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Tag: Attempted Theft Archives

2738 – Attempted Theft in Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay

Incident Date: 2022-01-24 at 04:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Not succcessful – attempted dinghy theft.

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners were asleep onboard and awoke to voices at 0400HRs and overheard 2 men, one exclaimed in clear English “Oh f***, there is a chain and a lock”, and then some splashing was heard. Upon investigation the in-the-water dinghy was still chained to the yacht and no one was visible. Nothing was taken from the the dinghy.

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January 24, 2022

2641 – Attempted Theft in Panama – Bocas del Toro – Red Frog

Incident Date: 2021-06-02 at 04:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Unsuccessful, nothing taken

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A catamaran anchored off Red Frog marina was boarded at 0400 HRS by a lone male while the owners slept onboard. They were awakened when the person was trying to open the closed hatch right above their heads in the master cabin. They began yelling and chased the unwanted person off the yacht. He boarded a wooden canoe and paddled off towards shore. ||They noticed his footprints in the morning dew. He had apparently tried other hatches, which were all locked. Nothing appeared to be missing from the deck. A report was made on the local VHF net.

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June 2, 2021

2598 – Attempted Theft in Martinique (France) – St. Anne

Incident Date: 2021-02-26 at 13:30

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard – not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A dinghy locked to the dinghy dock in the morning had its cable cut, but thieves apparently were unable to overcome the lock on the outboard and the dinghy was set adrift. Good Samaritans retrieved the dinghy and returned it to the dock where the owner found it and the severed cable later that day. No further details are available.

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February 26, 2021

2580 – Attempted Theft in Saint Martin (France) – Marigot Bay

Incident Date: 2021-02-04 at 22:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Thief attempted to steal a raised dinghy from the davits

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Around 10PM owner of a yacht anchored near the Fort Louis marina heard some noises and found his dingy was half lowered from its davits, and a man immediately jumped overboard and swam to shore.

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February 4, 2021

2577 – Attempted Theft in Grenada – Carriacou – Hillsborough

Incident Date: 2021-02-03 at 04:30

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Bombard Tropic 10FT dinghy / 5HP 2S Mercury outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owner locked his dinghy ashore overnight in Hillsborough opposite the dive shop, waiting for the sealant to dry mending a leaky bottom. Earlier during the day, someone had emptied the tank in the outboard, not even by siphoning but turning (and leaving) the outboard upside down hanging in lock and wire. The outboard was then moved to a car repair shop for safekeeping during the night. In the morning, the attachment for the wire on the dinghy had been cut and the dinghy dragged some ten-fifteen meters onto the road only to be abandoned. The owner believes it was too heavy for one man to get any further or someone perhaps caught the culprit in the act. Only 100 meters from the police station this was on the busiest street in Hillsborough, though curfew leaves it empty at dark. The dinghy was seen at 10PM and discovered on the street at 7AM.

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February 3, 2021

2566 – Attempted Theft in Antigua and Barbuda – Antigua – Falmouth Harbor

Incident Date: 2021-01-31 at 02:09

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At approximately 2:00am a noise was heard along the hull. The captain found the salon door of the catamaran half open. Upon walking into the aft cockpit a man was found boarding an orange and yellow kayak just under the hoisted tender. The captain confronted the man to ask his business. No reply was heard, when asked again the man said he was fishing as he paddled away. The captain turned on the salon lights and awoke the other crew. Wet footprints were found in the salon and at the top of the stairs leading to each hull where persons were sleeping. A review of the yachts content was conducted with nothing found missing. An iPad, DVD binder, and other small miscellaneous items where on the salon table and untouched. The crew believe the intruder was chased off by the captain immediately after the boarding.

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January 31, 2021

2557 – Attempted Theft in Saint Martin (France) – Marigot Bay

Incident Date: 2021-01-10 at 03:40

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: The owner of a catamaran was onboard and heard noise on deck at 3:40 am. He found a woman on deck hiding near the mast who then jumped over and swam ashore. A locker had been opened, rifled and several items removed, but they were left behind. || A police report was made.

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January 10, 2021

2521 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – St. Vincent – Young Island

Incident Date: 2020-09-03 at 02:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: none, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept on board a thief boarded their moored yacht and attempted to enter the locked yacht around 2AM, leaving behind wet footprints and a greasy set of fingerprints. Reports were made to the police, coast guard and the tourism office. ||CSSN NOTE: This location has had 6 reported boardings (4 theft/2 attempted theft) in the last 3 weeks. Local patrols have been increased, but problems persist. Prior reports can be read here : https://safetyandsecuritynet.org/incident-2519-2/

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September 3, 2020

2519 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – St. Vincent – Young Island

Incident Date: 2020-08-19 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: Not successful. 4 other yachts were victimized the same night and thieves stole cash,phones, electronics,clothing

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight 5 yachts on moorings in Young Island Cut were boarded. Thieves stole cash,phones,electronics and other items from 4 of the the yachts. The 5th yacht was locked, and the owners awoke to the noise and found wet footprints in the cockpit. The police were notified and took forensics from 1 of the yachts. The police/coastguard have increased daytime and nighttime patrols in the anchorage.

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August 19, 2020