ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – The owner of a 30-foot sailboat reported to St. Johns County deputies the vessel was stolen earlier this month.
The 53-year-old owner told deputies last week that the 1972 Schooner sailboat had been anchored in the Intracoastal Waterway about a mile north from the Vilano Bridge for about two months.
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The man said he last saw the boat on June 23, and when he returned July 8, it was gone.
The sailboat is described as a white fiberglass hull with wood on the top. The vessel had red and green trimming toward the bottom of the boat, and the masts were down. The sailboat also had a 40 horsepower Perkins diesel engine and is valued at $30,000.
Anyone with any information on the theft is asked to call Detective Thomas Keisler at the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office at 904-209-2145 or Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS.