Tag: Attempted Theft Archives

Incident Date: 2018-06-03 at 02:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A catamaran anchored in South Glossy Bay overnight. Well aware of prior problems in Canouan, the owners locked up securely. They were awoken when a swimmer tried to pry open a locked deck hatch. The thief, once discovered, ran forward and jumped overboard and swam away. Minor damage, but nothing taken. They departed Canouan early the next morning.

Incident Date: 2017-07-26 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: none noticed immediately

Secured: Unknown

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter catamaran was boarded overnight. The captain heard noise as a hatch was being opened and chased the man, who dove overboard and swam away. The SVG Coast Guard took a report from the victims the next day.

Incident Date: 2017-07-25 at 01:20

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Nil.

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht was boarded by a single male who dove overboard and swam away after being confronted by the owners from behind the locked cabin door at about 1 AM. Several VHF calls to the SVG Coast Guard were not answered. The owners departed the next morning and made a report to the SVG police in Bequia, who indicated they would forward the report to the SVG Canouan police.

Incident Date: 2017-04-01 at 02:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: While the crew slept a yacht was boarded overnight. The crew had been boarded and burglarized in this anchorage previously, so they moved all gear inside and locked up. The thief lowered and boarded by the swim ladder and then attempted to enter through both deck hatches and the companionway, but was unsuccessful because all were securely locked. CSSN NOTE: This location was plagued by similar burglaries and thefts in 2015 (11 reported to CSSN) ) and also a report in 2016. This is the 2nd report for 2017. Read that report here LINK, or review them all and related News items by typing “Canouan” in the search box on any CSSN webpage.

Incident Date: 2017-03-28 at 02:30

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: No stolen items

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter catamaran was anchored 300 meters from the hotel. The dinghy was lifted on davits, but the cabin doors were left open. At 2.30 AM, a crew member woke up because of some unusual noise. As he went up to the main cabin, a thief ran out of the cabin and jumped over board as the crew member shouted loudly and turned on lights. Another crew member saw a second man jump overboard from the opposite pontoon. Wet footprints were found inside the vessel. The theives were not successful, no items were stolen.

CSSN NOTE: This is third incident of this type in this bay within a 2 week period, and the first report of multiple thieves onboard.