Navigate Noonsite

  • Home
  • Member Benefits
    • Login
    • Explore More

    • Countries and Ports
    • Find a Business
  • About Noonsite
    • About Us
    • Contacts
    • Newsletter
    • Explore More

    • Countries and Ports
    • Find a Business
  • Newsletter
  • Latest News and Reports
    • Latest News
    • Latest Reports
    • Explore More

    • Countries and Ports
    • Find a Business
  • Cruising Resources
    • Books
    • Charts
    • Circumnavigation
    • Courtesy Flags
    • Communications
    • Covid 19
    • Cruising Information
    • Cruising with Children
    • Cruising with Pets
    • Cruisers Websites
    • Documents Required
    • Equipment
    • Environment
    • European Union
    • Global Yachting Services
    • Insights
    • Insurance
    • Piracy and Security
    • Portrait of a Cruiser
    • Rallies
    • Routing
    • Safety and Medical
    • Weather
    • Explore More

    • Countries and Ports
    • Find a Business
  • Countries by Region
  • Countries and Ports
  • Find a Business
  • Find News
  • Find a Report
  • Find a Comment
Loginor Register

The Ultimate Cruisers Planning Tool

Register for free Login 23209 Members
How to add an anchorage?
Noonsite Map: User Instructions COVID-19: Open/Closed Countries

French Guiana, Saint Laurent du Maroni: Robbed on dinghy excursion – March 2016

Previous Page

Report Intro

Last Update - March 23, 2016

Report Content

On March 15th, 2016 two French and two German sailors decided to make a dinghy trip up the Maroni River from the Marina Saint Laurent du Maroni, where their yacht was berthed.

This is a well-travelled area as more than 200 pirogues pass between Albina and Saint Laurent daily.

At 10:00, when they were 2nm up-river, they were accosted by three “armed” young men, who approached their dinghy in a maroon pirogue with an outboard engine and demanded the sailors’ belongings. The incident took less than a minute, and while they were not boarded, they were ordered to hand over their luggage.

The sailors were not entirely sure the thieves carried real weapons but understandably decided to err on the side of caution.

No one was harmed.

Note that where this incident took place was less than 1NM from Albina, Suriname. It is still not known if the robbery (this was not a physical attack), was perpetrated by Surinamese or French citizens.

The local Gendarmerie is taking the matter very seriously, as it is the first incident of its kind in the area, and have immediately stepped-up border patrols.

Related content

Saint Laurent du Maroni

Submitted By

Places

French Guiana, Saint Laurent du Maroni,

Update History

Date Last Edited

March 23, 2016 - 05:40 PM

Last Edited By

User Comments

You must register first or be logged-in to leave a comment.
    No comments for this post.

How to use:

To add an anchorage click on the map to place the red marker. Then, click on the red marker to open the add anchorage window.

Terms of Use

Cookie Policy

Privacy Policy

Countries

Subprocessors

© Copyright World Cruising Club

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

Or link to existing content

    No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.