Attempted Theft - The Caribbean Safety and Security Net

2475 – Attempted Theft in Grenada – Grenada – St. George’s – inside lagoon

Incident Date: 2019-08-31 at 23:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: nothing, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept on board their in-the-water and chain locked dinghy was tampered with. The electric outboard was locked to the dinghy, and had its main lead cable disconnected, but thieves could not remove or defeat the lock. No items of significant value had been left in the dinghy. It is not known if a police report was made.

August 31, 2019

2394 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Bequia – Princess Margaret Beach

Incident Date: 2019-08-17 at 20:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners were away from their yacht anchored off Princess Margaret beach for 30 minutes, and returned at 2000 HRS to find a swimmer onboard. The cockpit was lit and the door locked. He had entered thru a closed but not locked hatch. He immediately jumped overboard and swam to the beach. A police report was made.

CSSN NOTE: This is the third boarding/theft reported at this location in the last few weeks.

August 17, 2019

2385 – Attempted Theft in Martinique (France) – Baie des Anglais (English Bay)

Incident Date: 2019-07-23 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners anchored just offshore in St. Pierre awoke after a rainy night and discovered their in-the water and well locked dinghy had been tampered with. An attempt to remove the outboard was made as evidenced by one of the transom clamps being fully loosened. The theft was thwarted by the locking mechanism that prevented the second clamp from being turned.

July 23, 2019

2473 – Attempted Theft in Panama – Linton Bay

Incident Date: 2019-07-13 at 04:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: nothing, not successful

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Captain was onboard his yacht but awakened at 0400HRS when his security system detected the attempted theft of his (locked) dinghy. When the thief saw his flashlight and realized he had been discovered he started his engine and departed. No police report was made.

July 13, 2019

2369 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Canouan – L’Ance Guyac

Incident Date: 2019-07-07 at 04:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A cruising catamaran was at anchor just south of L’Ance Guyac point on Canouan. At 04:00 am on 07/07/19, occupants were awoken by a noise on deck and found a man onboard trying to unlock the dinghy, which was raised and secured with a chain. The boarder jumped in the water and disappeared on a small red and white dinghy without a motor.

July 7, 2019

2366 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Canouan – Charlestown Bay (South House)

Incident Date: 2019-07-04 at 03:12

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Sleeping owners were awakened by a noise on deck and opened a hatch just as their sensor light came on and illuminated a man trying to gain entry to the salon. The intruder jumped overboard. The Coast Guard was notified and arrived after a delay. An unsuccessful search was made of shore, and they took a report. All hatches and companionways were locked at the time of the boarding. All valuable items on deck were also secured and locked.

July 4, 2019

2349 – Attempted Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Canouan – Charlestown Bay (South House)

Incident Date: 2019-05-20 at 03:15

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: nothing, attempted break in though saloon sliding door

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners awoke at 03:15 HRS when they heard the door handle on their saloon sliding door being rattled during an attempted breakin. They scared the thief who jumped in the water and disappeared. A police report was made the next day, and a good description of the thief was provided to the SVG police, who seemed aware of this individual and the persistent but unresolved problems in this anchorage.

May 20, 2019

2335 – Attempted Theft in British Virgin Islands (UK) – Virgin Gorda – Spanish Town

Incident Date: 2019-04-05 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None, not successful.

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: On a mooring just north of the Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour entrance, among about 10 other yachts, owners awoke to discover that they had been boarded overnight. Their flag pole had been broken, as well as the sat phone antenna and MOB light/pole. Their in-the-water, but chained dinghy, apparently the target of thieves, remained secured. The owners reported the attempted theft and damage to the paid mooring minder the next morning.

April 5, 2019

2331 – Attempted Theft in Guadeloupe (France) – Guadeloupe – St. Francois

Incident Date: 2019-03-31 at 16:30

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Motoryacht owners decided to snorkel in an area about 100m from their yacht. They noticed a local open motor boat with one man aboard idling slowly around the anchorage, and saw him tie up to a nearby mooring, jump in, swim to their boat, climb the ladder and enter their salon. They immediately began shouting and swimming back towards their vessel, which alerted others on boats in the anchorage who also began shouting at the intruder, who then jumped off the yacht and swam back to his boat and then motored away. Owners returned to their yacht and used their dinghy to pursue the individual, who had moored off the beach. When confronted he said he “did not steal anything’, and “sorry”. Vessels in the anchorage were notified by VHF, and the marina dock master was provided a picture of the intruder’s boat.

March 31, 2019

2305 – Attempted Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Reduit Beach

Incident Date: 2019-02-02 at 01:00

Event Type: Attempted Theft

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight, and in-the-water and cable locked dinghy anchored off Reduit Beach had its painter cleanly cut. Owner was onboard all night, and did not hear anything unusual. The theft was not successful. A police report was made.

February 2, 2019

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