Stolen Sailboat Statistics: Coast Guard List 1989-2002. Includes
builders where greater than 20 vessels were reported stolen.

Most stolen sailboats:

Beneteau-221 vessels stolen, 188 recovered
Tartan-39 vessels stolen, 33 recovered
Catalina-94 vessels stolen, 91 recovered
J Boat-66 vessels stolen, 65 recovered


Least Stolen Sailboats:

Coronado-1 vessel stolen, vessel sunk during recovery due to force 6
conditions.
Siedlemann-1 vessel stolen, 1 vessel recovered when mentally
handicapped thief committed suicide trying to sail in 3 foot seas.
Kirie Elite-2 vessels stolen, both sunk before recovery due to severe
oil-canning.
Nordica-1 30 foot vessel stolen, 1 vessel reovered when thier was
unable to escape due to poor condition of boat. Thief was caught in
middle of a rebuild.

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