Tag: Theft Archives

3378 – Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Reduit Beach


Incident Date: 2024-10-13 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy / outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while the owner slept, thieves stole the yacht's dinghy/outboard. The in-the-water dinghy was chain locked to the swim platform. No police report was made.

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3372 – Theft in Bonaire – Kralendijk moorings


Incident Date: 2024-10-06 at 01:45

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy w/ 20 HP Tohatsu Outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners awoke at 0145HRS when the captain of a neighboring yacht knocked on their hull. The neighbors had seen thieves towing the yacht's in-the-water and not locked dinghy. The thieves had cut the painter, and were powering away when the neighbor's yells alerted them. The thieves abandoned the dinghy and it was recovered. A report was made to the marina and the Coast Guard.

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3370 – Theft in Curacao (the Netherlands) – Spanish Water – Cabrita Bay


Incident Date: 2024-09-28 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 2.8m Avon inflatable dinghy / 3.5HP Tohatsu outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A dinghy / outboard were left unlocked overnight at the small dock at the southern end of Anchorage "C". The next morning the owners found the painter cut and the dinghy stolen.

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3368 – Theft in Grenada – Grenada – Clarke’s Court Bay


Incident Date: 2024-09-23 at 03:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Fuel stolen from integral tank in the dinghy

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Owners of a yacht anchored in Clarke's Court Bay awoke to find that the fuel had been emptied from the integral dinghy tank overnight. The dinghy was locked to the yacht and a locked compartment was left untouched. The thief left the cap off the tank inside the dinghy.

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3364 – Theft in Curacao (the Netherlands) – Spanish Water – Fishermen’s Village


Incident Date: 2024-09-15 at 21:30

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: RIB dinghy / 5HP Nissan outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A locked RIB dinghy / 5HP Nissan outboard was stolen from the Fishermen's Village dinghy dock while owners were ashore for dinner. The security guard had no information about what had happened. A police report was made.

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3351 – Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Gros Islet


Incident Date: 2024-08-07 at 03:53

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash, life raft (later recovered, deployed) and cockpit chartplotter/radar display cover

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: At about 0400HRS the owner/crew of a yacht berthed on a private dock opposite the marina were awakened when they heard a hissing noise. They discovered their companionway boards (not locked) had been removed. They turned on deck lights and searched the dock area and noticed a blinking light ashore. It was coming from their stolen life raft, which had been deployed in the adjacent vacant lot. The cover on the cockpit plotter/radar display was also stolen as well as all of the cash from a wallet left in a pants pocket in the salon.||The police were called and arrived 2 hours later to take a report. They noticed 2 sets of footprints near the stolen (but recovered) life raft. The police indicated they would survey for video footage.

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3354 – Theft in Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay Lagoon – Cole Bay


Incident Date: 2024-08-05 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Boston Whaler / 25HP Yamaha outboard (later recovered, minus the fuel tanks). *** A second outboard was also found

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A Boston Whaler / 25HP Yamaha outboard locked with heavy stainless chain to the dock near IWW/Bobby's was stolen between 0200-0500HRS during a power outage. Video surveillance and dock lighting were not functioning during the outage, a backup generator had failed to start. ||The dinghy was noticed/recovered a few days later outside Nettle Bay on a rocky beach, minus the fuel tanks and with some significant damage. *** A second outboard (15HP Yamaha) was also found there in the surf. It has been flushed and stored safely and is waiting for an owner to identify it. Please contact CSSN with serial number details if you are the owner.

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