Category: British Virgin Islands

 

DATE: 2024-03-17 03:00
LOCATION: British Virgin Islands (UK) – Jost van Dyke – White Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Dinghy, 9.8HP Tohatsu engine and contents
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: Overnight outside the reef at White Bay, while owner and guests slept on board their in-the-water and not locked AB dinghy, 9.9HP Tohatsu outboard and fuel tank were stolen. Lines securing the dinghy to the yacht were removed. A report was made to the police and Coast Guard.

UPDATE: Serial number details added

Hull ID: XMO08063F920
Tohatsu Serial #002871AK Model MFS9.8BS

UPDATE : The dingy was recovered after 5 days, found beached in White Bay. It was intact , minus 1/2 tank of fuel and owner’s flip flops.

 

ID: 3256

 

DATE: 2024-02-29 01:00
LOCATION: British Virgin Islands (UK) – Virgin Gorda – North Sound
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS:  center console dinghy/70HP Yamaha (Model F70AET 6JC SN 1060111)
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS:  UPDATED REPORT : Overnight an unlocked center console dinghy/70HP Yamaha (Model F70AET 6JC SN 1060111) was stolen from Saba Rock in North Sound, Virgin Gorda. A police report was made.

UPDATE:  4/9/2024 Airtag tracker was activated in Tortola and then shared with police , who investigated. The  dinghy was recovered, intact.

ID: 3245

 

DATE: 2024-01-06 22:00
LOCATION: British Virgin Islands (UK) – Jost van Dyke – Great Harbour
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: 13′ aluminum AB dinghy with 30HP Tohatsu EverRun 2-stroke
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: A dinghy locked to the central dock in Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke, was stolen between 2130-2200HRS. Serial numbers Aluminum deep-V 13-foot AB, Hull ID COXTM53014L314i and 30HP Tohatsu EverRun Serial # 047066AC. Reports were made to the BVI,USVI police, Coast Guard, the BVI Charter Yacht Society,  and the USVI equivalent, the VIPCA.

CSSN UPDATE: The victims have advised that with help from the local community and the BVI Marine Units of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force the dinghy has been recovered. All the dinghy contents (fuel tank, PFDs, depth sounder, swim ladder, lights, all lines, shoes, etc) were missing but the dinghy/outboard were both operational.

 

ID: 3201

 

DATE: 2020-07-10 00:00
LOCATION: British Virgin Islands (UK) – Virgin Gorda – North Sound
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: 16 ft. center console with Yamaha 70
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: A 16ft. center console with 70HP Yamaha was stolen from its slip in front the Arawak shop in Leverick Bay between 11PM July 9 and 1PM July 10. The boat was not locked to the dock, but the key had been removed. The BVI Police and Marina were notified, and a review of the marina video surveillance is expected.
ID: 2508

 

DATE: 2020-03-12 21:00
LOCATION: British Virgin Islands (UK) – Jost van Dyke – White Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Cash, jewellery, cellphones and cameras
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: While charter catamaran guests were ashore for the evening, a thief entered the locked yacht through a deck hatch which was left closed but not locked. Stolen items included cash,  jewellery, 4 cellphones, cameras + backpacks. A police report was made, and the police visited the yacht and collected forensics from the scene. A second yacht had a similar experience in this bay the same night.
ID: 2463