Police Investigation
We were anchored out in Petit St. Vincent off the resort. A German boat came in earlier an anchored in front of us. We were directly downwind from them. They were all heavy smokers and all that smoke found its way down our hatches and into the cabins. Boy, how we wished they’d quit smoking!
It all started as a very quiet evening. After a dinner that Al had prepared with the fresh mahi mahi he bought from one of the boat boys, and a little vino, we were off to our staterooms. The cigarette was smell still wafting it. All of the sudden we heard a bottle break, the smell of gasoline, and a small boat speed away. “Phil, someone threw a bottle of gasoline on the boat and it broke!” We rushed topside with a flashlight and looked all around. The gas smell was in the air but otherwise no problem. After a few minutes we returned to our cabin. Shortly after there was banging on our hull. We hurried up stairs and spoke to the 2 men in the dingy. They were from the German charter boat Ambassador. “Someone has tried to kill us! This is no joke! They threw a glass bottle with gasoline into our cockpit. It broke and gasoline and glass went all over us!” We told them we heard it but didn’t see anything. There were 6 people on the boat and they were going to have someone stand guard all night. We told them we would monitor Channel 16 on the VHF. The captain and crew were emotionally a mess. Thankfully no one was smoking at the exact moment the bottle was thrown. It could have literally blown the boat, and them, up.We went back to bed but going to sleep was difficult. We were all spooked. A few hours later we heard a man on Channel 16 trying to make contact with the police. Then we heard the captain from Ambassador speak to him. The people aboard the other boat, Madrid, had just returned from dinner and found the boat was broke into and all their money was gone. After a lot of talk on the VHF we found out that Madrid was the boat in front of Ambassador. The poor captain of Ambassador had been calming his nerves with alcohol so although he talked a lot it was hard to understand. We had the number of the police and Petit St. Vincent Resort. We gave them the numbers and the police were called. They would come at 7 am to take a report. Not sure if there was more to come that night or not we all slept lightly. As Souverain was pulling out this am the police boat had boarded the 2 boats for an investigation. CSI right here in PSV!
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