Incident Date: 2025-10-14 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy (Talamex Highline), Outboard Motor (Suzuki 9.8)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy / 9.8HP Suzuki outboard tied to the dock was stolen overnight. A police report is planned.
CSSN UPDATE : the dinghy minus engine was recovered in Port Bonaire
Incident Date: 2024-10-06 at 01:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy w/ 20 HP Tohatsu Outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners awoke at 0145HRS when the captain of a neighboring yacht knocked on their hull. The neighbors had seen thieves towing the yacht's in-the-water and not locked dinghy. The thieves had cut the painter, and were powering away when the neighbor's yells alerted them. The thieves abandoned the dinghy and it was recovered. A report was made to the marina and the Coast Guard.
Incident Date: 2024-06-17 at 00:50
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / 40HP 2stroke Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A chain locked dinghy /40HP 2stroke Yamaha outboard was stolen from a canal home dock. The engineless dinghy was found the next day washed up on Klein Bonaire, and returned to the owner. A police report was made.||A second dinghy / 40HP Yamaha engine was also stolen from a nearby dock the same night.
Incident Date: 2024-06-17 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / 40HP Yamaha 2 stroke outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Second victim, same night. Dinghy / 40HP Yamaha outboard stolen from canal – Caribbean Court. See 3325.
Incident Date: 2022-05-07 at 23:29
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 10ft Arimar Dinghy and 8HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in the mooring field. The owners awoke to find that both lines securing the dinghy to the yacht had been cut. A police report was made, and the marina and port captain were notified.
Incident Date: 2022-05-03 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: The 15HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: The 15HP Yamaha outboard was stolen overnight from the small chase boat on the Plaza marina dock, the outboard was locked to the boat with a simple padlock. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2021-08-02 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Outboard Motor for Dinghy – Suzuki 9.9hp 4-stroke engine
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between Midnight and 5:30am, the 9.9HP 4 stroke outboard motor was stolen from a dinghy which was tied to a near shore mooring in the mooring field. The outboard was bolted to the transom, the thieves came prepared with tools to remove it. No damage was done, and the fuel tank was not taken. A report was made to the police and the marina. The owners learned a similar theft had occurred to a local fisherman in the last few months, but no details were available.
Incident Date: 2020-08-04 at 01:01
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: unsuccessful attempt at dinghy theft
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, thieves attempted to steal an in-the-water but cable locked dinghy. The dinghy was rifled, but the outboard was locked and a cable/lock secured the fuel tank as well. Thieves were not successful but removed the seat in their attempts and it was missing, presumed overboard.
Incident Date: 2020-05-05 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: AB dinghy / 15HP Yamaha Enduro
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and cable locked dinghy was stolen from the Plaza Resort Marina. A police report was made, and video surveillance at the resort was found to be not functioning.
Incident Date: 2019-07-26 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy/outboard (recovered minus fuel tank)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy was locked and tied to the Budget Marine dinghy dock near the Venezuelan consulate. Between 2400 and 0200 HRS it was stolen. Police were notified, three officers responded in a timely fashion and took a report as well as scanned the water with spotlights and notified the coast guard. After sunrise, the incident was reported on the local cruisers VHF net. Other cruisers assisted with a search and the dinghy was found washed up on the shore of Klein Bonaire, minus the fuel tank. The lock for the dinghy itself had been pried open, but the bar lock on the outboard was intact.
