Theft - The Caribbean Safety and Security Net

3051 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-15 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Airmar 2.4M dinghy and a Yamaha 15 HP outboard, serial number S 11406523

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight an unlocked and in-the-water Airmar 2.4M dinghy with a Yamaha 15 HP outboard serial number S 11406523 was stolen from a yacht moored in Chaguaramas while the owner slept onboard. Reports were made to the Coast Guard, police and on the VHF net.

July 15, 2023

3069 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-15 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 40HP Yamaha outboard

Secured: Unknown

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight the 40HP Yamaha outboard was stolen from an unoccupied workboat in the anchorage. No further details are available.

July 15, 2023

3062 – Theft in Aruba (the Netherlands) – Surfside Beach Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-11 at 03:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy / 25HP Yamaha

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard, their in-the-water and not locked Highfield dinghy/25HP Yamaha outboard was stolen. Reports were made on the VHF net, to the marina, police and port captain.

July 11, 2023

3045 – Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Canouan – Charlestown Bay (South House)

Incident Date: 2023-07-08 at 23:45

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Food and a headlamp

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers locked their main entrances and most hatches and went to bed. The next morning they awoke to find their refrigerator and freezer unlatched, with food crumbs/remains/containers scattered around and in the trash. At least one drawer had been rifled, and a headlamp had been stolen but computers, tablets, and cameras in open sight were not taken. An unlocked overhead hatch appeared to be the point of access,

July 8, 2023

3046 – Theft in Sint Maarten (Kingdom of the Netherlands) – Simpson Bay

Incident Date: 2023-07-07 at 21:15

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: A dive watch

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers arrived back to their catamaran at 2115HRS and discovered a thief had boarded after slashing the trampoline lashing and entering through the unlocked forward head hatch. He pulled a mask over his head and pointed what looked like a gun at the crew before boarding his small dinghy which had been left secured between the hulls. The cat's crew rammed the small dinghy and the thief fell overboard and swam towards shore. ||The next day the crew found the mans pants on the seabed below the yacht and in the pockets were their dive watch, the man's phone and a gun magazine. The small dinghy and all but the dive watch were turned over to the Dutch police. The police indicated the gun magazine was likely from some sort of BB gun type of weapon.

July 7, 2023

3067 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-01 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from an occupied yacht in the anchorage. No further details are available.

July 1, 2023

3034 – Theft in Martinique (France) – Le Marin – Carrefour dock

Incident Date: 2023-06-08 at 10:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Dinghy fuel tank/line

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: The owner returned to their locked dinghy at the Leader Price dock at 1000HRS and found that their not locked fuel tank/line had been stolen. It is not known if a police report was made.

June 8, 2023

3033 – Theft in Martinique (France) – St. Anne

Incident Date: 2023-06-05 at 15:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Stern anchor with chain rode

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A cruiser left their dinghy at the St. Anne dinghy dock on a rising tide around noon, and deployed a stern anchor. When they returned at around 1700HRS they found that the stern anchor and chain had been carefully untied from the rode and stolen. No police report was made.

June 5, 2023

3038 – Theft in Panama – Bocas del Toro – South anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-05-03 at 02:15

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Fuel Tank

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Boat #2 – When two boats in the south anchorage reported that they had propane tanks stolen, a cruiser checked his own spare tank and found it missing. Time/date are best estimates. but at least 3 boats lost their tanks.

May 3, 2023

3039 – Theft in Panama – Bocas del Toro – South anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-05-03 at 02:11

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Fuel Tank

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: When two boats in the south anchorage reported that they had propane tanks stolen, a cruiser checked his own spare tank and found it missing. Time/date are best estimates. but at least 3 boats had their propane tanks stolen.

May 3, 2023

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