Tag: Dominica Archives

Incident Date: 2015-03-30 at 01:00

Event Type: Assault

Stolen Items: Laptop, mobile phone, VHF, cash

Secured: Locked

Source Type: Unknown Hand Report

Incident Details: A single hander anchored in the south end of Prince Rupert Bay was awakened at 1:00 AM by noise on deck.Somewhat disoriented, he unlocked and went up to the cockpit where he encountered 2 men, one with a gun. The theives stole his laptop, phone, VHF, cash and demanded his credit card and PIN. He informed them he did not have a credit card and the they left. The next day he informed other boats anchored nearby and made a report to the police. CSSN NOTE: PAYS operates a nightime secutrity patrol in the NORTH end of Prince Rupert Bay, and a radio call from the locked cabin may have prevented this incident.

Incident Date: 2015-03-15 at 16:00

Event Type: Assault

Stolen Items: None

Secured: N/A

Source Type: Unknown Hand Report

Incident Details: While on a previously paid for mooring in front of the Anchorage hotel, a yacht was approached by a small local boat whose occupant threatened them with a spear gun and then attempted to use a machete to cut their line. The yacht left the mooring . Reports were made to the police and Coast Guard. CSSN UPDATE 2015-04-14: Our original posting failed to include that the Coast Guard responded very quickly, within about 10 minutes, to this threatening situation. We later learned that the yacht subsequently returned to the mooring, and that business interests in the area conducted a meeting with local boatmen to convey the seriousness of this type of behavior and to (hopefully) prevent any future occurrences.