Three pulled from stolen sailboat The vessel's owner was watching news coverage of the incident, took a hard look at the boat bobbing in the waves and realized it was his, said Sausalito police Sgt. Bill Fraass. The three people onboard had been trapped on the boat and for a while refused the Coast Guard's assistance, said Petty Officer Tom McKenzie, a Coast Guard spokesman. Pacifica police officers joined the Coast Guard and local fire department when authorities discovered the boat had been stolen.