Incident Date: 2022-04-08 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Caribe dinghy / Yamaha 4HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: As the lone yacht anchored in Cabo de la Vela, on the third night while the owners were sleeping onboard, their in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen. The lines were cut. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2020-03-30 at 23:50
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: Dinghy/outboard, fuel tank and fuel line,fenders
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A foreign flagged monohull with 4 persons onboard was the lone yacht anchored in Bahia de Barbacoas (south of Cartagena) for 5 nights. The dinghy was hoisted on a halyard to deck height. At about midnight the crew heard voices and discovered that 3 men with machetes from a small fishing boat had boarded. ||The crew locked themselves inside an interior cabin and the captain turned on deck lights and yelled. One intruder came into the yacht and attempted to get into the locked cabin, and another managed to hit the captain on the head with the flat side of his machete thru a hatch. The intruders slashed the halyard, and took the dinghy/outboard and some fenders from a foredeck locker. Shore side, a very bright spotlight was shone on the confrontation and the thieves departed. ||The captain set off a red parachute flare and noticed the dinghy adrift nearby. They upped anchor and retrieved it, the thieves had damaged the locked outboard while trying to remove it, but were not successful. ||The Armada Nacional (coast guard) was contacted by those on shore and arrived promptly and escorted the yacht to anchor in Los Rosarios but instructed them not to stay overnight as they could not guarantee safety. The yacht and crew were granted sanctuary despite port closure and accepted into Santa Marta marina later that day, where a medic provided treatment for the head wound.
Incident Date: 2019-03-26 at 11:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy anchor
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A visiting yacht had deployed a stern anchor (line plus chain rode to anchor) behind its dinghy at the concrete wall of the town dock. On their return to the dock after a walk, they found the stern anchor and its entire rode had been stolen. A report was made to the Police and the Port Captain, but no witnesses could be located.
Incident Date: 2019-01-25 at 21:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: theft not successful, thieves slashed tubes
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Thieves attempted to steal an in-the-water, chain locked dinghy, but were not successful. They slashed the tubes before departing. Another dinghy/outboard was stolen the same night from this remote anchorage. A third yacht anchored in this same bay had lifted and locked thier dinghy, and reported no issues.
Incident Date: 2019-01-25 at 21:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/2.5HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the-water and not locked dinghy/2.5 HP outboard was stolen from an anchored yacht at about 9PM. The owner upped anchor to look for his dinghy and found a local fishing boat nearby with 2 men and a boy and saw his deflated dinghy/outboard inside their boat, before the fishing boat motored away. A second yacht anchored in the same bay discovered that their in the water and chain locked dinghy had been slashed. The third boat in the anchorage had lifted and locked their dinghy and had no issues.
Incident Date: 2018-12-01 at 14:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 2.5 HP 4S Suzuki outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An outboard (2.5HP 4S Suzuki) was stolen from a dinghy at the Club Nautico Marina dinghy dock, reported to the marina and to the police.
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Incident Date: 2018-05-03 at 21:00
Event Type: Robbery
Stolen Items: Cash, tablet, smartphones, camera, laptop, powerbanks, SUP paddleboard
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht with 3 persons onboard arrived and anchored near the control tower at 8PM. About an hour later a small boat came alongside with 4 men armed with knives and machetes. They showed their weapons, boarded, and quickly tied up the 2 men, and sent the woman below to collect the yachts valuables (cash, smartphones, tablet ,laptop, chargers and camera). They appeared to be high, and asked for drugs (none provided). They took the SUP and departed after about 30 minutes. No one was injured. After making a VHF call to the control tower to report the armed robbery, the crew upped anchor and moved close to the Club Nautico marina docks where there is a security patrol. A report was made the next day on the local VHF net.
Incident Date: 2018-04-03 at 20:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy and outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht was anchored alone in the bay. On the second evening, while they and their dog were onboard, both of the lines securing the in-the-water dinghy/outboard were cut, and it was stolen. They discovered the theft at about 8:30 PM when they went out to hoist and secure it for the night. No police report was made, they departed the next morning for Panama.
Incident Date: 2018-03-21 at 15:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy anchor
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored near Isla Pirata and the owners/crew took the dinghy to snorkel. While they were snorkeling the dinghy’s anchor was stolen, the theives had replaced it with a large rock.
Incident Date: 2018-03-12 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Carib dinghy with 5hp Mercury
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht sailing in the bay of Cartagena anchored next to the village Cano De Loro. At 8PM the owners went to the cockpit and discovered that the line to their in-the-water and not locked dinghy had been cut. A report was made to the Police and Coast Guard.
