Incident Date: 2022-07-10 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Aluminium Propane/Butane cylinder
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard their yacht in the Red Frog anchorage, a thief cut the lashings and stole a large "Tropigas" propane/butane cylinder off the stern deck. The theft was announced on the local VHF net.
Incident Date: 2022-07-10 at 03:01
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, and in-the-water and not locked dinghy/outboard were stolen from a yacht in the Red Frog anchorage. The dinghy was ransomed back the next day.
Incident Date: 2022-06-14 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Honda 2hp fourstroke outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A 2HP-4Stroke Honda outboard was stolen from the stern of a catamaran anchored in Linton Bay. They were not able to make a police report before departing for offshore passage.
Incident Date: 2022-05-22 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / 9.9HP Tohatsu engine
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the water and locked dinghy/9.9HP Tohatsu was stolen from a yacht in the Linton Bay anchorage overnight. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2022-04-19 at 22:00
Event Type: Assault
Stolen Items: None
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: The owner/captain of a cruising yacht docked for one night at the Linton Bay Marina, and was ashore having dinner at the restaurant when it began to rain at about 2200HRS. He returned to his boat to close the hatches and was overtaken by 4-5 men who were lying-in-wait in darkness inside. They had already searched the boat, and immediately wrestled him to the floor, and then held an automatic weapon to his head and began to demand "the drugs" they believed he had brought from the San Blas. Once a phone camera was shined in his face a third party seemed to conclude he was the wrong person.||The captain sustained minor injuries and was warned to remain quiet and on the floor. The men departed after about 15 minutes in their small launcha that was tied alongside. Nothing was stolen. After some time the captain returned to the restaurant and reported the incident.||Reports were made to the Linton Bay Marina management, the Navy/Coast Guard (Aeronaval) and the police. The victim was told the only security cameras at the marina were pointed at the restaurant and not the dock.
Incident Date: 2021-08-22 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Caribe dinghy / 15HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight a yacht at anchor in Linton Bay had its locked, in-the-water dinghy stolen while the owner slept onboard. The locking cable had been cut. The dinghy was recovered the next day from Punta Manzanillo, minus the outboard. The dinghy had many slashes in the tubes. Reports were made to local officials, including police and Aeronaval (Coast Guard).
Incident Date: 2021-08-13 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Hard dinghy / 15HP Suzuki 2S
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked fiberglass dinghy with a Suzuki 15HP 2S engine was stolen from the Cabanas area. Police recovered the dinghy, minus the outboard.
Incident Date: 2021-07-05 at 04:11
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Yamaha 15hp outboard, DJI drone, binoculars, computer, tools, Honda EU generator, boat documents, various other valuables
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht on a private mooring off the marina was burgled between July 3-5, when the minder was absent from an adjacent mooring for a few days. The thief came prepared with tools and made no attempt to conceal the damage done breaking into the well locked yacht. The stolen items include a 15HP Yamaha outboard, a generator, binoculars, electronics (personal and chart plotter), a drone, tools and other items. Preliminary reports were made to the Linton Bay Marina, coast guard and police (Aeronaval). The owner will file formal reports on his return to Panama on July 12.
Incident Date: 2021-06-02 at 04:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: Unsuccessful, nothing taken
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran anchored off Red Frog marina was boarded at 0400 HRS by a lone male while the owners slept onboard. They were awakened when the person was trying to open the closed hatch right above their heads in the master cabin. They began yelling and chased the unwanted person off the yacht. He boarded a wooden canoe and paddled off towards shore. ||They noticed his footprints in the morning dew. He had apparently tried other hatches, which were all locked. Nothing appeared to be missing from the deck. A report was made on the local VHF net.
Incident Date: 2021-05-26 at 01:57
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Tropigas propane tank(full) and line
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners left their yacht in a slip at Linton Bay Marina while they went to Panama City for a few days. When they returned they found that their full Tropigas propane tank and a coil of new line had been stolen from the side deck. A report was made to the marina.
