Warning with Crew to Fiji (maybe elsewhere)

[aberglas]

My neighbor had a nightmare crew, broke stuff, stole stuff, and then did a runner off the boat without checking out properly.


The bureaucrats said that the captain must bring him back which was impossible, and with no help. He was impounded for weeks, and had a huge fine reduced to "only" $4,000.



As captain, you are responsible for your crew although you have no power over them. Take their passports and lock them up front. Make them have an onward ticket (they can cash in later). And if any doubts get them off the boat as soon as you arrive. They can come back later.