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Tag: Attempted Theft Archives

3425 – Attempted Theft in Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay Lagoon

Incident Date: 2024-12-07 at 05:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners were awakened at 0500HRS when thieves attempted to break into their catamaran's locked sliding door. Once aware they had been discovered the thieves departed quickly in their motorized boat. A police report was made.

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December 7, 2024

3349 – Attempted Theft in Grenada – Grenada – Halifax Bay

Incident Date: 2024-08-30 at 03:37

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy / outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht anchored in Halifax Bay. In the morning they found the line (painter) to their in-the-water and locked dinghy had been cut. The thieves were not successful in this instance. Owners report that they noticed the remains of several other dinghies on the beach.

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August 30, 2024

3301 – Attempted Theft in Martinique (France) – St. Pierre

Incident Date: 2024-04-30 at 18:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Attempted theft of dinghy engine and fuel tank

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter yacht locked their dinghy, dinghy engine and fuel tank to the dinghy dock at St. Pierre, Martinique, and then spent the day ashore. When they returned they found 4 inches of water in the dinghy, the fuel tank disconnected from the engine, and the gear shift broken off and missing. They reported the incident to their charter company.

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April 30, 2024

3280 – Attempted Theft in Saint Martin (France) – Lagoon

Incident Date: 2024-04-10 at 01:50

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: attempted theft of raised dinghy/outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers anchored in the lagoon awoke at 0150HRS to sounds on their aft deck. A thief had boarded and was attempting to lower their raised and tied off dinghy/outboard. They began banging on the ceiling of their aft cabin and the thief aborted his efforts and jumped back in his dinghy and drifted a short way off while claiming he "needed gas". ||The cruisers used a spot light to light up the scene and began recording video. The thief had a second dinghy already in tow and departed the lagoon via the Sandy Ground bridge. ( See 3281) A report was made on the VHF net the next morning, where another cruiser confirmed their dinghy had been stolen overnight. A police report was made and the video provided to authorities.

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April 10, 2024

3272 – Attempted Theft in Saint Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts – Majors Bay

Incident Date: 2024-04-02 at 03:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: not successful

Secured: N/A

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht anchored at 2.5M depth in Major's Bay, St.Kitts. They dove the 35kg anchor and all was well. The crew awoke at 0300HRS when their anchor alarm sounded. They retrieved the anchor and found a line had been carefully tied into it, and then cut off. The shackle on the anchor remained seized. They re-anchored and noticed a singlehander on an adjacent yacht seemed to be dragging as well. He departed. The police were informed.

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April 2, 2024

3260 – Attempted Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Pigeon Island

Incident Date: 2024-03-07 at 23:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: not successful

Secured: N/A

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht anchored in the northern part of Rodney Bay, near Pigeon Island Beach. They heard noises around 2300HRS and when 2 crew members investigated they found a thief already onboard. Once discovered the thief immediately returned to his boat and rowed away. ||The crew setup a watch. Another noise was heard and another thief was discovered on the bow. When lit up he immediately returned to his boat and rowed away. The watch continued.||A bit later another boat approached the stern of the yacht, with 3 men onboard. When the crew shown a light on them they immediately rowed away. ||Nothing was taken, no police report was made.

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March 7, 2024

3247 – Attempted Theft in Saint Lucia – Laborie Bay – Outer Bay

Incident Date: 2024-03-02 at 23:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: unsuccessful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At 2300HRS the crew onboard a catamaran anchored near the dock in Laborie Bay, St. Lucia, heard a suspicious loud bang at their stern where their dinghy was chain locked. The captain investigated and noted 3 men in a local boat who then drifted off a bit and then again came close and attempted to claim they were the police and began "interrogating" the captain about illegal drugs and weapons. They threatened the captain and crew and mimed shooting a gun at the yacht. ||The captain shown a bright spotlight on the men, and they departed to the nearby town dock. After retrieving some rocks ashore, the 3 men went to the end of the dock and began throwing them in the direction of the yacht (out of range) and swearing. Nothing was stolen. The captain contacted the Laborie police by phone, who were immediately responsive and checked the (empty) local boat at the dock. The police also followed up again the next morning by phone.

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March 2, 2024