Incident Date: 2019-11-15 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 3m RIB / 15HP Yamaha
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A cruiser’s locked dinghy was stolen from the Gros Islet jetty during the Friday night street party. A police report was made to the Gros Islet police, the marine unit and an announcement was made on VHF.
Incident Date: 2019-11-15 at 09:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Yamaha 8HP outboard motor
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Two (2) yachts were rafted together and anchored off Livingston. Overnight, a locked and lifted dinghy had its Yamaha 8HP outboard motor stolen. The engine was locked to the dinghy and the thieves apparently used bolt cutters, as no metal shavings/shards were found in the dinghy. No police report was made, but the theft was reported on the local VHF before departing that morning for a foreign port.
Incident Date: 2019-11-07 at 22:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB – AB 24 + YAMAHA 225hp
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Operators of a marine trade business docked their boat (24FT RIB – 225HP outboard) at La Dunette dock at about 20:30 HRS, and patronized the business there. They did not lock the boat, left the keys in the ignition and the courtesy lights ON. An hour later they discovered it had been stolen, and made a report to the coast guard. A search was made in the surrounding area and the boat was not located. The next morning, a police report was made. That same morning the boat was seen by others, nearby and aground in a place that had been well searched the previous night. The CG and owner retrieved it, found some damage to the hull, the courtesy lights turned off and the key missing.
Incident Date: 2019-10-29 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12 FT center console dinghy / 40 HP Honda outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the water but cable locked dinghy (center console / 40 HP Honda) was stolen overnight. The dinghy was not operable when stolen, and apparently the thieves abandoned it. A police report was made and the Gendarmes recovered the dinghy/outboard (only minor damage) and returned it to the owners.
Incident Date: 2019-10-11 at 17:45
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 10 FT AB dinghy / 25HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners were onboard their yacht anchored 100M off Nana Juana marina, among approximately 10 other boats with their dinghy tied at the bow and cable locked to the yacht for the night. They discovered their 10 FT dinghy/25 HP outboard had been stolen between 1700-1815HRS. An immediate search was performed in an attempt to locate the dinghy, but it was not successful. Reports were made to the police, navy, marina and fuel station. A reward has been offered.
Incident Date: 2019-09-25 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / 30 HP 2S outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy with 30HP engine was stolen. Current owner had purchased the dinghy secondhand and did not have a bill of sale, so no police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-09-24 at 19:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Yamaha 15 hp motor
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners found that the outboard engine that had been locked to the stern pulpit was stolen while their boat was stored on the hard. A report was made to the Coast Guard and the Rodney Bay Marina.
Incident Date: 2019-09-03 at 03:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Charter crew found that the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy/outboard had been cut , and the dinghy stolen overnight. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2019-09-03 at 23:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy outboard, 2.5HP
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: One of two yachts in the anchorage discovered that the 2.5HP unlocked outboard had been removed from their in-the-water dinghy overnight. The yachts’ crew normal practice was to remove the engine at night, but they did not do so on this night and an opportunistic thief took advantage.
Incident Date: 2019-09-01 at 04:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Phone, backpack, wallet, cash, credit cards,passports, identity papers, headlamp
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran anchored surrounded by 50+ yachts in the area near Ross point was boarded overnight while owners slept onboard. One crew member was sleeping in the unlit cockpit, another in a cabin below. The boarder/thief entered through the fully open salon door.
The theft was discovered in the early morning Sunday when the crew member attempted to find the phone. Also missing was a backpack which had contained miscellaneous items including a headlamp and wallet (cash, credit cards, passports, identity documents).
A complete police report was made the next morning (Monday) with the assistance of a friend/translator on a yacht anchored nearby in this popular anchorage off St. George’s. The police indicated that a forensics investigator would visit the yacht later that day, which did not happen. A passing Coast Guard boat (unaware of what had happened) was hailed down, and they explained that only the police could conduct the required onboard forensics investigation. No investigators communicated or arrived and the yacht departed.
