Incident Date: 2019-02-23 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: West Marine dinghy / Suzuki 15 HP 2S outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While owner slept onboard with his large dog in the cockpit, the line to his in-the-water and not locked dinghy was cut. The victim contacted the local police, who advised “not to bother with a report, the dinghy was long gone”.
Incident Date: 2019-02-22 at 11:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield 3.5m dinghy/Suzuki 2.5 outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked dinghy was stolen from the Basilico restaurant dock during daylight hours, the owners reported the theft to the police and the port captain.
Incident Date: 2019-02-21 at 19:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy w/ 9.8 HP Tohatsu 2S engine
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cable locked dinghy was stolen from the Zanzibar dinghy dock between 1900-2200 HRS. The cable and painter were both cut. A police report was made. The police recovered this dinghy the next day, (it had sustained some repairable damage), and returned it to the owner.
Incident Date: 2019-02-16 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 10′ west marine tender with 9.9 HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored off Gros Islet had its new in-the-water and cable locked dinghy/outboard stolen overnight. A police report was made by phone, and the victims were promised an onboard investigation, but it did not happen. The victims flagged down a passing marine police boat, who also seemed disinterested.
Incident Date: 2019-02-15 at 04:10
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy and 15HP outboard engine
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored off Livingston had its lifted (but not locked) dinghy stolen overnight, the hoisting lines had been cut . A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-02-15 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Magma grill and Garhauer dinghy hoist/tackle
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht was berthed at Le Marina du Marin, while the owners travelled. Between 2/2/2019 and 3/2/2019 a thief boarded and removed a Magma grill and the Garhauer dinghy lifting hoist/tackle from an unlocked cockpit locker. The owners discovered the theft a few days after their return, and reported it to the marina, the police and the port captain. Unfortunately, the marinas security CCTV coverage did not include the dock area where their yacht was berthed on dock 4.
Incident Date: 2019-02-13 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12 ft. RIB and 15HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy was cable locked through a cleat on the Fishermans pier. Thieves used tools to remove the cleat from the dock. A police report was made, and the police indicated this was the second dinghy theft reported to them that week. The dinghy was recovered, minus the outboard, the next day at the nearby Esperanza pier.
Incident Date: 2019-02-12 at 21:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: cellphone and personal electronics
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht visiting Dominica to provide aid had special permission to use a mooring off Soufriere. When the owners returned to their yacht at about 9:30 PM they found a deck hatch on their well locked monohull had been damaged and pried open using a piece of rebar that the thieves left behind. The thieves stole a cellphone and other personal electronics. A police report was made. The police visited the yacht and took photographs, but more than a week later have yet to provide the promised copy of the report.
Incident Date: 2019-02-11 at 03:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Two occupants asleep aboard a catamaran anchored in Placencia harbor, Belize were awakened by noise around 03:45 am. The vessel owner witnessed an adult male boarder exiting the cockpit overboard from port transom, capsizing his fishing canoe in his haste to escape. The boarder spoke to owner as he swam away, “”I’m sinking, sir.”” Owner clearly saw his face.
Subsequently, the vessel occupants observed water on the floor in the saloon and discovered cash was stolen from a wallet (approx. US$120). The occupants noticed the overturned canoe drifting away and the owner launched the dinghy, retrieved the canoe, and secured it to the vessel.
After daybreak, the owner went ashore and made a full report of the incident to the Placencia Police and reviewed mug shots, identifying several individuals that could have been the intruder. The Police retrieved the canoe as evidence. The Police refused to provide a copy of the Police Report to the vessel owner on the grounds that it was “”privacy information.”” The owner went to the local tourist office to also report the incident there, but the office was closed. The owner alerted other cruising vessels in the area (~25 yachts) of the incident via VHF broadcast and answered all questions. The victim vessel departed Placencia later that morning and did not receive any further communication from the Placencia Police.
Incident Date: 2019-02-09 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy fuel tank
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A charter yacht had its dinghy fuel tank stolen while their tender was locked to the Port Elizabeth main dinghy dock. It is not known if a police report was made, but it was reported on the local VHF net. There were a total of 3 reported thefts at this dock over a 2 day period.
