Incident Date: 2026-07-28 at 04:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: The owner’s dog began barking and when the owner investigated he found 2 men attempting to steal the fishing gear from his rod holder. He began yelling and the men in the open boat/small engine departed.
Incident Date: 2026-07-04 at 03:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruiser berthed his yacht at the Bonacca government dock for a few nights. He awoke at 0300HRS when he heard noise, and discovered a man in his cockpit drinking rum. There was some yelling and the captain told the man to get off the boat immediately. The man returned to the dock, and flashed a knife, while he continued to yell as he departed. Nothing was taken.
Activity on/around this municipal dock is believed by police to be related, see 3881,3882
CSSN NOTE: If you are a victim, please make a firsthand report.
Incident Date: 2026-07-05 at 00:10
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The owner of a yacht on an SMMA mooring had been asleep on deck, and awoke when it began to rain. As he was returning to the interior salon he noticed a thief in a dinghy was attempting to steal the yacht’s in-the-water but locked dinghy. The owner began yelling and the thief started his own engine and departed quickly to the south.
Incident Date: 2026-05-24 at 04:10
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruising yacht had been anchored in Old Bank Bay for a few weeks, and there were other yachts anchored nearby. They awoke at 0400HRS to noise and discovered two men in an open boat attempting to steal their in-the-water, but locked dinghy/outboard. They shone lights and began yelling, and the unsuccessful thieves departed toward Isla Bastimentos. No police report was made
Incident Date: 2026-05-09 at 02:30
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The owners of a monohull arrived in Anse La la Raye, St. Lucia around midday, and were assisted onto a mooring. They were the only yacht there when they retired for the evening.
They were awakened by noise at 0220HRS. They found two thieves alongside in an open boat attempting to steal their lifted and locked to the yacht dinghy, the painter had been cut. They shone a spotlight on the thieves, which scared them off, the thieves sped off towards the north end of the village moorings.
A police report was made by phone.
Incident Date: 2026-05-08 at 02:08
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: At 0215HRS a swimmer attempted to board and steal a dinghy from a yacht in the Linton Bay anchorage. The owners began yelling when they discovered the thieves and cruisers on nearby yachts were awakened, and they shone bright lights on the swimmer and his 2 companions in a powered open boat. The police were called by one of the nearby yachts. The swimmer was picked up and the three thieves departed. The police arrived about an hour later at the marina, and were picked up by a cruiser. The aero naval boat arrived soon after.
Incident Date: 2026-04-24 at 23:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A charter catamaran was one of 4 yachts using the mooring balls in the bay. It was circled by a small boat and then boarded at approximately 2300HRS. Three masked men had approached, one had moved onto the stern step before realizing they had been observed by the crew from the bridge area. The 3 men departed quickly. The captain chose to immediately leave the anchorage. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2026-04-23 at 23:30
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers awoke at 2330HRS when they heard noise. Thieves had cut a lifting line and were attempting to steal their lifted and locked dinghy from the davits. Once discovered the thieves motored away from the catamaran.
Incident Date: 2026-04-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The owners of a yacht anchored in Linton Bay used 2 chains/locks, and a heavy cable to secure their lifted dinghy/outboard. At 0200HRS they were awoken by noise, and later found the cable had been cut, but the thieves were not successful.
A second dinghy was stolen the same night, its line and chain cut. See 3823.
Incident Date: 2026-04-13 at 02:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: At 0200HRS the owner of a yacht anchored in Linton Bay was awakened by noise. Two men had boarded the yacht and were attempting to steal the 15HP engine which was locked to the transom of the the raised (2M) and locked dinghy. They began yelling and the men jumped in the water, swam away, leaving their wooden panga adrift.
