Sarge wrote:Pull ya farken finger out Ripcurl and do something!
Where is this thing in relation to the take off zone?
This is what Rip Curl are doing , email sent to me today from mates in Bali :
Hi team,
Well the latest indo debacle is the boat that has been run up on the reef at padang.
The Ripcurl cup is on standby waiting for swell and this 150 foot longliner is wedgied
right on the take-off spot.
Ripcurl are doing nothing about it,apparently their lawyers are concerned about 3rd
party repercussions.
However, they are sending out sms messages to everyone and asking for donations.
I find this kind of hypocritical as they wont use their own money because of some
legal aspect but will fund a salvage operation with other peoples money
Another party made an attempt today to pull it off the reef in co-operation with the
local police but the money that was allocated for the tug boat mysteriously went missing.
The operation did proceed but with 6 Jimbaran fishing boats used as the 'muscle' in an
attempt to dislodge the boat from the reef.
As you can imagine they made a show of it but didnt budge the longliner.
There is an oil slick now spread from impossibles and then all the way to the racetrack at Ulus.
The swell is increasing as I write this and is predicted to steadily rise peaking on monday
arvo at 3.2 metres.
The window to get this boat off the reef is rapidly closing.
The general consensus is that this bad boy is going to get smashed all over padang.