sad. very sad. When times get tough people see you boat owners as "rich guys" and you can afford to take the hit. ( a re-distribution of wealth kind of attitude)
When living in NY there were a group of guys stealing OB motors and they could not catch them. Nearly every night another motor was stolen in the area. Turns out there were a couple of divers who had a way to detach them from the water and float them off somehow. I recall reading how they "caught" them. One guy was sleeping on his boat when he heard a noise, he looked around and didn't see anything, then he noticed the bolts turning on his OB. He reached back grabbed a spear gun and nailed one of the divers. Problem, solved.