Category: Trinidad & Tobago

 

DATE: 2023-07-19 02:00
LOCATION: Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: Yamaha Enduro 25hp 2-stroke outboard – SN 61RK1082061
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS: While the owner of a catamaran slept on board, thieves stole the 25HP -2S Yamaha outboard from the dinghy which was hoisted behind the catamaran. The engine was not locked to the dinghy transom, or the yacht.

A report was made to the Coast Guard, police, marina and on the VHF net.

CSSN NOTE: see also a similar report (3051) from this location a few days prior

UPDATE: Police recovered the engine and arrested the thieves about a month after it was stolen, it was advertised on Facebook marketplace.  It was later returned to the owner.

 

ID: 3053

 

DATE: 2023-07-15 02:00
LOCATION: Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas

EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1

STOLEN ITEMS: Airmar 2.4M dinghy and a Yamaha 15 HP outboard, serial number S 11406523
SECURED: Not Locked
DETAILS:  UPDATED REPORT :Overnight an unlocked and in-the-water Airmar 2.4M dinghy with a Yamaha 15 HP outboard serial number S 11406523 was stolen from a yacht moored in Chaguaramas while the owner slept onboard. Reports were made to the Coast Guard, police and on the VHF net.
ID: 3051

 

DATE: 2022-09-12 00:20
LOCATION: Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Anchorage
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: dinghy fuel line, 6mm locking cable cut (dinghy hoisted)
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Cruisers anchored in Chaguaramas awoke to find that a thief had boarded overnight and cut the cable locking the outboard engine on the dinghy to the yacht, which was raised on davits. The thieves were not successful at removing the outboard, but were able to steal the fuel line.
ID: 2881

 

DATE: 2022-07-15 03:45
LOCATION: Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – Power Boats
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 1
STOLEN ITEMS: AB 9’ inflatable dinghy
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: A yacht berthed in Powerboats dinghy was locked upside down on the ground with a cable to a security post in the Powerboats marina in Chaguaramas Trinidad. Marina video surveillance showed that two men dressed in dark clothing and wearing masks arrived at 0345HRS in a white 28’ unmarked pirogue into the bay between The Lure Marina and Powerboats Marina. The thieves came prepared with large cable cutters, cut the cable and then carried the stolen dinghy to their waiting pirogue.

A report was made to the marina, the police and the marine police.

UPDATE : 22 July – TT police have arrested / charged 2 men, and recovered the dinghy and other marine items

ID: 2858

 

DATE: 2021-10-29 01:00
LOCATION: Trinidad and Tobago – Trinidad – Chaguaramas – TTSA
EVENT: Theft
HAND: 2
STOLEN ITEMS: dinghy / 9.9 HP Yamaha 4S outboard
SECURED: Locked
DETAILS: Overnight while owner slept onboard the in-the-water and cable locked dinghy was stolen. TTSA management / marine patrol and coastguard were informed/investigating.
ID: 2705