Incident Date: 2019-07-29 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 4 large fenders and 2 pieces of 3/4″ x 60 feet dock lines
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While owners were sleeping their yacht was boarded and thieves entered from the deck into the crew cabin and stole 4 large fenders and two 3/4″ dock lines of 60 feet each.
Incident Date: 2019-07-29 at 20:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cell phone
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners left their catamaran anchored off Princess Margaret beach for dinner ashore. The hatches and sliding door were all locked, but a small sliding window between the galley and cockpit was left cracked for ventilation. They returned to find wet footprints in the cockpit and the cellphone that had been on a charger just inside the window had been stolen.
Incident Date: 2019-07-29 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy 360 light
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners left their dinghy at Mac’s pizzeria dock for dinner ashore. When they returned they found that the (not locked) 360 degree light had been stolen. They departed early the next day, no police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-07-20 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash and a LED flashlight
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners of a monohull anchored off Princess Margaret beach left a radio playing and put on a light in the cockpit when they went ashore for dinner from 1830-2130 HRS, they did not lock the yacht. On their return they discovered that a thief had boarded and stolen cash, an LED flashlight and damaged a wardrobe, likely because they did not understand the closure mechanism. A police report was made, as well as announced on the VHF net..
Incident Date: 2019-07-09 at 23:59
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy and 5HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Ten(10) boats were in the anchorage overnight. Three (3) left dinghies in the water, 2 of which were locked, but a charter boat left theirs unlocked. It was stolen overnight, the line cut. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-07-07 at 04:00
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruising catamaran was at anchor just south of L’Ance Guyac point on Canouan. At 04:00 am on 07/07/19, occupants were awoken by a noise on deck and found a man onboard trying to unlock the dinghy, which was raised and secured with a chain. The boarder jumped in the water and disappeared on a small red and white dinghy without a motor.
Incident Date: 2019-07-04 at 03:12
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: None
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Sleeping owners were awakened by a noise on deck and opened a hatch just as their sensor light came on and illuminated a man trying to gain entry to the salon. The intruder jumped overboard. The Coast Guard was notified and arrived after a delay. An unsuccessful search was made of shore, and they took a report. All hatches and companionways were locked at the time of the boarding. All valuable items on deck were also secured and locked.
Incident Date: 2019-07-01 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Cash
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran with 11 persons onboard was boarded overnight while owners and guests were sleeping. The door was closed and locked, but the thief apparently entered through an open hatch in the children’s sleeping quarters. One of the owners was awakened by gusting winds and saw the thief rummaging at the chart table and quietly alerted her husband who made noise and turned on lights. The thief unlocked and then departed through the salon door, jumped overboard and swam away.
Incident Date: 2019-06-13 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: cash and phone
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While owners slept a thief boarded and entered their closed, but unlocked yacht. Cash and a phone were stolen from the chart table.
Incident Date: 2019-05-20 at 03:15
Event Type: Attempted Theft
Stolen Items: nothing, attempted break in though saloon sliding door
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners awoke at 03:15 HRS when they heard the door handle on their saloon sliding door being rattled during an attempted breakin. They scared the thief who jumped in the water and disappeared. A police report was made the next day, and a good description of the thief was provided to the SVG police, who seemed aware of this individual and the persistent but unresolved problems in this anchorage.
