Incident Date: 2019-07-28 at 19:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: RIB / 10 HP Mercury outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Between 1900 and 2200 HRS, while the owner was onboard, a thief cut the painter on the in-the-water and not locked dinghy. A report to the Coast Guard (Aeronaval), the police, and the marina was made.
Incident Date: 2019-07-26 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy/outboard (recovered minus fuel tank)
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A dinghy was locked and tied to the Budget Marine dinghy dock near the Venezuelan consulate. Between 2400 and 0200 HRS it was stolen. Police were notified, three officers responded in a timely fashion and took a report as well as scanned the water with spotlights and notified the coast guard. After sunrise, the incident was reported on the local cruisers VHF net. Other cruisers assisted with a search and the dinghy was found washed up on the shore of Klein Bonaire, minus the fuel tank. The lock for the dinghy itself had been pried open, but the bar lock on the outboard was intact.
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: 2019-07-03 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy and outboard Honda 10hp
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the-water cable-locked inflatable dinghy with a 10hp Honda outboard was stolen sometime during the night of 7/3/19 while the owner was asleep onboard.
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: 2019-06-29 at 05:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: wallets and phones
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: While the captain was sleeping aboard a yacht at the dock in Grand Anse d’Arlet, thieves boarded the boat and stole wallets and phone. They returned to the yacht for a second attempt, but the owner was awakened by the flashlight and gave chase down the dock to the street. A witness on the beach nearby described the perpetrators as three youths. A police report was made.
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: 2019-06-03 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Highfield dinghy / Yamaha 15HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen overnight, The owners found the cut painter the next morniing. A police report was made. The dinghy was found nearby, minus the outboard engine (which had been locked to the dinghy).
Incident Date: 2019-05-26 at 13:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Tools and hypalon dinghy patch kit
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: After arrival around midday, owners took their dinghy to the Marigot dock, where they secured it carefully (dinghy and engine well locked). When they returned 2 hours later, they found that the unlocked seat compartment and bow locker had both been rummaged, and tools and a dinghy repair kit had been stolen. A report was made on the local VHF net. Another dinghy at the same dock was also similarly rummaged, but nothing was taken.
