Incident Date: 2021-06-08 at 10:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: kayak
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruisers kayak was stolen from the beach in Saint Louis, it was not locked.
Incident Date: 2021-06-02 at 04:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: Unsuccessful, nothing taken
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran anchored off Red Frog marina was boarded at 0400 HRS by a lone male while the owners slept onboard. They were awakened when the person was trying to open the closed hatch right above their heads in the master cabin. They began yelling and chased the unwanted person off the yacht. He boarded a wooden canoe and paddled off towards shore. ||They noticed his footprints in the morning dew. He had apparently tried other hatches, which were all locked. Nothing appeared to be missing from the deck. A report was made on the local VHF net.
Incident Date: 2021-05-26 at 01:57
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Tropigas propane tank(full) and line
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners left their yacht in a slip at Linton Bay Marina while they went to Panama City for a few days. When they returned they found that their full Tropigas propane tank and a coil of new line had been stolen from the side deck. A report was made to the marina.
Incident Date: 2021-05-22 at 13:00
Event Type: Vandalism
Stolen Items: 3 dinghies slashed
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: During daylight hours 3 dinghies locked to the Ti Taurus dinghy dock were slashed. It is not known if police reports were made.
Incident Date: 2021-05-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 4HP Tohatsu outboard, victim 3 of 3
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: 2 dinghies with engines and one additional engine from a third dinghy were stolen from yachts in the mooring field during the night while owners slept onboard. All dinghies were in the water, locked to their respective yachts, and the engines locked to the dinghies. Thieves cut the locks. Reports were made to the marine park police.||UPDATE: Utila dive operator recovered stolen inflatable (dinghy #2), minus the outboard
Incident Date: 2021-05-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy / 8HP Yamaha, dinghy found engineless by Utila dive operator (victim #2)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: 2 dinghies with engines and one additional engine from a third dinghy were stolen from yachts in the mooring field during the night while owners slept onboard. All dinghies were in the water, locked to their respective yachts, and the engines locked to the dinghies. Thieves cut the locks. Reports were made to the marine park police.||UPDATE: Utila dive operator recovered stolen inflatable (dinghy #2), minus the outboard
Incident Date: 2021-05-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: fiberglass dinghy / 15HP Yamaha outboard (victim #1)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: 2 dinghies with engines and one additional engine from a third dinghy were stolen from yachts in the mooring field during the night while owners slept onboard. All dinghies were in the water, locked to their respective yachts, and the engines locked to the dinghies. Thieves cut the locks. Reports were made to the marine park police. ||UPDATE: Utila dive operator recovered stolen inflatable (dinghy #2), minus the outboard
Incident Date: 2021-05-14 at 04:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB dinghy / 6HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht outbound from Rio Dulce anchored off Livingston west of the loading dock. On the second night the in-the-water but chain locked dinghy was stolen while the owner slept onboard. A report was made to the police/port captain and about a week later the port captain notified the owner that they had found the dinghy – ransacked but not damaged and minus the outboard, dinghy anchor, fishing gear, flares, etc. It was returned to the owner.
Incident Date: 2021-05-11 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Caribe dinghy / 4HP outboard engine, dinghy recovered minus outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard, their in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from their yacht anchored near Carenaro. The dinghy was found by others the next day adrift and engineless, and returned to the owners. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2021-05-05 at 03:30
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: nothing, unsuccessful
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners awoke at 3:30 AM when they heard noise. They discovered a swimmer had boarded their catamaran, a police report was made.
