Incident Date: 2019-07-28 at 19:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB / 10 HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between 1900 and 2200 HRS, while the owner was onboard, a thief cut the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy. A report to the Coast Guard (Aeronaval), the police, and the marina was made.
Incident Date: 2019-07-28 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12′ West marine inflatable dinghy and 30hp Yamaha Outboard including safety gear, cooler, depth sounder, shoes etc in the dinghy.
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While monohull owners slept onboard in their forward cabin, thieves stole the lifted and locked to the yacht dinghy from its davits at the stern. The thieves arrived prepared with bolt cutters and knives and defeated both the stainless steel locks, that had exposed hasps/shackles (for the outboard to the dinghy, and the dinghy to the yacht). They cut numerous retaining lines, and the davit lines, but were unable to cut the dyneema bridle/harness.
Apparently, the thieves misjudged the weight of the 30HP outboard and it, as well as the small rowboat type dinghy they had used were found the next day underwater, sunk to the bottom below the yacht. Both were retrieved. The RIB dinghy had been set adrift, and was found 8 miles offshore by another yacht, and returned to the owners. All of the items in the dinghy were untouched. A police report was made, and the coast guard notified.
Incident Date: 2019-07-28 at 21:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB / 10 HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between 1900 and 2200 HRS, while the owner was onboard, a thief cut the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy. A report to the Coast Guard (Aeronaval), the police, and the marina was made.
