‘Pirates’ sinking sailing school for kids

“Pirates” in the San Francisco Bay are sinking a non-profit boating school for kids as homeless bandits wreak havoc along the Oakland and Alameda shores.

Kame Richards, who owns the Alameda Community Sailing Center, said that four of their eight safety boats, which cost between $25,000 and $35,000 each, had been stolen and destroyed by seafaring bandits.

“We cannot run our program without these boats,” Richards wrote in a letter to a local municipal commission that focuses on enforcement in the bay.

“The response we received from APD (Alameda Police Department) was that they could do nothing, and a warning not to approach the perpetrators if we located our boats.” – Full report

Corrections provided by Kame Richards:
• Kame is the founder (not the owner) and past president of the board of directors of Alameda Community Sailing Center.
• A total of five boats were stolen and all have been reclaimed as the result of a massive effort by members of the board and friends of the sailing center.
• All five boats have various degrees of damage, some possibly beyond repair.