STOLEN Yamaha AR240 (Southern California) - Photo Attached!

[Maxxam]

Hi All, I am not sure where is the best place to post this but I will start here.

My beloved 2020 AR240 has recently been stolen from a very secure storage yard in Southern California. I have only owned the boat for 3 months and have poured tons of time & $$$ to dial it in. Only 55 hours on the engines, trim tabs, stereo upgrades, etc. It is Suede Gray which is fairly uncommon - especially with the dark tint on the windshield. It is on a black ShoreLandr trailer. I wanted to post some photos. This boat could very likely end up in Arizona, Nevada (or Mexico) or still be in California.

If you see any AR240 that looks even close to these photos, then please send me a private message or better yet text me at 949-872-3456.



Thank you!

 

[Skyhawk223]

Terrible! Hopefully it is found. I am on the East Coast but if I see it, I will shout out.

 

[rad1026]

Any news on finding the boat? That is just so horrible.

 

[Cambo]

Did the insurance company reimburse you for all the extras. Bet this boat gets a custom wrap and someone buys a trashed boat from copart and with some title switching they scam the system and sell it. they steal jet skis using uhauls as tow vehicles in our area . I want to throw an air tag in the boat

 

[Daren and Heather]

I never thought of that... hiding a couple of airtags on our boats is a cheap brilliant idea. Plus all of us here are familiar enough with our boats to creatively hide them in places that a thief wouldn't find for a long time.

 

[Ronnie]

Air tags are a lot less expensive than other gps tracking devices. We put one in our boat (behind the dash), one in each Waverunner and one on our dog’s collar almost two years ago and have only had to replace the batteries in the dog collar so far.

 

[AlpharettaRK]

Won’t thief get alert on phone that an unknown AirTag is moving with him and look for it?

 

[DiggerPA]

I hide one on my boat and you would have to tear a lot of it apart to get to it unless you really know your way around a boat. Just in case.

 

[Maxxam]

No word on the boat. Insurance took decent care of me (State Farm) but it is going to cost me another $10k++ to duplicate what I had (I got a very good deal on my boat that won't be duplicated again). And what a time-sucking hassle it was. It is probably in Mexico as the border is close but I would sure like to know. At of all the time I spent adding extra's I regret not spending the 5 minutes to hide an airtag or two. Now I have one hidden in each car, mountain bikes, etc. They are not 100% accurate or reliable. And yes, they will warn anyone with an iphone that there is an airtag nearby after a short amount of time. This is so people cannot track each other. Then, anyone with an iphone can activate the airtag to make it beep. But I disassembled my airtags and removed the speaker so no more beeping. They can still search your boat for the airtag but the trick is to hide a few and bury them very well. If I purchase another more expensive boat I would seriously consider a GPS tracking device. They are $300 plus $12/month for the subscription. But they are 100% accurate without relying on pinging an iphone for approximate location (and they are not detectable). It seems like overkill but once you have your entire boat gone in a blink of an eye you are permanently paranoid!

 

[Maxxam]