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2406 – Attempted Theft in United States Virgin Islands (US) – St. Croix – Christiansted

Incident Date: 2019-09-22 at 13:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: none, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners returned to their dinghy that had been chain locked to the Fredriksted pier from 1300-1500HRS. It was apparent that attempts had been made to defeat the chain, and start the engine, an oar was broken, and the stern anchor pulled. Several dive boats that were also using this dock were questioned but had no information. A police report was made, and VIPC indicated that there had been other issues at this dock and that patrols there would be increased.

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September 22, 2019

2401 – Attempted Theft in Grenada – Grenada – St. George’s – inside lagoon

Incident Date: 2019-09-03 at 02:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: nothing, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept on board their in-the-water and chain locked dinghy was tampered with. The electric outboard was locked to the dinghy, and had its main lead cable disconnected, but thieves could not remove or defeat the lock. No items of significant value had been left in the dinghy. It is not known if a police report was made.

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September 3, 2019

2403 – Theft in Grenada – Grenada – Halifax Bay

Incident Date: 2019-09-03 at 03:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Charter crew found that the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy/outboard had been cut , and the dinghy stolen overnight. It is not known if a police report was made.

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September 3, 2019

2405 – Theft in Honduras – Roatan – West End

Incident Date: 2019-09-03 at 23:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy outboard, 2.5HP

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: One of two yachts in the anchorage discovered that the 2.5HP unlocked outboard had been removed from their in-the-water dinghy overnight. The yachts’ crew normal practice was to remove the engine at night, but they did not do so on this night and an opportunistic thief took advantage.

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September 3, 2019

2402 – Theft in Grenada – Grenada – St. George’s – outside lagoon

Incident Date: 2019-09-01 at 04:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Phone, backpack, wallet, cash, credit cards,passports, identity papers, headlamp

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A catamaran anchored surrounded by 50+ yachts in the area near Ross point was boarded overnight while owners slept onboard. One crew member was sleeping in the unlit cockpit, another in a cabin below. The boarder/thief entered through the fully open salon door.

The theft was discovered in the early morning Sunday when the crew member attempted to find the phone. Also missing was a backpack which had contained miscellaneous items including a headlamp and wallet (cash, credit cards, passports, identity documents).

A complete police report was made the next morning (Monday) with the assistance of a friend/translator on a yacht anchored nearby in this popular anchorage off St. George’s. The police indicated that a forensics investigator would visit the yacht later that day, which did not happen. A passing Coast Guard boat (unaware of what had happened) was hailed down, and they explained that only the police could conduct the required onboard forensics investigation. No investigators communicated or arrived and the yacht departed.

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September 1, 2019

2475 – Attempted Theft in Grenada – Grenada – St. George’s – inside lagoon

Incident Date: 2019-08-31 at 23:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: nothing, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept on board their in-the-water and chain locked dinghy was tampered with. The electric outboard was locked to the dinghy, and had its main lead cable disconnected, but thieves could not remove or defeat the lock. No items of significant value had been left in the dinghy. It is not known if a police report was made.

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August 31, 2019

2397 – Theft in Grenada – Carriacou – Anse la Roche

Incident Date: 2019-08-23 at 06:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Jimmy Sticks SUP

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners awoke to find one of their stand up paddleboards (SUP) had gone missing overnight. At sunset it had been secured with a line to a shroud. No wind overnight to suggest it had been blown up and overboard. Reported on the local VHF net, and a local search the next morning did not locate it.

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August 23, 2019

2398 – Theft in Grenada – Grenada – Clarke’s Court Bay

Incident Date: 2019-08-22 at 22:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy fuel

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: All ten (10) dinghies left at the outer Woburn dock that night were found to have had their fuel siphoned from their fuel tanks. Other dinghies (est. 5) alongside yachts in the bay had experienced a similar problem during the prior week. It is not known if police reports were made by the affected owners.

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August 22, 2019

2396 – Vandalism in Dominica – Prince Rupert Bay – PAYS dock

Incident Date: 2019-08-20 at 14:00

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners returned to their dinghy at 1400 HRS at the PAYS dinghy dock to find it had been vandalized. It was full of sand and water, life jackets had been shredded, oars removed and the engine lifting harness compromised. Nothing was stolen. The PAYS office was closed but a report was made to a young man who was swimming nearby and identified himself as a member of PAYS. Owners departed at first light.

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August 20, 2019