Gross disrespect by local youths fishing in your marina.
Evening of 17 Nov many fishing lights slowly but surely moved all along the shore to the reef. Normal - it is after all dark moon. 3 Lights worked the area at the end of the creek next to the steel yacht Parmelia. The night was silent. A long while later, we noticed the decklight of Parmelia and shortly after that Parmelia calling on the vhf for boats attention. The fishing men were diving against her boat. They fled away quickly when she came on deck. Yacht Mylady responded to Parmelia and then put a search light on. They were then in the red dinghy at the stern of yacht Viva la Vie. One standing on the dinghy with the pole, one sitting and one with snorkel in the water between Viva la Vie and the dinghy. The dinghy slowly poled a few meters away from Viva la Vie. Lots of loud talk and laughter from them. It must have been around 10:30 / 11pm. They loudly called Mylady with a defiant mock. Skipper of Mylady told them they have two choices, 'either to fish, or to get moving'. A moments silence before loud mocking laughter filled the air. They stayed (one diving occasionally), loudly mocking, talking disgustingly filthy and indescent under my dress. My husband was furious. He phoned Lela. Got an answering machine and left a message. Their mocking laughter and dirty talking continuing. Around midnight they suddenly started paddling towards the village. Keeping Mylady all the time in the beam of their strong search light.
The breach of privacy in this marina is unreal. And we are paying clients?!
I expect of you to bring across in the sevusevu of tomorrow that
- the young men of this village have already shown that they have no respect for other people. Also not for local businesses who render services to boats, which in turn benefit the village. In other words, the young men of this village do not act to the benefit of the village.
- therefore, a clear line to be drawn what is the marina and what not - (probably a thin drift line between the white poles on the reefs).
- and in the marina, NO fishing. NO other activity - private property. (you did pay your dues?)
Safety is a world wide concern. Where there is no safety, there is no florishing bussiness - except crime.
It is heartbreaking to have heard a dead silence of reaction on the vhf radio when all this was happening, apart from Anna X.
It is shocking that there was no sight of the dock master. Not even the day after.
It is extremely sad that this marina has robbed me of my peace of mind. And we are paying?!
It is inevitable that these horror stories will be broadcasted far and wide.
Is Curly coming along to the sevusevu? Being the CEO of anti crime and also a marina and also a boatie and also a local, his pressence might be valuable.
My sadness is endless.
Mi-sA-lê
sv MYLADY (it's not a sentence, it's one name, therefore one word - MYLADY)
Savusavu Marina
re: security
Attached some pictures
Saturday evening at sundown time 9 youngsters came from the village to the creek. 6 swam to the yacht 'Intention'. They dived around the yacht. We thought they might be fishing.
When they noticed us watching and filming them, they swam to the empty mooring of 'Lariekoek' and dived down the mooring.
After a little while they went ashore. We didn't follow them but heard laughter direction the marina dock.
Sunday morning at breakfast time there was a mbilibili with 3 younsters on and 2 men in the water at the mooring of the yacht 'Viva la Vie' . The 2 men dived. The raft went out of our sight towards the back of the yacht.
A little while later the 2 men came in a dinghy from behind the yacht towards shore.
Yacht 'Anna X' whom witnessed both happenings, informed us that thát was the dinghy that went missing and was used in the first burglary. The question they raised was, How did these youngster knew where to search for this dinghy?
My concern is:
-Having divers around my boat, at funny times, with no known agenda, does not make me feel safe at all. Did the police know about the search?
-It is one thing that I'm concerned about my personal safety, it is a total different and more dangerous issue that people can do things under my boat that I can not observe or control.
-How safe is the moorings itself if any and all divers go fiddling down there?
-Young village kids take the rafts to go 'whatever'. Fact is they cannot handle the rafts in any kind of wind and drifts onto the yachts to hang-on (and play?). We had on such occasion chased them away from Mylady. We do not need any more scratches and damage.
I do not appreciate any of this. I am sure many other yachts will agree.
In this known situation it is sorry to not see any presence of the dockmaster who normally would have the authority to address the tresspassers.
We do trust you will take up this matter immediately for the benefit of all concerned.
Thank you for caring.
Mi-sA-lê and Eelco Fransen
sv MYLADY
