Your next surprise might be “explosive fishing”, the fishermen make carbide bombs and drop em on the
reefs then either wait for what floats up but more often do a free dive to collect the stunned or dead fish. The shock wave hits a yacht like someone just hit the
hull with a sledgehammer. I encountered this at/near Labuan Bajo and later at Bima. The first time is a real surprise and it took us a while to figure out what had just happened.
The
fishing rafts are perplexing, often manned by a child and anchored but if the
weather gets bad and the raft breaks free it drifts aimlessly until someone rescues the hapless fisherman and the question is, do you want to be that rescuer? Often that involves a diversion from the planned
route and a complicated discussion with the authorities.