Incident Date: 2021-08-16 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12FT Highfield/30HP Suzuki outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the water and not locked 12FT Highfield dinghy/30HP Suzuki outboard was stolen from a catamaran in the anchorage while crew slept onboard. No further details are available.
Incident Date: 2021-08-15 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Inflatable dinghy / Honda 2.3HP outboard motor
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight while the owners slept onboard, thieves cut the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy. The yacht was anchored near the Catamaran Marina. A report was made to the Coast Guard and the police.
Incident Date: 2021-08-13 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Hard dinghy / 15HP Suzuki 2S
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked fiberglass dinghy with a Suzuki 15HP 2S engine was stolen from the Cabanas area. Police recovered the dinghy, minus the outboard.
Incident Date: 2021-08-02 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Outboard Motor for Dinghy – Suzuki 9.9hp 4-stroke engine
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between Midnight and 5:30am, the 9.9HP 4 stroke outboard motor was stolen from a dinghy which was tied to a near shore mooring in the mooring field. The outboard was bolted to the transom, the thieves came prepared with tools to remove it. No damage was done, and the fuel tank was not taken. A report was made to the police and the marina. The owners learned a similar theft had occurred to a local fisherman in the last few months, but no details were available.
Incident Date: 2021-07-27 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: A locally made canoe
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A locally made canoe was stolen from the beach in Port Elizabeth. It was not locked, and a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2021-07-21 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB dinghy
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owner found that the engineless RIB dinghy he had chain locked to the Maxmarine dock had been stolen between noon 19 July and the morning of 21 July. A report was made to the police.
Incident Date: 2021-07-18 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12ft. AB dinghy / 15HP 4S Yamaha engine
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owner discovered that their in-the-water not locked AB dinghy/15HP Yamaha 4S engine had been stolen overnight . A report was made to the coast guard.
Incident Date: 2021-07-17 at 13:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Caribe dinghy / 15HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners locked their dinghy to the mangroves at 0900 and found the mangrove had been cut when they returned at 1700, and the dinghy stolen. No police report was made.
Incident Date: 2021-07-15 at 08:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: West Marine dinghy with 15 HP 4-stroke Honda engine and electric start.
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers aboard a yacht anchored in Mt. Hartman Bay found their in-the-water and not locked dinghy with 15HP 4S engine had been stolen overnight. Their normal practice was to lift it, but they had not done so on this night. A report was made to the coast guard.
Incident Date: 2021-07-11 at 22:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 5HP Yamaha outboard engine
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruiser's dinghy was locked to a small private dock near the Limestone resort in Spanish Waters. The owner returned to find that the locking cable securing the outboard had been cut, and the 5HP Yamaha outboard stolen.
