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Tag: Vandalism Archives

3600 – Vandalism in Grenada – Grenada – Hog Island

Incident Date: 2025-02-15 at 15:30

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: none

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Cruisers visited Hog Island midafternoon and left their dinghy while they took a brief walk. On their return about 45 minutes later they found their dinghy had been vandalized. Approximately 10 liters of dirty fuel had been dumped in the (unlocked) bow compartment. Nothing was stolen but the locker contents were filthy, some ruined. A report was made on the local VHF net.

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February 15, 2025

3213 – Vandalism in Puerto Rico (US) – Big Island – Salinas

Incident Date: 2024-01-16 at 13:24

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: Dinghy intentionally damaged. Hole punctured through a tube completely from one side to the other

Secured: Does not apply

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: With permission from the Marina de Salinas, owners left their dinghy at their dock at 0900HRS. At 1700HRS when they returned the bow chamber of their 11'AB was completely deflated. They were able to return to their yacht and upon inspection found that there were matching/aligning holes on both sides of the tube that were also present in their reinforced chaps. A report was made to the marina and the police.

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January 16, 2024

3032 – Vandalism in Grenada – Grenada – Prickly Bay

Incident Date: 2023-05-25 at 00:53

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: Nothing taken

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Between 19 – 25 May a yacht on a mooring near the Coast Guard station in Prickly Bay was vandalized. The hired guardian discovered the companionway padlock had been broken and the interior was rummaged. It did not appear that anything was taken. A report was made to the Coast Guard.

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May 25, 2023

3025 – Vandalism in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Union – Clifton Harbor

Incident Date: 2023-04-12 at 00:30

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: None

Secured:

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A yacht was approached and led to a non-park mooring and what was perceived as a high fee was demanded, then refused, and then the boat was taken to one of the park moorings and a proper Marine Park ticket/voucher given for payment. A lot of harsh words were exchanged.|| That night, the yacht's mooring line was cut and the boat went adrift, the crew was awakened by the unusual motion of the boat at 0030HRS. The crew managed to avert disaster and were very close to going aground/striking the concrete dock.|| The next morning another young man arrived at 0500 and asked to be paid for his "services" although he had not been involved in any way. When examined closely it was clear that many sharp cuts had been made on the yacht's mooring line. The crew visited the Marine Park offices later that day and after some discussion the overnight fee ($60ECD) was waived given the circumstances, and the yacht departed. ||CSSN has asked the Marine Park manager to clarify the mooring selection/payment process for their moorings and the role/payment of boat boys . We will publish an update when this is received.

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April 12, 2023

2974 – Vandalism in Saint Lucia – Pitons

Incident Date: 2023-02-06 at 15:00

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: boat hook destroyed

Secured: N/A

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: A cruising yacht approached the SMMA moorings between the Pitons intending to practice mooring pickup and self-moor. They were intercepted by aggressive boat boys who demanded excessive payment for unwanted services, which were declined. When the yacht attempted to pickup the mooring their boat hook became entangled in the lines which had been tied off underwater. The boat boys immediately retrieved the boat hook and then maliciously bent it, making it unusable. The boat boys were paid a fee in excess of the customary $20ECD recommended by the SMMA park rangers, and they hung at the boat in a menacing manner demanding additional payment for sometime before departing.

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February 6, 2023

2919 – Vandalism in Martinique (France) – St. Anne

Incident Date: 2022-11-24 at 09:00

Event Type: Vandalism

Stolen Items: None

Secured: Locked

Source Type: 1st Hand Report

Incident Details: Utilizing their guidebook information, owners locked their dinghy to the Caritan, St. Anne dinghy dock at 0830HRS. When they returned from the nearby laundry at 0950HRS they found the dinghy had been vandalized. The bowline had been untied, (lock remained in place) the throttle handle had been broken off and the dinghy had been filled with garbage including metal grates, conch shells, fenders and antifreeze bottles.||CSSN NOTE: This is the 4th report of vandalism at this dock in 2022, and thefts of dinghies in the nearby anchorage add another 5 incidents, making this anchorage/dinghy dock the most active for the region in 2022.|Understand the details from the Zoom -Tap, Know & Go map.

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November 24, 2022