Burglars hit at least four other Bay Area yacht clubs, a sailing center, and several owners living on their boats.
"The crimes were generally committed at night or during early morning hours. Victims are boat owners who have their boats stored in local marinas. There were no weapons used during the two-week span of crime."
"Thousands use this unique waterway on San Francisco Bay for a wide variety of marine recreation: rowing shells, whaleboats, dragon boats, canoes, kayaks, sailing, and even recreational swimming," he said.
While acts of "Piracy" haven't directly affected business, Mr. Myles said, waterborne crime "Probably got worse during the Covid shutdown because people weren't going onto boats."
"It's not unusual for the boats to break loose in a storm or a bad wind and end up in a wreck. When that happens, they will walk away from it. Then it becomes a public expense," Mr. De Lappe said.
In February 2022, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's enforcement committee issued a directive to the city to remove the illegal anchor-outs from the estuary within a year-by February of this year.
For Mr. Reigelman, the pirates of the Oakland/Alameda Estuary are a reality that threatens law-abiding citizens and the estuary's 3,000 boat slips.
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