[Integrityingovt]

This could be one of several things. Terrorism is certainly a possibility. Having sold these boats, particularly the Fountains, you are looking at speeds in excess of 75 mph. There is plenty of cabin room down below to store explosives, easily a thousand pounds or so. Think the weight of five or six people. Also could have been stolen for parts. Take the engines and outdrives, strip out the other useful components and sink the hull. Third, could be to be used for human trafficking or drug smuggling. Big problem in FL over the last five to 10 years, with smugglers using boats like this to smuggle illegals in. Think about shoving 20-25 people on a boat like this at $2,500 a head and doing that for a couple of months. You can do the math. We had one of our Fountains stolen from the dealership on a holiday weekend and despite the best efforts of the police, marine police in several states and a client with a private plane flying up and down the Chesapeake Bay looking for the boat we never found it.

[woodbutcher1963]

If it will fit in a shipping container it probably ended up in Africa, Asia or South America.

True story: One of my friends had one of the first Hummer H2s in the US. After owning it for a few months he drove it up to Montreal for a wedding. He parked it in the gated lot of the hotel, with an attendant, he was staying at in downtown Montreal. He went out for the evening for dinner, etc. When he returned at 1am the Hummer was no longer in the parking lot. It had OnStar. By the time it was activated, no signal. The police said it was probably in a container sitting on the docks.

My friend goes home and his insurance company buys him a new Hummer. Six months later he gets a call from INTERPOL. They had found his Hummer in South Africa. He went in to the local FBI office and gave a statement. They had switched his engine with another Hummers body parts. They verified it from the Vin # on the engine block.

[Travis McGee]

A typical 40’ go-fast can haul a ton of explosives at 50+ mph. With a jihadist driver, could wait outside of Miami or Palm Beach, then attack a cruise ship. The explosion would rip open the ship and cause it to capsize and sink in minutes. Thousands of decadent Western tourists would drown. Very very simple operation. Guaranteed results.