An incident of Theft has been reported in Panama – San Blas – East Lemmon Cays.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-20 at 01:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | dinghy anchor |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 2nd Hand Report |
| Incident Details | A stainless steel dinghy anchor was stolen from inside a hoisted dinghy overnight while the owner slept on board. This is the 3rd theft of this nature from this anchorage this month. No further details are available. |
An incident of Burglary has been reported in Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua – St. John’s.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-20 at 15:00 |
| Event Type | Burglary |
| Stolen Items | Cash, iPod, iPhone, credit card, gold necklace |
| Secured | Locked |
| Source Type | 1st Hand Report |
| Incident Details | While owners were ashore during hte afternoon, their anchored yacht was boarded and thieves used a winch handle found in the cockpit to defeat the companionway lock. After gaining access they then ransacked the interior and stole several small easily concealed items – iPhone, iPod, cash, credit card and a gold necklace. Several calls were placed to 911 and received no followup that day. Calls to the harbour authority on VHF16 were not answered. |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – St. Vincent – Wallilabou.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-17 at 04:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | $80 ECD |
| Secured | N/A |
| Source Type | 1st Hand Report |
| Incident Details | In the afternoon the owners of a private yacht approached the anchorage and engaged a boat boy for tying up to a mooring, agreeing a price of $20ECD for this service. The owners had only a $100ECD bill, and the boat boy agreed to return promptly with their change. He did not return. Later, the crew went ashore and paid separately for the mooring, indicating to the business the name of the boat boy, but they proved unhelpful. The yacht departed the next day. |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Saint Lucia – Marigot – Inner Bay.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-16 at 17:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | Cash, credit cards, 3 iPhones, iPad, handbag and 6 bottles of rum |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 1st Hand Report |
| Incident Details | A monohull anchored in an area north of the Marigot Bay harbor and south of Castries. No other yachts were nearby.||All 3 onboard went for a snorkel nearby (about 30 meters away) and did not lock the boat. A local transport boat was waiting to unload and anchored about 100 meters away and witnessed the boarding and theft that occurred during the 30-40 minutes the crew was snorkeling. One swimmer kept a watch while 3 others boarded and ransacked the yacht, stealing cash, credit cards, iPhones, iPad, a purse and rum, leaving behind wet footprints that the victims discovered on their return. ||The witnesses on the nearby boat assisted the victims in making contact with the police. The victims made their first report at the local police station and were told to collect it at a different station. Two days later at the second station, the report seemed to have been "misplaced" when they went to collect it, and they were told to return the next day. They returned, but the report could still not be found, so a new report was completed. | |The victims indicate that the police seemed disinterested, and they failed to collect any meaningful information (a good description of one of the thieves was available, but not recorded). The subsequent investigation onboard included only photos of areas irrelevant to the theft, and no forensic/fingerprint analysis. |
An incident of Theft has been reported in United States Virgin Islands (US) – St. Thomas – Elephant Bay.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-15 at 01:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | dinghy/outbound |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 2nd Hand Report |
| Incident Details | Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht anchored in Elephant Bay |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Dominica – Prince Rupert Bay – Madiba dingy dock.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-13 at 00:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | 3.1m Highfield dinghy/9.9HP Honda outboard |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 1st Hand Report |
| Incident Details | The crew went ashore to enjoy reggae night at Madiba at about 11:30PM, and did not lock the dinghy to the dock. About 30 minutes later, they decided to return to the yacht and found that the dinghy was gone. They advised the restaurant, who summoned both the police and PAYS who did a search, and then returned the crew to the yacht moored nearby. PAYS and the coast guard conducted further searches the next day, but the dinghy was not located. A police report was made. |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Puerto Rico (US) – Culebra – Public Dock.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-10 at 22:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | fuel line for dinghy outboard |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 2nd Hand Report |
| Incident Details | The fuel line for Yamaha outboard was stolen from a dinghy at the town dock |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Guatemala – Rio Dulce – Livingston.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-07 at 02:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | dinghy fuel tank, fuel line, spotlight and shoes, failed attempt to steal the outboard |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 1st Hand Report |
| Incident Details | Overnight while owners slept, items were stolen from their in-the-water, not locked dinghy. Missing in the morning were the fuel tank, the fuel line, a spotlight and flipflops. An attempt to remove the outboard was evident, but unsuccessful as one of the transom clamps was broken previously and required tools to operate, and the other clamp was found in a fully open position. |
An incident of Theft has been reported in United States Virgin Islands (US) – St. Thomas – Elephant Bay.
| Incident Date | 2018-12-05 at 02:00 |
| Event Type | Theft |
| Stolen Items | 10′ Folding boat with 18HP Tohatsu outboard |
| Secured | Not Locked |
| Source Type | 3rd Hand Report |
| Incident Details | Overnight, a not locked in-the water 10′ flexboat with 18 HP outboard was stolen from a yacht anchored in Elephant Bay. It is not known if a police report was made . |
An incident of Theft has been reported in Honduras – Roatan – West End.
| 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. |
