Incident Date: 2025-05-24 at 16:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / outboard, dinghy later recovered
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked dinghy / outboard was stolen during daylight hours from the Government dock. The dinghy minus the outboard was found the next morning.||No further details are available.
Incident Date: 2023-11-23 at 18:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Local yola / 15HP 2S outboard (yola recovered minus engine)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A local vendor left his yola (an open boat) on the marina dock. Witnesses later indicated they saw it being towed out through the anchorage to the mangroves around 1830HRS. The yola was later recovered minus its 15HP 2S engine. A report was made to the marina and port captain.
Incident Date: 2023-01-17 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 15HP Yamaha outboard, model E15DMH, SN 1143491
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners were not onboard when their 15HP Yamaha was stolen from the stern rail. The thief removed the bolts that held the wooden supports the engine was mounted on/locked to and stole the entire assembly. The theft was reported to the Coast Guard, Port Captain and on the local VHF net.
Incident Date: 2022-12-10 at 10:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 16kg (33Lbs) fluke anchor
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht anchored in Bayahibe, in six meters of water, in the middle of the charter catamaran buoys. A secondary anchor was attached as a kellet to the chain to add some weight and reduce swing. The secondary anchor was suspended 5 meters below the vessel, one meter above sand.||At 0800HRS the secondary anchor was clearly visible on the chain. At 1200HRS, the anchor was missing. There was no wind, no boat swinging, no swell. The crew had remained onboard all morning.||The crew did a thorough search for the anchor (several hours), nothing could be found, not where they boat lay or in vicinity. The shackle used to attach the anchor was easily found laying on the surface of the sand, in two parts, exactly where the boat was standing.
Incident Date: 2022-03-05 at 21:30
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Cash, credit card, computer and speakers
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners discovered that their cruising yacht berthed at Marina Zar Par was burgled during the 8 weeks that they were away. Thieves stole cash, credit cards, a computer and speakers from the locked yacht. A report was made to the marina manager before the yacht departed.
Incident Date: 2021-12-15 at 01:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: multiple items – ships battery, TV/game consol +++
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The burglary of an unoccupied yacht on a mooring the anchorage was discovered by the absent owner's friends. Details are not complete, but a police report was made on the owners behalf.||CSSN NOTE: Firsthand reports are the gold standard at CSSN, if you know the victim, encourage and support a firsthand report, facts matter!||March 1, 2022 UPDATE : Owner confirms previous details, hand updated to 1st hand.
Incident Date: 2021-09-17 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 15 HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, thieves boarded an unoccupied yacht on a mooring near the marina dock. They used a hacksaw/blade to cleanly cut the padlock that locked the transom clamps to each other while the 15HP Yamaha was mounted on the stern pulpit. The lock remains were left in the cockpit, where a similar lock secured the cabin companionway. The fuel tank remained in the cockpit, and was not taken. A report was made to the police, port captain, marina and announced on the VHF net.
Incident Date: 2020-06-01 at 11:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash, jewelry and credit card
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: During daylight hours between 10:15 and 11:30 AM an unlocked cruising catamaran on a private 2 yacht floating dock along the mangroves south of the Puerto Blanco marina was boarded and ransacked. The thief used a knife found on the yacht to defeat the locked safe and stole cash, jewelry and a credit card. Wet footprints were found throughout the yacht. A report was made to the police, port captain and coast guard as well as the tourism representative. The police visited the yacht and collected some forensics a few days later and currently have some suspects in custody.||CSSN NOTE: This is the 7th boarding/incident in this bay in the last 6 months. We will update this report as additional information about successful prosecution is provided by the victims.
Incident Date: 2020-03-16 at 20:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A thief broke the companionway hasp to gain entry to a locked yacht in the bay between 7-9PM. An alarm was triggered and this apparently startled the thief and scared them away. Nothing was taken. A report was made to the (tourist) police.
Incident Date: 2020-03-16 at 22:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Cash and jewelry
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht on a mooring in the bay was burglarized between 6-10PM while the crew was ashore. The thief broke into the boat via the companionway door. Cash and jewelry were stolen. Reports were made to all authorities – The Navy/commandante, the police and the tourist police. No forensics were conducted.||CSSN NOTE: This is the 6th report of boarding/break-in from Luperon bay in 2020. Cruisers and the Navy have begun nighttime patrols.
