Irresponsible behavior on MV Blue Dragon (Indonesia)

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Seriously? In this context? They're likely not Indonesians - living on their yacht, in a very very large ocean with not a lot of "other" people around...

One of the very first things you learn when cruising around a large ocean in a small vessel dropping by countries who's legal system isn't designed to cater to you is...don't piss off the locals.
Some learn that rule the very hard way....like the couple in the Marquisas.
 
Some years ago, five divers from a private boat went diving at Komodo and did not manage to get back to their unmanned vessel. They were found a few days later after fending of dragons on Rinca - but lucky to be alive.

Hi John - I have heard first hand accounts and rescue accounts, their issues were a bit more complicated. In addition, at any current-rich sites @Komodo, no should leave a small boat unattended. In addition, best practices suggest that the dingy/RIB drives follow bubbles throughout the dive.
 
This is just my personal opinion about the situation.
For Raja Ampat, everyone knows it's one of the best dive area in the world, and Blue Magic is one of top 3 dive sites around.
You dove there, and you know how pristine the coral reefs are in the area, and all these coral reefs did not grow overnight. Lots of conservation works and educations are done by the government, locals and NGOs to keep those corals in the current condition for divers to enjoy.
You claimed to be sailing around the area for a few months, can I ask if you had paid any marine park conservation fee?
If you are unsure about the dive sites, why don't you spend a little bit of money to hire local guides to guide you around and educated you about the ethics and local rules?
If everyone is behaving like you, sailing a boat there, feeling entitled that they are allowed to drop an anchor and destroy just a tiny bit of coral, what do you think 10 boat will do? what do you think 30 boats will do?

Please bear in mind that dropping an anchor will not just destroy that little part of the coral reef it landed on, if there is current, the anchor is highly likely to be dragging at the bottom causing more damages, and the fragments from the broken corals will destroy even more corals along the way.
BTW, mantas are super smart creature and they will never get entangled with anchor lines, so that is the least of their concerns

I had a chance to dive with that DM you mentioned before, in generally, he is a safe, relatively shy and humble guy and yes, he is a local from West Papua. If you were in his shoes, seeing different people doing the same things over and over again over the year, destroy his backyard he is so proud of and contribute in the conservation, and his livelihood, will you not get seriously pissed? But yes, that did not give him any excuse for cutting the line of your anchor without ample warning. But i am pretty impressed that your diver is able to grab hold of the line and keep the boat in the position, given the mentioned 3 knot current in that dive site. he must have really strong arms.

Blue Magic is such a popular dive site with so many boats around and so many crews on standby, once you are out of water, someone will always be there to check you out if you are one of their divers so there will always be helps around. Sounds very complacent, but it's a truth, because there is no report of divers being drifted away from Blue Magic before.

The locals welcomed tourists because tourism can make their lives better and easier, but not tourists who comes and destroy their backyard.
Sadly enough, we have come to a state that nothing is free, there are loads of money involved to keep the local fishermen happy, to educate the locals, to keep foreign commercial fishing boats away...etc... and you, diving there without contributing anything to the local community, feel that you are entitled to do things you think it's right disregard to the local's feeling?

Well, just a person thought about this whole situation...
 

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