Incident Date: 2023-08-07 at 03:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Carib Dinghy (SN HFB09000J020) and Yamaha 15HP engine (DMH -6B4K SN 1366002 )
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard, their in-the water dinghy / Yamaha 15HP outboard was stolen. It was cable locked to the yacht, thieves arrived prepared with bolt cutters. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2023-08-02 at 20:00
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: cash, 2 phones, 1 tablet and all credit cards, dive mask
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A singlehander anchored his yacht in Scotland Bay, Trinidad. No other yachts were present. He purchased fish from a local fisherman. The fisherman returned again a few days later accompanied by a prostitute and again offered fish and also services. The services were declined and the 2 were invited onboard for a drink. ||The captain was knocked unconscious and awoke in a daze sometime later with severe head injuries. He asked the fisherman for help and assistance with transit to the hospital. The fisherman asked for money. When the captain went below to get his wallet, he found that it had been emptied of all cash and credit cards, and realized he had been robbed. Also missing were 2 phones and a tablet. He asked the two to leave, and they departed.||The captain managed to take his boat to Chaguaramas late that night and received assistance from other cruisers. He was taken immediately to the hospital and admitted. ||After discharge he returned to his yacht and a full report was made to the police, and later to his consulate. ||Police have identified a suspect but have not been successful in locating/apprehending the man. He is also suspected in another incident of theft, see CSSN ALERT! 3088. ||CSSN will as a matter of policy update this report if new information from the police is made available.
Incident Date: 2023-07-23 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dive knife and a pair of sunglasses
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A monohull with 4 persons on board anchored overnight in Marigot. They awoke at 0100HRS when they heard sounds and discovered a boarder had opened and begun to enter their closed but not locked companionway. The thief stole a dive knife and sunglasses from the cockpit before quickly departing on a SUP. ||About an hour later the cruisers noticed another yacht scanning the shoreline with a light, and then departing. The first yacht departed also and the 2 yachts made contact via AIS. The second yacht had cash and cigarettes stolen. The police were contacted immediately but the marine police did not have a boat nearby to take an in person report.
Incident Date: 2023-07-23 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash and cigarettes
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Victim boat #2, see 3060
Incident Date: 2023-07-19 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Yamaha Enduro 25hp 2-stroke outboard – SN 61RK1082061
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While the owner of a catamaran slept on board, thieves stole the 25HP -2S Yamaha outboard from the dinghy which was hoisted behind the catamaran. The engine was not locked to the dinghy transom, or the yacht.|| A report was made to the Coast Guard, police, marina and on the VHF net.||CSSN NOTE: see also a similar report (3051) from this location a few days prior
Incident Date: 2023-07-16 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from an occupied yacht in the anchorage. No further details are available.
Incident Date: 2023-07-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Airmar 2.4M dinghy and a Yamaha 15 HP outboard, serial number S 11406523
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an unlocked and in-the-water Airmar 2.4M dinghy with a Yamaha 15 HP outboard serial number S 11406523 was stolen from a yacht moored in Chaguaramas while the owner slept onboard. Reports were made to the Coast Guard, police and on the VHF net.
Incident Date: 2023-07-15 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 40HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight the 40HP Yamaha outboard was stolen from an unoccupied workboat in the anchorage. No further details are available.
Incident Date: 2023-07-11 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy / 25HP Yamaha
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard, their in-the-water and not locked Highfield dinghy/25HP Yamaha outboard was stolen. Reports were made on the VHF net, to the marina, police and port captain.
Incident Date: 2023-07-08 at 23:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Food and a headlamp
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers locked their main entrances and most hatches and went to bed. The next morning they awoke to find their refrigerator and freezer unlatched, with food crumbs/remains/containers scattered around and in the trash. At least one drawer had been rifled, and a headlamp had been stolen but computers, tablets, and cameras in open sight were not taken. An unlocked overhead hatch appeared to be the point of access,
