Incident Date: 2024-03-29 at 22:22
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 40” lower unit and propeller from Yamaha 300HP outboard
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A tender was parked overnight at Sopers Hole (by the Customs office- past the old fish and lime). The entire 40" lower unit of the 300HP engine was unbolted and stolen. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2024-03-17 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy, Hull ID: XMO08063F920, 9.8HP Tohatsu engine (Serial #002871AK Model MFS9.8BS) and dinghy contents
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight outside the reef at White Bay, while owner and guests slept on board their in-the-water and not locked AB dinghy, 9.9HP Tohatsu outboard and fuel tank were stolen. Lines securing the dinghy to the yacht were removed. A report was made to the police and Coast Guard.||UPDATE: Serial number details added||Hull ID: XMO08063F920|Tohatsu Serial #002871AK Model MFS9.8BS||UPDATE : The dingy was recovered after 5 days, found beached in White Bay. It was intact , minus 1/2 tank of fuel and owner's flip flops.
Incident Date: 2024-02-29 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: center console dinghy/70HP Yamaha (Model F70AET 6JC SN 1060111)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an unlocked center console dinghy/70HP Yamaha (Model F70AET 6JC SN 1060111) was stolen from Saba Rock in North Sound, Virgin Gorda. A police report was made.||UPDATE 4/9/2024 Airtag tracker was activated and then shared with police who investigated, dinghy recovered, intact.
Incident Date: 2024-01-06 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 13' aluminum AB dinghy with 30HP Tohatsu EverRun 2-stroke
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy locked to the central dock in Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke, was stolen between 2130-2200HRS. Serial numbers Aluminum deep-V 13-foot AB, Hull ID COXTM53014L314i and 30HP Tohatsu EverRun Serial # 047066AC. Reports were made to the BVI,BVI/USVI police, Coast Guard, the BVI Charter Yacht Society, and the USVI equivalent, the VIPCA.||CSSN UPDATE: The victim have advised that with help from the local community and the BVI Marine Units of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force the dinghy has been recovered. All the dinghy contents (fuel tank, PFDs, depth sounder, swim ladder, lights, all lines, shoes, etc) were missing but the dinghy/outboard were both operational.
Incident Date: 2020-07-10 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 16 ft. center console with Yamaha 70
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A 16ft. center console with 70HP Yamaha was stolen from its slip in front the Arawak shop in Leverick Bay between 11PM July 9 and 1PM July 10. The boat was not locked to the dock, but the key had been removed. The BVI Police and Marina were notified, and a review of the marina video surveillance is expected.
Incident Date: 2020-03-12 at 21:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash, jewelry, cellphones and cameras +
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While charter catamaran guests were ashore for the evening, a thief entered the locked yacht through a deck hatch which was left closed but not locked. Stolen items included cash, jewelry,4 cellphones, cameras + backpacks. A police report was made, and the police visited the yacht and collected forensics from the scene. A second yacht had a similar experience in this bay the same night.
Incident Date: 2019-12-25 at 23:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight a charter catamaran had its dinghy/outboard stolen. Reported to the charter company, no further details available.
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.
Incident Date: 2016-07-05 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: kayak
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored near shore had its (in the water) kayak stolen overnight while the crew slept.
