Incident Date: 2023-02-06 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 2020 Highfield 380 Classic w/ 25HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A not locked, in-the-water dinghy/outboard was stolen overnight from an occupied catamaran in Pacquereau bay. Reports were made to the Coast Guard and the police.
Incident Date: 2023-02-06 at 05:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Yacht owners awoke to find that their outboard engine that was locked to the stern pulpit had been stolen overnight. The dinghy which was left afloat and not locked was not taken. No police report was made and they left the next day.
Incident Date: 2023-02-06 at 15:00
Event Type: Vandalism
Stolen Items: boat hook destroyed
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruising yacht approached the SMMA moorings between the Pitons intending to practice mooring pickup and self-moor. They were intercepted by aggressive boat boys who demanded excessive payment for unwanted services, which were declined. When the yacht attempted to pickup the mooring their boat hook became entangled in the lines which had been tied off underwater. The boat boys immediately retrieved the boat hook and then maliciously bent it, making it unusable. The boat boys were paid a fee in excess of the customary $20ECD recommended by the SMMA park rangers, and they hung at the boat in a menacing manner demanding additional payment for sometime before departing.
