Only take pictures? No they do much more than that, they post the pictures and the videos. Please review this small sample most of these are from Jim's operation. Do any of these media hits look or sounds safe to you?
Abernethy and Shearwater has come under fire from the dive community in the past for promoting dangerous dives with shark species known to pose a threat to humans. Tiger sharks account for a large percentage of the relatively small number of shark attacks on people each year. Abernethy lost a diver to a shark attack in 2008 and has himself been bitten.
Muahahaha, you mean, "broken down has been with no clue," Neil Watson stopped being relevant to the scuba industry in 1775, when he turned 25.
He's been a walking corpse ever since, stalking the halls of dive shows and public spaces with an eye for younger women (eewww) and stories to tell of his swashbuckling youth.
Let's stop treating this guy as anything but what he is. Really, really, really old.
Oh, and the Golden Rule applies to Genting. "He who has the gold...makes the rules," maybe instead of whining folks like Neil can spend some of his own gold to make changes to the process?
"A world-renowned dive guru?" No not quite, more of a broken down old man well past his prime who, like the proverbial old nutter on the porch steps, is bemoaning the fact, "the new kids on the block" are making a lot of noise.
Stewart Cove is equally noxious with his penchant for women in their 20's and his complete disregard for anyone but S Cove Inc.
You want to know what is REALLY going on?
Classic dive industry turf war over a natural resource. This is about $$$ our and simple, $$$ NOT lining the pockets of old men.
"Those who remain on the island and attend school may not be an accurate representation of a Biminite. We have many who have done very well in their chosen careers."
Exactly, so no one should complain about foreign workers, especially service workers being brought in to service off island tourists.
Those who have done well in careers are mostly off island now, those that are left are not even close to ready to enter into the growing workforce needs.
Good point. As far as a labor force there are quite a few Bahamian companies that work to mainland standards and have good ethics.
But again, the Chinese example in Nassau has started a trend. Fact is mainland money and mainland tourists need to be treated in a manner that looks like the mainland.
The Caribbean is a huge place with other developments and other islands, folks on Bimini need to get with the program or be locked out of the process. They can argue that they LIVE there so they are entitled to something, but that argument fails in the face of the millions and millions that Resorts World can throw down.
It will be up to the local workforce to organize and start behaving like a responsible and respectable workforce if they are to reverse years and years of "earned distrust" by developers.
Choice is for Bimini to make. Stay a third tier workforce with a chip on their shoulders, or start to develop the workforce into a serious entity.
It's a well known fact that locals on the Island of Bimini do not want to work. The islands "labor dysfunction" is legendary and a barrier to ANY development.
The sad fact is that so many outside developers have seen the potential of this magnificent island only to be disappointed by the reality on the ground.
You can blame developers all you want but first ask why staff fail to show up to work for days at a time, steal equipment, and are rude to guests.
Until Bimini folks start looking at themselves as a source of the problem, and their youth, the issues if skilled labor, and outside labor will not go away.
Ben says...
Does this look safe? It is not. It is foolish, stupid, and disrespectful to the animals.
Woman dances underwater with Tiger sharks in the Bahamas dressed in paint and a few pieces of cloth only. With Jim Abernethy 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Z25E-…
On Shark diving death ‘could be due to negligence’
Posted 21 July 2014, 1:20 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
Only take pictures? No they do much more than that, they post the pictures and the videos. Please review this small sample most of these are from Jim's operation. Do any of these media hits look or sounds safe to you?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08bxZWl…
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
http://www.petethomasoutdoors.com/2012/…
On Shark diving death ‘could be due to negligence’
Posted 21 July 2014, 1:14 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
Abernethy and Shearwater has come under fire from the dive community in the past for promoting dangerous dives with shark species known to pose a threat to humans. Tiger sharks account for a large percentage of the relatively small number of shark attacks on people each year. Abernethy lost a diver to a shark attack in 2008 and has himself been bitten.
On American goes missing while shark diving
Posted 16 July 2014, 1:15 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
Dive guru? dive guru!?
Muahahaha, you mean, "broken down has been with no clue," Neil Watson stopped being relevant to the scuba industry in 1775, when he turned 25.
He's been a walking corpse ever since, stalking the halls of dive shows and public spaces with an eye for younger women (eewww) and stories to tell of his swashbuckling youth.
Let's stop treating this guy as anything but what he is. Really, really, really old.
Oh, and the Golden Rule applies to Genting. "He who has the gold...makes the rules," maybe instead of whining folks like Neil can spend some of his own gold to make changes to the process?
On Bimini: Bahamas 'trades quality for quantity'
Posted 21 May 2014, 2:08 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
"A world-renowned dive guru?" No not quite, more of a broken down old man well past his prime who, like the proverbial old nutter on the porch steps, is bemoaning the fact, "the new kids on the block" are making a lot of noise.
Stewart Cove is equally noxious with his penchant for women in their 20's and his complete disregard for anyone but S Cove Inc.
You want to know what is REALLY going on?
Classic dive industry turf war over a natural resource. This is about $$$ our and simple, $$$ NOT lining the pockets of old men.
On Foreign vessels sucking $100k weekly from Bimini
Posted 10 March 2014, 2:24 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
"Those who remain on the island and attend school may not be an accurate representation of a Biminite. We have many who have done very well in their chosen careers."
Exactly, so no one should complain about foreign workers, especially service workers being brought in to service off island tourists.
Those who have done well in careers are mostly off island now, those that are left are not even close to ready to enter into the growing workforce needs.
On Bimini project: construction workforce only 10-30% Bahamian
Posted 29 October 2013, 7:02 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
Good point. As far as a labor force there are quite a few Bahamian companies that work to mainland standards and have good ethics.
But again, the Chinese example in Nassau has started a trend. Fact is mainland money and mainland tourists need to be treated in a manner that looks like the mainland.
The Caribbean is a huge place with other developments and other islands, folks on Bimini need to get with the program or be locked out of the process. They can argue that they LIVE there so they are entitled to something, but that argument fails in the face of the millions and millions that Resorts World can throw down.
It will be up to the local workforce to organize and start behaving like a responsible and respectable workforce if they are to reverse years and years of "earned distrust" by developers.
Choice is for Bimini to make. Stay a third tier workforce with a chip on their shoulders, or start to develop the workforce into a serious entity.
On Bimini project: construction workforce only 10-30% Bahamian
Posted 29 October 2013, 2:11 p.m. Suggest removal
Ben says...
It's a well known fact that locals on the Island of Bimini do not want to work. The islands "labor dysfunction" is legendary and a barrier to ANY development.
The sad fact is that so many outside developers have seen the potential of this magnificent island only to be disappointed by the reality on the ground.
You can blame developers all you want but first ask why staff fail to show up to work for days at a time, steal equipment, and are rude to guests.
Until Bimini folks start looking at themselves as a source of the problem, and their youth, the issues if skilled labor, and outside labor will not go away.
It's a hard fact.
On Bimini project: construction workforce only 10-30% Bahamian
Posted 29 October 2013, 12:28 p.m. Suggest removal