Tag: Theft Archives

2372 – Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Union – Frigate Island


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.

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2367 – Theft in Saint Martin (France) – Chicken Island


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.

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2375 – Theft in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Canouan – Charlestown Bay (South House)


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.

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2365 – Theft in Martinique (France) – Grand Anse D’Arlet


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.

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2363 – Theft in Panama – Linton Bay


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).

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2354 – Theft in Saint Martin (France) – Marigot Bay


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.

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2352 – Theft in Grenada – Grenada – Mt. Hartman Bay


Incident Date: 2019-05-24 at 22:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy/outboard

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: An in-the-water but not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in the bay. The owner was onboard and found the cut line. A report was made to the Grenada Coast Guard.

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2350 – Theft in Panama – Bocas del Toro – South anchorage


Incident Date: 2019-05-20 at 00:30

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Laptop Computer, Mobile Phone, Binoculars

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight while owners slept onboard their yacht anchored off the Bocas Marina, a thief boarded through a small but unlocked hatch. Two (2) laptops, a smartphone, binoculars and other items were stolen. A police report was made.

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2472 – Theft in Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Inner Lagoon


Incident Date: 2019-05-11 at 10:30

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 10-15 liters of dinghy fuel, from the tank

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A dinghy was well-locked to the dinghy dock at about 10:30 AM. When the owner returned about 1:00 PM, they found the fuel tank had been emptied (10-15 liters) and some fuel spilled in the dinghy itself.

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