Incident Date: 2019-12-24 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: hard dinghy, Yamaha 9.9 HP outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A locked dinghy was stolen from the Mango dock. IT is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-12-22 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy fuel tank
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners of an anchored yacht had the dinghy fuel tank (not locked to the dinghy) stolen from their in-the-water and locked to the yacht dinghy. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-12-10 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy w/ 4HP 4S outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The owner was nearby when their unlocked dinghy was stolen from the dinghy dock.
Incident Date: 2019-12-03 at 12:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: attempted to steal dinghy fuel tank
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy was securely locked to the dinghy dock near the fort at about 1100 HRS. When the owners returned at 1715 HRS they discovered that thieves had attempted to steal the fuel tank, and fuel line. The thieves had used a sharp knife to cut the fuel tank and oar retaining straps, and disconnected the fuel line at the engine, but were unable to defeat the stainless chain and lock that secured the tank to the engine and the dinghy, or the hard to access tie wraps that secured the fuel line to the tank. The straps that held the oars were cut, but the oars were not taken.
Incident Date: 2019-11-07 at 22:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB – AB 24 + YAMAHA 225hp
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Operators of a marine trade business docked their boat (24FT RIB – 225HP outboard) at La Dunette dock at about 20:30 HRS, and patronized the business there. They did not lock the boat, left the keys in the ignition and the courtesy lights ON. An hour later they discovered it had been stolen, and made a report to the coast guard. A search was made in the surrounding area and the boat was not located. The next morning, a police report was made. That same morning the boat was seen by others, nearby and aground in a place that had been well searched the previous night. The CG and owner retrieved it, found some damage to the hull, the courtesy lights turned off and the key missing.
Incident Date: 2019-07-28 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12′ West marine inflatable dinghy and 30hp Yamaha Outboard including safety gear, cooler, depth sounder, shoes etc in the dinghy.
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While monohull owners slept onboard in their forward cabin, thieves stole the lifted and locked to the yacht dinghy from its davits at the stern. The thieves arrived prepared with bolt cutters and knives and defeated both the stainless steel locks, that had exposed hasps/shackles (for the outboard to the dinghy, and the dinghy to the yacht). They cut numerous retaining lines, and the davit lines, but were unable to cut the dyneema bridle/harness.
Apparently, the thieves misjudged the weight of the 30HP outboard and it, as well as the small rowboat type dinghy they had used were found the next day underwater, sunk to the bottom below the yacht. Both were retrieved. The RIB dinghy had been set adrift, and was found 8 miles offshore by another yacht, and returned to the owners. All of the items in the dinghy were untouched. A police report was made, and the coast guard notified.
Incident Date: 2019-07-23 at 01:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None, not successful
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners anchored just offshore in St. Pierre awoke after a rainy night and discovered their in-the water and well locked dinghy had been tampered with. An attempt to remove the outboard was made as evidenced by one of the transom clamps being fully loosened. The theft was thwarted by the locking mechanism that prevented the second clamp from being turned.
Incident Date: 2019-06-29 at 05:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: wallets and phones
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While the captain was sleeping aboard a yacht at the dock in Grand Anse d’Arlet, thieves boarded the boat and stole wallets and phone. They returned to the yacht for a second attempt, but the owner was awakened by the flashlight and gave chase down the dock to the street. A witness on the beach nearby described the perpetrators as three youths. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-04-21 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: inflatable paddleboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, an in-the-water, unlocked inflatable paddleboard was stolen. The cut line was discovered the next morning.
Incident Date: 2019-04-18 at 17:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: hard dinghy with 2HP engine
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked dinghy/2 HP outboard was stolen from Caritan dock in daylight hours. A police report was made.
