Our first dinghy was a recovered Caribe that was stolen from a friend in Miami. They took the entire 8' rollup Caribe - not exactly a high powered fancy dinghy. Our friend had to buy a new dinghy and months later he got a call from the sheriff saying they found his inflatable, not the outboard. It was patched and a bit worse for the wear, but we figured going to the Western Caribbean, there was nothing wrong with that as long as it held air (which it did - and still does, we sold it to another friend for a hundred bucks).

Cheers! Jan