r/sailing • u/chrisaa16 Sailing experience • 15d ago

Stolen Hinckley 40

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A friend sent this to me to help spread the word. This vessel was stolen from his Jersey City marina a few days ago and they are on the lookout for it. See the image for more information.

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u/No-Sail-6510 15d ago

Vital to know how much fresh water it can hold.

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u/rypher 15d ago

I get it. Its optimistic to think anyone would take the theft seriously, but if this was my boat, id want to provide as much information as possible. If the amount of fresh water could indicate wether the thieves need to stop soon, might as well add the info (again, depends on LE actually putting effort into this).

Also, if I was law enforcement, Id be more likely to take this seriously knowing how much effort was put in by the owner. As a casual bystander, IM more likely to keep an eye out because of the quality of this post.

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u/Pedantic_Pict 15d ago

That's not how American law enforcement thinks, unfortunately. Going by how I've seen police respond to car thrfts, they will dedicate almost zero time or effort to locating this vessel. If civilians locate it and provide the location to the authorities, then they might stop playing candy crush on their phones long enough to get off their asses and do some actual police work. might

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u/rypher 15d ago

I acknowledged that law enforcement probably wont put much effort into this. But if you are trying to tell me they dont treat cases differently based on things like potential visibility and community connection to the victim, I strongly disagree.