Incident Date: 2024-02-11 at 08:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy / 15HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, while owners slept onboard their in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen in Prickly Bay. Reports were made on the VHF net, to the police, Coast Guard and local dive shops.
Incident Date: 2024-02-10 at 22:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield 4.7M Center console RIB dinghy / 70 HP Yamaha serial number 6CJL 1077247. RIB H/N is CN-HFM00423K617
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran anchored at Sandy island secured their in-the-water center console RIB dinghy/70HP Yamaha (serial number 6CJL 1077247). RIB H/N is CN-HFM00423K617 with a locking cable and a painter. It was stolen between 2200-2245HRS. | |A report to the Coast Guard and police was made.||UPDATE: 4/10/2024 The owner recovered the intact dinghy on 2/14/2024 when a tracker indicated it was located at the True Blue Coast Guard Station. The Coast Guard had collected the dinghy from a fisherman who indicated he found it north of Grenada. A substantial reward was offered. The fisherman failed to make the required sworn statement to authorities as he had previously agreed, so the reward remains unclaimed.
Incident Date: 2024-01-25 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: kayak
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A kayak stored tied up in a tree in Mt. Hartmann Bay was stolen between January 22-27. A police report was made.||It was found in the mangroves several days later with a paddleboard that had also been stolen from a yacht in the Secret Harbor Marina. (See 3222) A large tactical knife and a length of pipe/rebar was found under the seat. The knife was turned over to the police.||Both the kayak and the SUP were returned to their owners.
Incident Date: 2024-01-25 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: stand up paddleboard (SUP)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners of a catamaran docked at Secret Harbor Marina discovered their standup paddle board had been stolen from their deck overnight. A report was made to the Marina.||Several days later a swimmer noticed the SUP and a missing kayak hidden along the nearby mangroves and advised the marina, who came and collected it . The owner of the kayak was also located and reunited with his kayak (see 3221).
Incident Date: 2023-11-19 at 19:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy / 18HP NS Marine outboard (recovered minus fuel tank)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy locked with steel cable to the Grande Anse dock was stolen while the owners were having dinner nearby. When the owners returned witnesses provided information about the direction the thieves who had cut the cable had gone. The police were called, but were not helpful, the Coast Guard did not answer a VHF 16 call. The owner and a friend went toward the southern end of the beach where they recovered the dinghy, with it's well locked engine, but minus the fuel tank which had been locked with the same cable cut by the thieves. There was no damage to the dinghy/outboard.
Incident Date: 2023-11-15 at 20:57
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy AB 2.40m, outboard Mercury 6HP-4S
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in Tyrrel Bay, Carriacou, between 1900-2100HRS. The 2.4 meter AB dinghy had registration "Smile tl 651938" on the starboard pontoon and a 4S 6HP engine. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2023-11-15 at 19:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: AB dinghy / Yamaha 15HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners tied their dinghy to the dinghy dock in Tyrrell Bay and went to dinner ashore. When they returned the dinghy was gone. The next day an intermediary arranged for the return of the dinghy he claimed had been "found" by a fisherman offshore and collected a $800 "fee". No police report was made.||CSSN NOTE: recently in a separate case the Grenada CG required a sworn statement from someone who was claiming to have “found” a dinghy/outboard for which a reward had been offered. The “finder” failed to make the required statement, no reward was paid and the dinghy was returned to the owner.
Incident Date: 2023-11-09 at 14:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Full gas can
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A gasoline filled red jerry jug (with grey Sunbrella cover) was stolen from the starboard rail of a yacht in the Hog island anchorage.
Incident Date: 2023-10-10 at 21:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: fishing gear
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An unoccupied catamaran was moored in Prickly Bay. A thief arrived with tools and wearing gloves but was unable to gain entry to the yachts interior. He stole fishing gear from an unlocked lazarette before departing. All the activity was recorded by the yachts security cameras.||A report was made to police and coast guard. There have been no updates on their investigation.
Incident Date: 2023-08-07 at 03:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Carib Dinghy (SN HFB09000J020) and Yamaha 15HP engine (DMH -6B4K SN 1366002 )
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard, their in-the water dinghy / Yamaha 15HP outboard was stolen. It was cable locked to the yacht, thieves arrived prepared with bolt cutters. A police report was made.
