Incident Date: 2023-02-06 at 02:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 2020 Highfield 380 Classic w/ 25HP Yamaha outboard
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: A not locked, in-the-water dinghy/outboard was stolen overnight from an occupied catamaran in Pacquereau bay. Reports were made to the Coast Guard and the police.
Incident Date: 2022-11-09 at 22:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 15HP Yamaha cowling (engine cover)
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owner returned to find that their outboard engine cowling (cover) had been stolen from the dinghy in Long Bay. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2022-11-06 at 20:00
Event Type: Vandalism
Stolen Items: N/A
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: At 2000HRS owners returned to the Cruz bay dinghy dock and found that their RIB dinghy, and the other that was there, had been slashed. No police report was made.
Incident Date: 2022-10-09 at 15:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: AB dinghy
Secured: Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Cruisers locked their AB dinghy upside down to a tree on the beach for bottom cleaning, and found it had been stolen when they returned a few days later. The thieves came prepared with tools to cut the robust lock/cable and a vehicle to remove the dinghy. Video surveillance from the resort was provided to the police.
Incident Date: 2022-06-28 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12 Ft. AB dinghy / 20HP Yamaha
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: Overnight and in-the-water and not locked AB dinghy/20HP Yamaha outboard was stolen from a yacht in Maho bay. It is not known if a police report was made.
Incident Date: 2022-03-26 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: dinghy with 6HP 4S Tohatsu outboard, dinghy recovered minus the engine
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 2nd Hand Report
Incident Details: An in-the-water and not locked dinghy/6HP 4S Tohatsu outboard was stolen overnight in Coral Bay, the engineless dinghy was recovered.
Incident Date: 2022-03-05 at 00:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Yacht Blue Rose, a 45’ freedom sailboat, hailing port St. John USVI
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: An unoccupied yacht was stolen from Great Cruz Bay, St. John overnight. The theft was reported to USCG, police, CBP and DPNR. A coordinated search is being executed.||A $25,000 reward has been offered by the owner for information leading to recovery. ||Any sightings should be reported to local authorities and USCG San Juan at Phone: +1 787-729-6800
Incident Date: 2021-12-29 at 19:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Contents of a cooler used for storage – the spotlight, stern light, rain ponchos, antifog, sunscreen, a cup and the engine kill switch. The life jackets were left behind.
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners securely chain locked their dinghy (including fuel tank and anchor) to the dock along the busy waterfront near the Coast Guard station at about 1830HRS. When they returned 2 hours later, the only item not chain locked, a cooler used for storage, had been rifled, and most of the contents stolen. Stolen were the spotlight, stern light, rain ponchos, etc. The thief left the life vests. A police report was made.
Incident Date: 2021-12-10 at 14:30
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: Fire extinguisher, dinghy tool kit, dinghy repair kit, bath towels, dinghy inflation pump, dive tank fill card, spare keys, air horn, two bottles of Yamaha ring free additive
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owners locked their dinghy at the waterfront dock by the Coast Guard Station in downtown Charlotte Amalie at 1330 HRS. When they returned to this heavily trafficked area an hour later the dinghy had been rifled, and life jackets which were stored in the locker of the bench seat we’re on the dinghy floor and the bench seat locker was unlatched. The enclosed fuel tank locker was also unlatched. The fire extinguisher, other dinghy items as well as some personal items were taken. Two anchors, the battery, and the fuel tank were untouched.||A police report was made, the police categorized the theft as larceny and indicated no investigation would be done due to a lack of locked compartments.
Incident Date: 2021-07-18 at 01:00
Event Type: Theft
Stolen Items: 12ft. AB dinghy / 15HP 4S Yamaha engine
Secured: Not Locked
Source Type: 1st Hand Report
Incident Details: Owner discovered that their in-the-water not locked AB dinghy/15HP Yamaha 4S engine had been stolen overnight . A report was made to the coast guard.
