Black Panther 656 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 https://voiliers.asso.pf/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=view_in_browser&action=view&data=WzY3LCI2ZDljMzM1NTIyMjAiLDAsMCwwLDFd&fbclid=IwAR3Rhw7gctS5c-OQZ5v-sGqeKNpDoDRtOf6SCjIc5Cz3AA3PXhEQOSt0yUU Translation at the bottom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
44forty 90 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 I have heard a 3rd hand rumour that up to 300 boats are wanting to come to NZ from FP because of the above Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 775 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 What a cluster$%^# Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevin McCready 27 Posted June 17, 2020 Report Share Posted June 17, 2020 It's not the "public domain"; it's sovereign territory. Whining about it being an abuse of human rights is peak self-righteousness and peak-entitlement. By all means make the argument for better systems but framing it this way makes me sick. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fish 595 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 It's their country, they can do what they want. That article doesn't appear to give the full picture, and sounds a wee bit alarmist. Is it that there is some sort of environmental problem with anchoring damaging the seabed, and they are going to install screw pile moorings or something? This is not a new issue, and a number of countries are going down this path for specific areas. The corollary of this is that cruisers should understand the damage they are doing, and not expect to be able to carry on inflicting that damage, dragging anchors through sea-grass beds, smashing up fragile coral with chains etc. The locals are protesting about something for a reason. But in saying that, there needs to be a degree of balance with everything. A blanket ban doesn't sound pragmatic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 150 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 remember, this is the French, same crowd who among other actions committed an act of terrorism in NZ by blowing up the Rainbow Warrior. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Romany 70 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Relevance MH? If its a game of good v bad don't forget things such as; Alain Prost Champagne And the Citroen 2CV6! CURSE THEM.. And I'm not saying my things are necessarily relevant either Quote Link to post Share on other sites
marinheiro 150 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Romany said: Relevance MH? If its a game of good v bad don't forget things such as; Alain Prost Champagne And the Citroen 2CV6! CURSE THEM.. And I'm not saying my things are necessarily relevant either relevance - just a reminder from history that the French do not give a rats about how they treat other people and do not care what is thought about them. By they way they also make good cheese but their modern cars are crap Fish 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BOIGuy 137 Posted June 18, 2020 Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 18 hours ago, Fish said: The locals are protesting about something for a reason. The stories I get point more to the demographics of the cruisers changing being at the root of the problem, locals using damaging the environment as a legit reason to try to gain control. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 656 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Can anyone point to a morr informative article that will explain? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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