Carl,
Very sorry to hear about your misfortunes lately regarding your truck, boat & motor etc.
I don't reply on here very often but I view the forum here quite often and I always look forward to reading what you have too say.

I get soooooo ticked off hearing stories such as yours where these punks (let's assume their punks) vandalize or steal for the sake of their joy. You must be beside yourself to have gone thru what you have in just a short time. Makes the time a couple years ago when my favorite rod/reel got swiped down at Mineral Lake pale in comparison and I was ticked for days about that. It's a shame one can't go fishing and relax w/o constantly looking over the shoulder to see if anyone is eyeing your tackle. I guess the only piece of mind we can have is to get insurance on what we can and carry on.

Now about this Auburn Sports & Marine. Since I live in Kent I have frequented them a bit and I have my own beefs with them as well. Not once but twice they have had me come down after I have called them on the phone to check inventory/availability on an item only to find that once they never have carried that item and the other time they were out of stock. Did I not just say that I called them to check on availability?

Let us know how they handle your situation on your boat that they forgot to mention to you wasn't there anymore. If they dick you around that kinda news will spread like wildfire. I've pretty much stopped going there and find spending the extra 15 minutes to drive to Sportco in Fife worth it.

Best of luck to you and I know I speak for everyone else on this board in saying "Let us know what we can do to help?"

Tight lines to you forever