Stolen boats

[mnovstel]

I saw this on Facebook tonight. This is terrible. Wanted to help get the word out.

https://www.facebook.com/Wizardlakem...95747090493637

[Wake.BC]

I don’t see the link but I’m assuming you’re talking about wizard!

That’s absolutely awful


Sent from my iPhone using PLT Nautique

[Nickleej]

I saw this on fb. I was wondering what someone can actually do with a stolen boat??? I'm sure they can't be sold without the titles or registered, so what would the intent be with a stolen boat?


Sent from my iPhone using PLT Nautique

[R0CKETMAN]

Dumbasses will get caught and/or boats recovered at some point. Such dumbassery

[Infinity]

With 4 boat like that....and msrp of over $500k my guess, if they are professional crew is they will try to get them out of country where much harder to recover and they can sell for half of value...If amateur's, they will be caught pretty quick. Obviously a group, so all it will take is one getting caught to rat out the others.

[Bevostein]

Bet they are taking out of country. Those boats are probably already in shipping containers

[Wake.BC]

They’re either in containers being shipped out or in some closed up storage place with parts being sold on eBay.


Sent from my iPhone using PLT Nautique

[samuel11]

With 4 boat like that....and msrp of over $500k my guess, if they are professional crew is they will try to get them out of country where much harder to recover and they can sell for half of value...If amateur's, they will be caught pretty quick. Obviously a group, so all it will take is one getting caught to rat out the others.

For an amateurs it would be pretty big stunt. Its not like you can just pick up four boats and walk away. Too bad they are always taking a great boats. It would be hilarious if somebody tried to sail away with this one for example.

[Miljack]

If those boats went into containers, that was a professional job! I was told a ski boat can fit in a container, but not a wake boat, and certainly those G's would be HUGE! They are too wide to fit in a container, so the towers would have to be removed, racks built for the boats to fit diagonally tilted in the container...maybe even the windshields removed?
Anyway, a bummer that the police can't find them and throw em in the slammer....

[scottb7]

"I was told a ski boat can fit in a container, but not a wake boat..." So they hit you up for the job, you looked into it, but then you bailed?

[gobluemike2142]

****, that sucks.

[thejean]

This is brutal. I'm going up there Saturday to look at boats. Guess I won't be looking at those ones.

[functionoverfashion]

If those boats went into containers, that was a professional job! I was told a ski boat can fit in a container, but not a wake boat, and certainly those G's would be HUGE! They are too wide to fit in a container, so the towers would have to be removed, racks built for the boats to fit diagonally tilted in the container...maybe even the windshields removed?
Anyway, a bummer that the police can't find them and throw em in the slammer....

A standard shipping container I believe is 8' wide, so at 102" beam... yep not going to fit. Still sucks for the dealer, but at least no one is missing out on their summer vacation with their boat because of it. It sort of amazes me this doesn't happen more often, when I see boats in yards with no security and no trailer lock at all.

[xlair]

Short of them being shipped overseas or taken to Mexico I'm not sure what the value of stealing them is. There isn't much of a black market for parts like there is for cars and no chance you could register or even use the boats in USA/Canada without someone noticing.


Sent from my iPhone using PLT Nautique

[Kmayotte]

Pro heist for sure. Just the fact to have FOUR proper towing setups (HD truck with 2 5/16th balls) to make a fast and clean getaway would take some planning (or prior stealing). They should see if some big trucks have been stolen in the area recently.