Tag: Martinique (France) Archives

Incident Date: 2022-04-28 at 09:43

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy/ 9.9HP Yamaha

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A dinghy/9HP Yamaha was cable locked to the dinghy dock near Indigo in the marina. The dinghy was later found minus the outboard engine. A police report was made. The dock is reported to have video surveillance. ||CSSN NOTE: the local police indicated that 5-8 dinghy/outboard thefts had occurred in the past week. If you are a victim, please make a firsthand report to CSSN, and keep the cruising community well informed !

Incident Date: 2022-02-08 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Highfield 310 RIB dinghy / 15HP Honda outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight the yacht's in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen while the owners slept onboard. A police report was made.

Incident Date: 2021-12-11 at 22:30

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Fishing rod

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners were asleep onboard their yacht anchored in Le Precheur, Martinique, when they were awakened by noise. They discovered 2 men on a kayak attempting to steal their fishing gear from the deck, and began shouting at the thieves. The thieves dropped one of the rods, but managed to depart with the other. A police report was made.

Incident Date: 2021-10-06 at 19:45

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Outboard engine, Yamaha 2T 5cv with fuel tank

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners chain locked their 5HP Yamaha dinghy outboard and fuel tank to the chain plate of a boat stranded on the beach at L'autre Bord anchorage, Martinique. Thieves broke the chain plate and stole the outboard and fuel tank between 1900-2000HRS. ||Nearby yachts were notified, as well as the surrounding neighborhood. A police report was made the next day at La Trinité Police Station. The managers of the nearby maritime school were also informed. Two (2) hours later the outboard and fuel tank reappeared on the beach, next to the place where they had been stolen.

Incident Date: 2021-08-25 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/Honda 2.3HP outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept on board, their in-the-water and not locked dinghy/2.3HP Honda outboard was stolen. It is not known if a police report was made.

Incident Date: 2021-07-21 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: RIB dinghy

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Owner found that the engineless RIB dinghy he had chain locked to the Maxmarine dock had been stolen between noon 19 July and the morning of 21 July. A report was made to the police.

Incident Date: 2021-07-17 at 13:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Caribe dinghy / 15HP Mercury outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners locked their dinghy to the mangroves at 0900 and found the mangrove had been cut when they returned at 1700, and the dinghy stolen. No police report was made.

Incident Date: 2021-06-21 at 20:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: RIB dinghy / Yamaha outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A RIB dinghy / Yamaha outboard locked to the St. Anne dinghy dock was stolen between 6-8PM, it is not know if a police report was made.