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