3406 – 2024-11-21 – Saint Lucia – Soufriere – Theft

 

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DATE: 2024-11-21 20:25
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Soufriere
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Cash, credit cards and phone
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: A yacht arrived in Soufriere and took a mooring. They visited friends on a neighboring yacht for about 2 hours that evening. They did not lock the yacht and on their return discovered that they had been boarded. The thief entered the salon and stole cash, credit cards and a phone which had been left on a table. A report was made in person to the local police. The police and a Soufriere Marine Management Area (SMMA) ranger then visited the yacht.
ID: 3406

3378 – 2024-10-13 – Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Reduit Beach – Theft

 

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DATE: 2024-10-13 01:00
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Reduit Beach
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: dinghy / outboard
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Overnight while the owner slept, thieves stole the yacht’s dinghy/outboard. The in-the-water dinghy was chain locked to the swim platform. No police report was made.
ID: 3378

3351 – 2024-08-07 – Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Gros Islet – Theft

 

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DATE: 2024-08-07 03:53
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Rodney Bay – Gros Islet
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Cash, life raft (later recovered, deployed) and cockpit chartplotter/radar display cover
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: At about 0400HRS the owner/crew of a yacht berthed on a private dock opposite the marina were awakened when they heard a hissing noise. They discovered their companionway boards (not locked) had been removed. They turned on deck lights and searched the dock area and noticed a blinking light ashore. It was coming from their stolen life raft, which had been deployed in the adjacent vacant lot. The cover on the cockpit plotter/radar display was also stolen as well as all of the cash from a wallet left in a pants pocket in the salon.

The police were called and arrived 2 hours later to take a report. They noticed 2 sets of footprints near the stolen (but recovered) life raft. The police indicated they would survey for video footage.
ID: 3351

3309 – 2024-05-08 – Saint Lucia – Laborie Bay – Theft

 

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DATE: 2024-05-08 03:00
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Laborie Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Outboard engine, Honda BF 2.3 screwed on the searail.
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: While anchored overnight in Laborie Bay, a Honda 2.3HP engine was stolen from the rail. A crew member was asleep in the cockpit.

The crew of a second yacht awoke when they heard noises. Looking through a portlight they saw a thief onboard taking a fishing rod from its holder. See report 3307. The thief escaped in a small powered boat.
ID: 3309

3307 – 2024-05-08 – Saint Lucia – Laborie Bay – Theft

 

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DATE: 2024-05-08 03:30
LOCATION: Saint Lucia – Laborie Bay
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: 2 x fishing rods
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: Owners were awakened in the early hours when they heard noises from an outboard engine. They looked through a portlight and saw a thief onboard their yacht removing a fishing rod from its holder. The thief departed before they were able to get to the deck, when it was noticed he had stolen 2 rods.

A second boat had their outboard engine stolen the same night. See report 3309.
ID: 3307

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