. >> reporter: jamie camacho was salvaging teakwood from old ships, and says he has noticed a lot more small boats around the homeless camps at union point park. >> you will wonder, where do they get these books? small boats are expensive, so i wonder where they are getting them. i don't know. maybe they are taking what little money they have to buy them, but i know a lot of friends who have had their small boats disappear , and their outboard motors. >> reporter: people will steal anything these days, but damon taylor, who maintains a sailboat near the jack london aquatic center, says outboard motors seem to be the real prize. >> yeah, motors are the thing. you have got to figure, even a brand-new small, 10 horsepower engine is 10 or $15,000. so on the black market, they will probably be able to get at least a couple thousand for that. >> reporter: while some are calling for more police response to the area, taylor takes a pragmatic view. >> they cannot handle what is happening on land, resource wise. there is no oakland navy, you know. >> reporter: so taylor and his fellow captains d

. >> reporter: jamie camacho was salvaging teak wood from old ships and said he noticed more small boats around the homeless camp at union lake park. >> you wonder where did they get these boats? small boats are expensive. i wonder where they are getting them. i don't know. maybe they are taking what little money they have to buy them but i know a lot of friends who have had their small boats atmosphere and their outboard motors. >> reporter: people will steal anything these days but damon taylor says outboard motors seem to be the real prize. >> you have to figure a brand new small 10-horsepower engine is $10,000, $15,000, so in the black market you can get a couple thousand for that. >> reporter: some are calling for more police response to the area, taylor takes a pragmatic view. >> they can't handle it on land financially and resource wise. so they can't -- you know. >> reporter: so taylor and his fellow captains do all they can to keep an eye on each other's boats and run off any pirates that may show up which in his view has a nice ring to it. >> i think it sounds cool to say we ha

. >> reporter: jamie camacho was salvaging teakwood from some old ships and says he's noticed a lot more small boats around the homeless camps at union point park. >> you wonder where do they get these boats? small boats are expensive. so i wonder where they're getting them. i don't know. maybe they're taking what little money they have to buy them, but i know a lot of friends that have had their small boats disappear and their outboard motors. >> reporter: people will steal anything these days, but damond taylor, who maintains a sailboat near the jack london aquatics center, says outboard motors seem to be the real prize. >> yeah. the motors are the thing. you got to figure even a brand-new small ten horsepower engine is 10, $15,000 brand-new. so even in the black market they'll probably be able to get at least a couple thousand for that. >> reporter: while some call for more police response to the area, taylor takes a pragmatic view. >> they can't handle on land financially and resourcewise. so they can't. there's no oakland navy, you know. >> reporter: so taylor and his fellow captain