Day: September 7, 2025 Archives

3705 – Other in Saint Lucia – Pitons


Incident Date: 2025-09-05 at 16:30

Event Type: Other

Stolen Items: N/A

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht arrived at the Pitons in the late afternoon and politely declined the assistance of a young man who offered tie up services. The man became verbally abusive, threatened the cruisers and then demanded that they leave St. Lucia.

The SMMA park rangers were called on VHF (no response) and on their listed phone numbers (no answer). Later, the rangers arrived to collect fees and indicated they knew the individual and would look into it.

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3706 – Attempted Theft in Panama – Linton Bay


Incident Date: 2025-09-03 at 09:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: not successful

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: At about 0900HRS a panga with young men was noticed at an (unoccupied) boat as they were loading items from the yacht’s deck into the panga. A cruiser aboard a neighboring yacht began yelling. They returned the items to the yacht and departed. It is not known if a police report was made.

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3704 – Theft in Aruba (the Netherlands) – Arashi Bay


Incident Date: 2025-07-20 at 23:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy (Highfield 360), Outboard Motor (Mercury 20HP)

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: The owners of a yacht anchored in Arashi Bay awoke to find that their in-the-water and not locked dinghy/20HP Mercury outboard had been stolen overnight.

A report was made to the police, and the Port Captain.

Mercury 20HP model F20 EH serial number 1R 157244
Dinghy HIN : CN-HFM30935G223

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