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Day: July 7, 2023 Archives

3047 – Suspicious Activity in Venezuela – Offshore02

Incident Date: 2023-07-07 at 13:00

Event Type: Suspicious Activity

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At 1100HRS a yacht on passage from Grenada to Colombia was approximately 60 nmiles north of Los Roques,Venezuela at position 12-49.9N, 66-18.3W when the crew noticed that a fishing boat had altered course and was on an intercept course and closing, for about 45 minutes. ||The fishing vessel GLADIADOR did not make radio contact and came within 200m before the yacht abruptly changed course and sail plan to attain maximum speed. The fishing vessel attempted to follow but was no longer able to close the distance, and gave up the pursuit. The yacht tracked the fishing vessel on radar for another 2 hours, before turning to resume their course towards Colombia, where they arrived safely a few days later.

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July 7, 2023

3046 – Theft in Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay

Incident Date: 2023-07-07 at 21:15

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: A dive watch

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers arrived back to their catamaran at 2115HRS and discovered a thief had boarded after slashing the trampoline lashing and entering through the unlocked forward head hatch. He pulled a mask over his head and pointed what looked like a gun at the crew before boarding his small dinghy which had been left secured between the hulls. The cat's crew rammed the small dinghy and the thief fell overboard and swam towards shore. ||The next day the crew found the mans pants on the seabed below the yacht and in the pockets were their dive watch, the man's phone and a gun magazine. The small dinghy and all but the dive watch were turned over to the Dutch police. The police indicated the gun magazine was likely from some sort of BB gun type of weapon.

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July 7, 2023