St. Kitts & Nevis Archives - Caribbean Safety and Security Net

2024-12-08

3432 – 2024-11-24 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts – Basseterre – Theft

DATE: 2024-11-24 02:00
LOCATION: Saint Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts – Basseterre
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Cash (US/TT/EC) and a knife
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: Crew were sleeping when a thief boarded their unlocked catamaran and entered the port side cabins where they rummaged some of the clothing and found cash and a knife. They also stole life jackets from the dinghy. The crew made a police report after discovering the theft the next morning. The police visited and collected prints from the yacht and some clothing.
ID: 3432

2024-12-02

3420 – 2024-11-21 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown – Attempted Burglary

DATE: 2024-11-21 19:00
LOCATION: Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown
EVENT: Attempted Burglary
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: None
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Owners of monohull on a NPA mooring had checked out and left the yacht to meet friends for dinner. During the 3 hours they were away the yacht was boarded. All access points had been locked. On their return they found that all cockpit cubbies had been ransacked, nothing was taken. No police report was made and the yacht departed the next morning.
ID: 3420

2024-10-23

3377 – 2024-10-23 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown – Theft

DATE: 2024-10-23 02:31
LOCATION: Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Dinghy with 9.8HP Tohatsu outboard motor
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: While owners slept on board their in-the-water and not locked dinghy/outboard was stolen from the stern. A report was made to the police and Coast Guard.
ID: 3377

2024-04-042024-04-04

3272 – 2024-04-02 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts – Majors Bay – Attempted Theft

DATE: 2024-04-02 03:00
LOCATION: Saint Kitts and Nevis – St. Kitts – Majors Bay
EVENT: Attempted Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: not successful
SECURED: N/A
DETAILS: A yacht anchored at 2.5M depth in Major’s Bay, St.Kitts. They dove the 35kg anchor and all was well. The crew awoke at 0300HRS when their anchor alarm sounded. They retrieved the anchor and found a line had been carefully tied into it, and then cut off. The shackle on the anchor remained seized. They re-anchored and noticed a singlehander on an adjacent yacht seemed to be dragging as well. He departed. The police were informed.
ID: 3272

2020-02-272020-04-25

2453 – 2020-02-20 – Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown – Theft

DATE: 2020-02-20 14:00
LOCATION: Saint Kitts and Nevis – Nevis – Charlestown
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Dinghy fuel line and Hawaiian sling
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: Owners of a dinghy locked to the Gallows Bay dinghy dock returned to find that the fuel line and a Hawaiian sling (unlocked) had been stolen from the dinghy.
ID: 2453