Tag: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Archives

Incident Date: 2017-06-14 at 12:10

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Outboard motor tool & spares kit

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: When stowing their dinghy at departure, owners discovered that the waterproof pouch containing the outboard toolkit and spares had been taken from the dinghy during their 2 week stay in Admiralty Bay, Bequia. No police report was made.

Incident Date: 2017-05-24 at 05:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At first light a boatboy arrived with the yachts dinghy, the owners had not yet realized it was missing. The boatboy asked for a “security fee” for the safe return of the dinghy and a modest fee was paid. The owners had not locked the dinghy to the yacht, but did not feel it had gone adrift. They now lock the dinghy overnight.

Incident Date: 2017-04-27 at 03:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash, cellphones

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while the catamaran owners slept below, a thief boarded and then entered the salon through an unlocked deck hatch. The thief stole cash and cellphones and then exited through the hatch. A police report was made the next day.

CSSN NOTE: This is the 4th event of this type reported to CSSN at this location in the last 6 weeks CSSN NOTE: updated to FIRSTHAND report 2 May 2017

Incident Date: 2017-04-25 at 15:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 55ft sailing yacht- monohull

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: In late April 2017 between the daylight hours of 1400 and 1715, a 55 ft. monohull sailing yacht moored in Clifton Harbor was stolen. The owner and crew were nearby but did not witness the actual theft. They notified SVG authorities (marine park, police and coast guard) and the owner began a localized search by boat which carried on into the darkness, but without result.

Early the next morning the SVG police insisted on further reports and after 3-4 hours of doing such the owner hired a pilot and personally conducted an aerial search. The boat was located at Diamond Island, a small rock islet between Grenada and Carriacou. An open boat was seen rapidly leaving the scene to the south. Grenada Coast Guard was notified but took no immediate action. The pilot returned the owner to Union and he travelled by local boat to Carriacou where he contracted with another local boat to inspect and retrieve the yacht which had been damaged, arriving at the foundering yacht by early afternoon.

The thieves had damaged a hatch breaking into the yacht and stole many things including an outboard, dive gear, life jackets, fuel jugs, fenders, handheld VHF, etc. The yacht sustained significant damage to its rudder and hull having been left to ground. After emergency repairs and pumping the water out, the owner took the yacht to Carriacou under escort and after additional inspections and temporary repairs to Grenada for haulout and repairs , which have recently been completed.

Neither the SVG officials (where the yacht was stolen) nor the Grenada officials (where the yacht was found) took any evidence from the scene and after many months, and many requests, no SVG police report has been made available to the victim.

Incident Date: 2017-03-26 at 22:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: AB dinghy with 9.9 Mercury outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Between 2200 hrs March 26 and 0200 on March 27 an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from behind an occupied yacht in Saline Bay. The owners have spent considerable time recently in this bay and their normal practice is to lift and lock the dinghy, but they failed to do so on this particular night after securing it at 1900 hrs. They checked it again at 2200 hrs before retiring for the night. At 0200 hrs the captain awoke and noted that the dinghy had been taken. A detailed report was made to the Mayreau police, who were helpful and distributed their report to police on other SVG islands. They also provided a description to local fishermen. The captain made a voice report the next morning on the Carriacou VHF net.