Doctorfish
Contributor
I was up at the GC west bay dock last Saturday at 7 AM to go out with one of the dive ops and there were about half a dozen locals in the parking lot drinking, smoking ganja and arguing. 7 AM!! They started up with everyone who arrived, smashed a bottle on one of the cars that pulled in and eventually got into a fight with several of the DMs and customers there. I personally didn't know if I was going to be just insulted, hit or robbed. The situation escalated to include one of the drunks smashing a bottle over the head of one of the others and then throwing beer bottles at one of the DMs and hitting her. Most of the customers retreated to the relative safety of the dive boats at the end of the dock but had to run a gauntlet to get there.
One drunk staggered up the dock and threatened to come back with his gun. The police arrived at this point but were very slow in controlling the situation.
Eventually, a few locals were in the back of a squad car and the rest scattered, but overall, I certainly felt threatened for the first time on GC.
The West Bay Dock is something of a tourist stop. There are usually vendors there with local crafts, coconuts and conch shells for sale. The West side dive boats also leave from there. Drunks, weed and fighting can't be good for the tourist industry.
Anyone else ever had a bad time at the dock or adjacent parking lot?
One drunk staggered up the dock and threatened to come back with his gun. The police arrived at this point but were very slow in controlling the situation.
Eventually, a few locals were in the back of a squad car and the rest scattered, but overall, I certainly felt threatened for the first time on GC.
The West Bay Dock is something of a tourist stop. There are usually vendors there with local crafts, coconuts and conch shells for sale. The West side dive boats also leave from there. Drunks, weed and fighting can't be good for the tourist industry.
Anyone else ever had a bad time at the dock or adjacent parking lot?