Incident Date: 2018-12-02 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Two 80 cu ft dive tanks
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, while owners were sleeping, 2 boats each had an 80 cu ft dive tank stolen from their deck. It is not known if police reports were made.
Incident Date: 2018-12-02 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Outboard Motor (40 HP – )
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, a locked 23″ft panga (hard dinghy) with 40 HP 2S Yamaha outboard was stolen. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2018-12-01 at 14:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 2.5 HP 4S Suzuki outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An outboard (2.5HP 4S Suzuki) was stolen from a dinghy at the Club Nautico Marina dinghy dock, reported to the marina and to the police.
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Incident Date: 2018-11-28 at 14:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: none – not successful
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy was well locked to the dock at the Pirates Nest from 1-4 PM while owners were ashore to check out. When they returned they found one side of a link of the 10mm stainless steel chain had been cut through with bolt cutters, and incomplete cuts were made on the other side of the same link. The yacht departed early the next morning, as planned. A report was made on the VHF net.
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Incident Date: 2018-11-28 at 14:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked dinghy/outboard was stolen from TOBY boatyard dock, during the day. It is not known if a police report was made.
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Incident Date: 2018-11-25 at 01:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Three monohulls were anchored fairly close to each other overnight in Vieux Fort. The crew of the yacht anchored farthest out was concerned about safety and maintained a night watch from the cockpit, and had their motion activated lights at the ready.
At about 1 AM they noticed 3 swimmers, each with a submersible light, as they approached the yacht anchored closest to shore. One of the swimmers began boarding by the stern ladder on the 1st yacht while the other 2 swimmers remained nearby. The observing yacht activated their security lights, and all 3 swimmers lights immediately turned toward the observing yacht, then all 3 of them swam away, passing slowly and close by the 2nd yacht.
After nearly an hour, stopping several times to turn and observe the watching yacht, the swimmers exited at the beach. The yacht departed at first light, and no police report was made.
Incident Date: 2018-11-24 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: fishing rod
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, A fishing rod was stolen from an anchored yacht while owners slept, it is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2018-11-23 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Jerry can/contents
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 3rd Hand Report
Incident Details: While owners slept a jerry can/contents were stolen from the deck. It is not known if a police report was made. 9.545834, -78.898789
Incident Date: 2018-11-22 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy fuel tank
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 3rd Hand Report
Incident Details: While owners slept, a thief boarded and stole the dinghy fuel tank which was inside the dinghy, which was on deck. It is not known if a police report was made. 9.544816, -78.900246
Incident Date: 2018-11-21 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Portable Yamaha generator, many tools, provisions
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: During the night, police stopped/apprehended a suspect carrying suspicious items in his car. They posted pictures of the items along with a photo of the suspect and his driver’s license on the Luperon Cruisers Facebook page. The items were not immediately recognized so a search was made of unoccupied yachts. A caretaker of a sailboat whose owner was away discovered that the locked yacht had been broken into and ransacked and identified the items as belonging to that boat. Charges were filed by the caretaker on the owners behalf, and the items were returned to the yacht.
Latitude: 19.901762 | Longitude: -70.949311
