Incident Date: 2025-03-01 at 14:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: OC 350-C tender / Yamaha 15HP outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners fell asleep and woke at 0200HRS to lock up their in-the-water dinghy and discovered it had been stolen. A report was made on the VHF net and to the Port Captain. ||Dinghy HIN NZ-OCT35628D323|Yamaha 15HP-2S SN 11962740
Incident Date: 2025-02-18 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy / outboard (recovered by Navy/Dutch Coast Guard)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight and in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in the lagoon. It was found by the Navy and returned via the Dutch Coast Guard. The owner advises that the closed loop painter was intact, and would have required removal. ||NOTE: This report has been updated to firsthand
Incident Date: 2025-02-17 at 20:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: charter yacht dinghy / outboard – recovered
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An unlocked charter yacht's dinghy / outboard was stolen from the dinghy dock. A local business owner was able to locate the dinghy in another bay the next day and returned it intact. A report was made to the police.
Incident Date: 2025-02-20 at 06:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: binoculars
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: A catamaran berthed at Renaissance marina was boarded between 0600-0800HRS. Binoculars were stolen from the cockpit area. A report was made to the marina.
Incident Date: 2025-02-15 at 21:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy engine cover/cowling for a Suzuki 30HP outboard
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: At 1730HRS a dinghy was well locked to the dinghy dock in Falmouth, its 30HP engine thru bolted to the dinghy. When the owner returned at 2200HRS the engine cover had been stolen.
Incident Date: 2025-02-14 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Outboard motor cover/cowling from a 2HP Mariner
Secured: Guard
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight, the engine cover/cowling on a Mariner 2HP was stolen from a dinghy at Nanajuana dock.
Incident Date: 2025-02-07 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Dinghy / 15HP Yamaha outboard. Dinghy minus engine later recovered
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in the North anchorage near Bocas Town.
Incident Date: 2025-02-04 at 04:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 15 foot Caribe tender / 70HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: At around 0430HRS while at anchor, an in-the-water and locked RIB tender/70HP Yamaha was stolen while owners were asleep onboard. A report was made to the police and Coast Guard. Well hidden airtags were discovered/discarded by the thieves.||tender HIN: CNDD5009H324|Yamaha Serial # 6CJ-L-1056519 Z
Incident Date: 2025-02-01 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Achilles RIB / 9.8HP Tohatsu outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight an in-the-water and not locked dinghy was stolen from a yacht in Vessup Bay. No further details are available.
Incident Date: 2025-01-27 at 17:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Tiller extender
Secured: Does not apply
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers left their well locked dinghy / engine at the dinghy dock. A young "minder" was present and agreed to a modest payment upon return. When they returned about 3 hours later the minder was no longer there. The tiller extender that had been laying in the bottom of the dinghy had been stolen.
