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3072 – Assault in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Scotland Bay

Incident Date: 2023-08-02 at 20:00

Event Type: Assault

Stolen Items: cash, 2 phones, 1 tablet and all credit cards, dive mask

Secured: N/A

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A singlehander anchored his yacht in Scotland Bay, Trinidad. No other yachts were present. He purchased fish from a local fisherman. The fisherman returned again a few days later accompanied by a prostitute and again offered fish and also services. The services were declined and the 2 were invited onboard for a drink. ||The captain was knocked unconscious and awoke in a daze sometime later with severe head injuries. He asked the fisherman for help and assistance with transit to the hospital. The fisherman asked for money. When the captain went below to get his wallet, he found that it had been emptied of all cash and credit cards, and realized he had been robbed. Also missing were 2 phones and a tablet. He asked the two to leave, and they departed.||The captain managed to take his boat to Chaguaramas late that night and received assistance from other cruisers. He was taken immediately to the hospital and admitted. ||After discharge he returned to his yacht and a full report was made to the police, and later to his consulate. ||Police have identified a suspect but have not been successful in locating/apprehending the man. He is also suspected in another incident of theft, see CSSN ALERT! 3088. ||CSSN will as a matter of policy update this report if new information from the police is made available.

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August 2, 2023

3053 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-19 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Yamaha Enduro 25hp 2-stroke outboard – SN 61RK1082061

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: While the owner of a catamaran slept on board, thieves stole the 25HP -2S Yamaha outboard from the dinghy which was hoisted behind the catamaran. The engine was not locked to the dinghy transom, or the yacht.|| A report was made to the Coast Guard, police, marina and on the VHF net.||CSSN NOTE: see also a similar report (3051) from this location a few days prior

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July 19, 2023

3051 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2023-07-15 at 02:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: Airmar 2.4M dinghy and a Yamaha 15 HP outboard, serial number S 11406523

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Overnight an unlocked and in-the-water Airmar 2.4M dinghy with a Yamaha 15 HP outboard serial number S 11406523 was stolen from a yacht moored in Chaguaramas while the owner slept onboard. Reports were made to the Coast Guard, police and on the VHF net.

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July 15, 2023

2881 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2022-09-12 at 00:20

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: dinghy fuel line, 6mm locking cable cut (dinghy hoisted)

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers anchored in Chaguaramas awoke to find that a thief had boarded overnight and cut the cable locking the outboard engine on the dinghy to the yacht, which was raised on davits. The thieves were not successful at removing the outboard, but were able to steal the fuel line.

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September 12, 2022

2858 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Power Boats

Incident Date: 2022-07-15 at 03:45

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: AB 9’ inflatable dinghy

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht berthed in Powerboats dinghy was locked upside down on the ground with a cable to a security post in the Powerboats marina in Chaguaramas Trinidad. Marina video surveillance showed that two men dressed in dark clothing and wearing masks arrived at 0345HRS in a white 28’ unmarked pirogue into the bay between The Lure Marina and Powerboats Marina. The thieves came prepared with large cable cutters, cut the cable and then carried the stolen dinghy to their waiting pirogue. ||A report was made to the marina, the police and the marine police.||UPDATE : 22 July – TT police have arrested / charged 2 men, and recovered the dinghy and other marine items

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July 15, 2022

2623 – Theft in Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage

Incident Date: 2021-03-29 at 01:00

Event Type: Theft

Stolen Items: 9ft inflatable hard bottom dinghy with 9.8HP Tohatsu engine

Secured: Not Locked

Source Type: 2nd Hand Report

Incident Details: Between midnight and 6AM an unlocked, in-the-water dinghy / 9.8 HP Tohatsu outboard was stolen from a yacht in the bay while the owner slept onboard. The line had been cut. It is not known if a police report was made.

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March 29, 2021