Just, sit right back and you’ll hear a tale…

Two men were arrested May 4 after they allegedly stole a sailboat intending to make a dash to the open sea, but were forced to run aground on the Sandspit, Morro Bay Police said in a news release.

At about 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, Sgt. Rick Catlett said in a news release, MBPD responded to a marina in the 500 block of Embarcadero for a report of a stolen sailboat.

“The victims reported they received a call that their sailboat was beached on the Sandspit,” Sgt. Catlett said, “and Morro Bay Harbor Patrol officers had recovered the vessel.”

Later that day, police and the harbor patrol contacted two men stranded on the Sandspit, “and identified Geoffrey Mark Ogara, age 52, and Martin Perez Jr., age 19, as those responsible for the theft of the sailboat,” Sgt. Catlett said.

Police determined that Ogara and Perez, “planned to sail the vessel into open sea, but lost control prior to leaving the Morro Bay Harbor,” Catlett said, “which resulted in having to beach the vessel onto the Sandspit.”

Ogara and Perez were both booked into County Jail on suspicion of felony grand theft, and the Skipper and Gilligan await arraignment.