what happened in a national magazine.
Lex Adams, 62, was sentenced on Monday to three-and-a-half years' prison, suspended after 12 months, for fraud and making false declarations.
The Brisbane District Court was told that he falsely claimed $58,455 from the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal and the National Disaster Relief and Recovery scheme in 2011.
The former machine operator and truck driver told recovery centre workers that his small catamaran - which was also his home - had washed away in severe floods that devastated Brisbane in January 2011.
But the vessel had actually been destroyed five months earlier when Adams grounded it on a sandbar in bad weather in far north Queensland.
An investigation into the boating accident found inexperience and insufficient planning were mostly to blame.
Adams, whom the court was told was unable to work because of a back injury, told the story of how he'd lost everything in the boating mishap to Cruising Helmsman magazine in October 2010.
The yarn was published in the magazine's March 2011 edition under the front-page headline "Battler loses everything to sandbar" - the same month Adams applied for round two of the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.
His fraud was discovered when the Department of Communities received an anonymous tip-off from a member of the public.
Adams was eventually arrested in Darwin in June 2013, after he'd bought a new boat and called it "Travesty".
"It was a fraud ... that was made up of donations from people whose hearts were moved to assist persons in true need," Crown prosecutor Sal Vasta told the court.
Defence barrister Steve Crofton said it had seemed unfair to Adams that people were compensated for flood damage when he'd received nothing after his boating accident.
However, Judge Terry Martin said Adams had "blatantly rorted" donations to which he had no entitlement.
"You took advantage of the suffering of others to advance your own position," he said.
"You seem to have a sense of entitlement from taxpayers and other people who generously donate to relief funds to fund your own existence."
What an @sshole. That money came from donations to help flood victims. Selfish pr!ck. I'm handing out pitchforks, anyone want one?
"...at least you could be honest".
"Get of your arse..."
"...be genuine and be real".
LexA
From page 1 from the link aboveSelect to expand quote
in my late 50's, been sailing for almost 40 year, no formal sailing qualifications but am experienced and competent
But form the investigation Select to expand quoteAn investigation into the boating accident found inexperience and insufficient planning were mostly to blame.
Whats even worse is he is lying to Seabreezers 
Sometimes people make the wrong choices without thinking of the consequences especially when it comes to money, I'm sure he has learnt his lesson now!.
I would asume his cat had been salvaged from his grounding and he was living on the Brisbane river when the flood occurred.
Select to expand quotesouthace said..
Sometimes people make the wrong choices without thinking of the consequences especially when it comes to money, I'm sure he has learnt his lesson now!.
I would asume his cat had been salvaged from his grounding and he was living on the Brisbane river when the flood occurred.
From the sound of it you may be a tad too generous and forgiving with your thinking there southace. Despite what people might think, the courts don't lock people up without cause and proof.
It is now probably going to cost the taxpayer $120,000 to keep him in gaol for a year.
Most likely, because of dogs like this, l have to PAY $750 a year instead of much less.
He should be taken out the back and delt with s e v e r e l y!
No excuse for this kind of behaviour! 
You do the crime you do the time.... I have no sympathy for people like this . A lot of genuine people are still suffering from those floods . A lot of people lost a hell of a lot more than this clown , yet they don't try a rip off the system.
Pretty awful looking catamaran too. I think there should be an inquiry into how he got paid 5 times the value of the vessel!
Select to expand quoteRamona said..
Pretty awful looking catamaran too. I think there should be an inquiry into how he got paid 5 times the value of the vessel!
5 times .....your being a little generous , I'm thinking 10 times.
Select to expand quoteRattlehead said..Ramona said..
Pretty awful looking catamaran too. I think there should be an inquiry into how he got paid 5 times the value of the vessel!
5 times .....your being a little generous , I'm thinking 10 times.
I am with you there............ 10 x more likely, looks like it has been badly build on a set of drawings made after a brain fart! Would'nt pay $ 2k for that. He will have no worries about housing for a couple of years!
Yeah well the worst side to this story is Lex Is probally sitting back reading and posting on the breeze from his air-conditioned room at our cost !
Your right rattle head.and furthermore there are real people there that he ripped off took the food out of babes mouths to foster his want of a bigger boat .
Only 12 months !!!!!! What a frigging joke
Stick him in with big bubber for 3.5 years .minimum !
