Ten-year-old boat thief foiled before reaching Cleveland

It may have seemed like the perfect crime to the ten-year-old. After school, on December 1, 1965, William Blasio would steal a boat from the marina at Marina City and sail back to Ohio.

William had moved to Chicago that summer and reportedly missed his friends back in Ohio. He picked out a 16-foot boat with outboard motor and almost made it to Lake Michigan. But someone at Marina City saw him take the boat and alerted the Coast Guard. William was turned over to his mother.

(Below) Marina at Marina City in September 2007, looking east from west end. Jefferson Beach Yacht Sales office at left.