Incident Date: 2019-01-31 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/ 25 HP outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, and in-the-water dinghy/25HP outboard were stolen from a yacht anchored off Gros Islet. No further details are available. CSSN NOTE: If you are the victim, or know them, please encourage a complete online report !
Incident Date: 2018-12-16 at 17:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash, credit cards, 3 iPhones, iPad, handbag and 6 bottles of rum
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A monohull anchored in an area north of the Marigot Bay harbor and south of Castries. No other yachts were nearby.||All 3 onboard went for a snorkel nearby (about 30 meters away) and did not lock the boat. A local transport boat was waiting to unload and anchored about 100 meters away and witnessed the boarding and theft that occurred during the 30-40 minutes the crew was snorkeling. One swimmer kept a watch while 3 others boarded and ransacked the yacht, stealing cash, credit cards, iPhones, iPad, a purse and rum, leaving behind wet footprints that the victims discovered on their return. ||The witnesses on the nearby boat assisted the victims in making contact with the police. The victims made their first report at the local police station and were told to collect it at a different station. Two days later at the second station, the report seemed to have been "misplaced" when they went to collect it, and they were told to return the next day. They returned, but the report could still not be found, so a new report was completed. | |The victims indicate that the police seemed disinterested, and they failed to collect any meaningful information (a good description of one of the thieves was available, but not recorded). The subsequent investigation onboard included only photos of areas irrelevant to the theft, and no forensic/fingerprint analysis.
Incident Date: 2018-11-25 at 01:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: N/A
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Three monohulls were anchored fairly close to each other overnight in Vieux Fort. The crew of the yacht anchored farthest out was concerned about safety and maintained a night watch from the cockpit, and had their motion activated lights at the ready.
At about 1 AM they noticed 3 swimmers, each with a submersible light, as they approached the yacht anchored closest to shore. One of the swimmers began boarding by the stern ladder on the 1st yacht while the other 2 swimmers remained nearby. The observing yacht activated their security lights, and all 3 swimmers lights immediately turned toward the observing yacht, then all 3 of them swam away, passing slowly and close by the 2nd yacht.
After nearly an hour, stopping several times to turn and observe the watching yacht, the swimmers exited at the beach. The yacht departed at first light, and no police report was made.
Incident Date: 2018-11-07 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/ 9.9 HP 4S Honda outboard
Secured: Unknown
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An occupied yacht on a marina mooring in the lagoon had its in-the-water dinghy stolen overnight. A report was made to the marina .
Incident Date: 2018-06-25 at 14:00
Event Type: Burglary
Stolen Items: Cash, kayak, other items TBD
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A charter company catamaran with 3 charter company employees onboard anchored, then locked the boat and went windsurfing. When they returned several hours later they found the locked sliding door had been compromised and the interior ransacked. Cash had been stolen and given the chaos it was not possible for the 3 charter employees to determine if other items may have been taken. A kayak (not locked) on the forward deck was also stolen. A report was made to the Coast Guard.
Incident Date: 2018-06-22 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy fuel tank and fuel line, dinghy anchor and chain
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Dinghy was locked to the boat, and motor locked to the dinghy. Items stolen overnight were unlocked in the dinghy (fuel tank and line,dinghy anchor and chain).
Incident Date: 2018-06-06 at 23:59
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 3m Caribe dinghy w/ 8hp Yamaha
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners awoke around midnight and discovered the stainless steel cable locking their in-the-water dinghy to the yacht has been cleanly severed by bolt cutters. A police report was made the next day.
Incident Date: 2018-04-14 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy and 15 hp yamaha outboard from davits
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A yacht was anchored alone in the bay. Theives boarded overnight while the owners slept, and the raised (but not locked) dinghy/outboard was stolen from the davits. A $50 fee was charged when a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2018-03-13 at 02:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: At 02:30 hours the owner/crew of a yacht anchored in Rodney Bay heard some noise, and the owner investigated. He noticed that his neighbor's in-the-water dinghy was missing, and woke them. He launched his dinghy, and they found the stolen dinghy minus the new 20HP 4S engine floating about 50 ft into the marina channel. The padlock on the outboard and the dinghy locking cable had both been cut. A second dinghy also minus its engine (see next report) was found floating in the same area, and was returned to its owner. The Coast Guard was notified, but did not respond to multiple VHF 16 calls. The owners planned to file a complete report the next morning. A third engineless dinghy was recovered the next mornig froma nearby beach. ( see later report)
Incident Date: 2018-03-13 at 02:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the water but cable locked dinghy was stolen overnight. The thick stainless cable locking the dinghy to the yacht and the lock on the locking bar of the outboard had both been cut. The dinghy minus the outboard was recovered 50 ft into the marina channel by another cruiser who was assisting his neighbor looking for a second stolen dinghy (see previous report). The Coast Guard was notified.
