you mean the police actually took fingerprints? I've had a couple of cars broken into; once even with greasy but clear full hand prints on the windshield and the police only made some notes and were done with it.



I agree that most folks that would know what to do with sailing gear aren't the theiving type - but I would do everything reasonable to discourage them. I always lock my trailer and my sailbox and the boat I leave on the beach has three cinder blocks burried chest deep with a cable / lock that I wrap around the main beam. My dad once had a cat stolen off the beach and this also helps to keep a super high tide from sweeping the boat away.