Maybe they need to make fake tanks you can rent with a screw off false bottom for a place to stash phones, keys, ice cold beer. etc.....
But then some idiot on SB would openly post that idea and ruin it...... damn... nevermind!
From truth comes humor, sometimes vice versa….
There are any number of OpSec (operational security) behaviors that I
simply do not post. I will specify such things in a tailored list for Executive Security corporate clients with (FWIW) a non-disclosure agreement.
There are simple fixes for the still rampant, long term burglarizing of Bonaire shore dive user vehicles. The real issue is their Byzantine and outmoded legal system for such low end property crimes. Then, translate the stats from Papamiento. Quick fix would be one man, one rifle, a high overlook, but I’m just solving problems, don’t mind me.
The Bonaire dive-ops and government took a fair swing at this by announcing food-truck cum ‘watchers’ for an announced daily schedule. Bad guys went elsewhere, truck guys were otherwise occupied, and subject to personal vendetta by their neighbors. It failed.
[On Roatan, the now-outmoded policy was “it’s a big ocean out there”. Problems just disappeared, often being ‘necklaced’. Ugly but effective. No longer, and the result is apparent. Not shore dive cars, but Roatan now has similar property crime concerns.]
The easiest thing to prohibit Bonaire car sacking? A non-diving GF (not marriage material until OW Certified) that will spend an hour sitting next to the car.
There should be a bikini test for this non-diver assistant, a sexist would say.
I have adopted variations for every trip. Easy fixes and workarounds for things like baggage, subtly managing passport control, not engaging customs, keeping cash safe, shore dive car keys, personal physical security- the standard travel questions we see on SB 1000x.
I see no value in exposing these methodologies, and I view social media similar to talking to my cats.
When I did stand-up speaking at retail dive shows, my presentation was listed as, “
Surviving your trip to Paradise”.