the reefs on Sunday night may have drowned.

The fisherman whose uninsured boat Sandi-L was smashed to pieces by the boys while they were out joyriding, said yesterday he was "scared they may not be alive''.

"If they swam to shore the only way they could have gotten on land is by going across a small beach (Rocky Bay),'' Mr. Arthur (Boyd) Ray said. "But when I looked at the beach early (Monday) morning I didn't see any footprints.'' He said the only other way to get on land was by climbing a 40-foot high wall.

"Why climb a wall that high if you can simply cross a little beach?,'' he asked.

However, another Devonshire Bay resident Mr. Alex Outerbridge said he did not believe the boys had drowned.

"I think they probably scampered to shore,'' he said. "But I hope they come forward because I believe there is going to be another search for them (today).'' A Police spokesman confirmed last night that Police were still searching for the boys.

But Mr. Ray said so far only one Police diver had been down looking for bodies.

Mr. Outerbridge, who has assisted KBB with marine clean-up days, said he went diving yesterday to look for the boys, but found no evidence they had drowned.

"There were no schools of fish or sharks which are usually around when there are bodies,'' he said.

Concern is also growing that the two boys who took the fishing boat out are the teenagers reported missing from a children's home since last week.

The Police spokesman disclosed that photographs of the missing teenagers had been shown to residents of Devonshire Bay, but he would not comment any further except to say "there is no reason to connect'' the missing boys with the ones who apparently wrecked the fishing boat.

Mr. Outerbridge, whose house overlooks the bay, said he actually saw the boys drive Mr. Ray's boat "extremely erratically'' out to sea.

He said he was shown the photographs of the missing boys, but was unable to identify them as the ones he saw taking the boat out because it was dusk and they were not facing him.

However, he was able to identify one as being light-skinned and one as being dark-skinned. He further said they were about the same height and weight as the missing boys.

The missing youngsters are 14-year-old Kenneth Boyles who is described by Police as being brown-skinned, and 16-year-old Cannoth Roberts who is described as being dark-skinned. Both are said to be about 5 foot 8 inches tall and around 140 pounds.

Anyone who knows where they are is asked to contact the Community and Juvenile Services Department at 299-4537.

Mr. Outerbridge said he saw the two boys take a punt and row around the bay, fiddling with all the boats. "It appeared they were trying to find a boat they could start,'' he said.

Noticing later that the boys were driving Mr. Ray's boat, he said he "hollered at them to take the boat back.'' But the boys ignored him and continued to leave the bay.

"It was the last I saw of them,'' said Mr. Outerbridge, who called the Police because he knew the boys had taken the boat without the owner's permission.

Mr. Ray was at a cricket game when he first learned at about 8 p.m. that his boat had been taken from its moorings. He rushed back home.

He said Police asked him to check every hour to see if his boat was coming in.

Meanwhile they checked other marinas and bays around the Island.

"We were hoping they had just gone out for a night's fishing,'' he said. But Mr. Ray never saw his boat return. Yesterday morning at about 6.00 while looking through his binoculars in hopes of spotting it, he saw bits of a wooden boat smashed on the rocks.

"My first reaction was `that's not my boat!','' he said. However, a closer look revealed it was.

Mr. Ray, a commercial fisherman, said he is facing a cash crisis now that his $25,000 boat is wrecked.

He pointed out he usually stays out on his craft until dark, but left Devonshire Bay early Sunday evening to watch the end of a cricket match.

Inspecting the remains of his boat, strewn along the reefs between Devonshire Bay and Ariel Sands, Mr. Ray said he would buy another boat abroad and hopefully have it ready for the lobster season.

One thing baffling Mr. Ray is how the thieves started the boat's engine.

"Only me and one other guy knew how to start the motor,'' he said.

SMASHED TO PIECES -- Mr. Arthur Ray salvages what he can from the wreck of his boat, the Sandi-L , which was stolen from Devonshire Bay on Sunday. Two boys seen taking the boat have not yet been found.