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2320 – Theft in Martinique (France) – Le Marin – marina

Incident Date: 2019-02-15 at 00:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Magma grill and Garhauer dinghy hoist/tackle

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht was berthed at Le Marina du Marin, while the owners travelled. Between 2/2/2019 and 3/2/2019 a thief boarded and removed a Magma grill and the Garhauer dinghy lifting hoist/tackle from an unlocked cockpit locker. The owners discovered the theft a few days after their return, and reported it to the marina, the police and the port captain. Unfortunately, the marinas security CCTV coverage did not include the dock area where their yacht was berthed on dock 4.

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February 15, 2019

2309 – Theft in Puerto Rico (US) – Vieques – Esperanza

Incident Date: 2019-02-13 at 20:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 12 ft. RIB and 15HP Mercury outboard

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A dinghy was cable locked through a cleat on the Fishermans pier. Thieves used tools to remove the cleat from the dock. A police report was made, and the police indicated this was the second dinghy theft reported to them that week. The dinghy was recovered, minus the outboard, the next day at the nearby Esperanza pier.

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February 13, 2019

2368 – Theft in Belize – Placencia Harbour

Incident Date: 2019-02-11 at 03:45

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Cash

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Two occupants asleep aboard a catamaran anchored in Placencia harbor, Belize were awakened by noise around 03:45 am. The vessel owner witnessed an adult male boarder exiting the cockpit overboard from port transom, capsizing his fishing canoe in his haste to escape. The boarder spoke to owner as he swam away, “”I’m sinking, sir.”” Owner clearly saw his face.
Subsequently, the vessel occupants observed water on the floor in the saloon and discovered cash was stolen from a wallet (approx. US$120). The occupants noticed the overturned canoe drifting away and the owner launched the dinghy, retrieved the canoe, and secured it to the vessel.
After daybreak, the owner went ashore and made a full report of the incident to the Placencia Police and reviewed mug shots, identifying several individuals that could have been the intruder. The Police retrieved the canoe as evidence. The Police refused to provide a copy of the Police Report to the vessel owner on the grounds that it was “”privacy information.”” The owner went to the local tourist office to also report the incident there, but the office was closed. The owner alerted other cruising vessels in the area (~25 yachts) of the incident via VHF broadcast and answered all questions. The victim vessel departed Placencia later that morning and did not receive any further communication from the Placencia Police.

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February 11, 2019

2315 – Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Bequia – Admiralty Bay (Port Elizabeth)

Incident Date: 2019-02-09 at 22:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy fuel tank

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: A charter yacht had its dinghy fuel tank stolen while their tender was locked to the Port Elizabeth main dinghy dock. It is not known if a police report was made, but it was reported on the local VHF net. There were a total of 3 reported thefts at this dock over a 2 day period.

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February 9, 2019

2308 – Theft in Honduras – Roatan – West End

Incident Date: 2019-02-08 at 23:30

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 9.9HP Nissan outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: While the owners slept onboard, a thief boarded and stole the unlocked outboard from the rail mount of the yacht. A police report was made. A nearby yacht had its dinghy fuel tank stolen the same night.

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February 8, 2019

2313 – Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Bequia – Admiralty Bay (Port Elizabeth)

Incident Date: 2019-02-08 at 10:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Shoes,flashlight and pump

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Shoes, a flashlight and the pump were stolen from the unlocked locker of a dinghy at the public/Government dock in Admiralty Bay. Another dinghy at the same dock also had a tool kit stolen from an unlocked bow locker the same night. A report was made on the local VHF net, no police report was made,

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February 8, 2019

2304 – Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Gros Islet

Incident Date: 2019-01-31 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/ 25 HP outboard

Secured: Unknown

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight, and in-the-water dinghy/25HP outboard were stolen from a yacht anchored off Gros Islet. No further details are available. CSSN NOTE: If you are the victim, or know them, please encourage a complete online report !

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January 31, 2019

2301 – Theft in Colombia – Cabo de la Vela

Incident Date: 2019-01-25 at 21:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/2.5HP outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: An in-the-water and not locked dinghy/2.5 HP outboard was stolen from an anchored yacht at about 9PM. The owner upped anchor to look for his dinghy and found a local fishing boat nearby with 2 men and a boy and saw his deflated dinghy/outboard inside their boat, before the fishing boat motored away. A second yacht anchored in the same bay discovered that their in the water and chain locked dinghy had been slashed. The third boat in the anchorage had lifted and locked their dinghy and had no issues.

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January 25, 2019