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Liveaboard dive cruise in Phuket, Thailand
Phuket - MV Andaman Seafarer - Thailand |
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE VESSEL
Phuket - MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER - Thailand |
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MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER Phuket, Thailand
It is a comfortable live-aboard wood and steel dive vessel in Phuket, Thailnd. She may accommodate up to 14 passengers: 6 in three VIP A/C private cabins (two single berths) and 8 in two FIRST CLASS A/C cabins (four single berths). Each cabin has 2 or 4 single berths with standard mattresses (200x90). She has tow showers and toilets. The decks are wide and spacious to provide guests with a maximum diving convenience and tropical living. The vessel is equipped with radar, GPS navigation system, Video depth sounder, CB radio, VHF radio, 2 generators and a 4.7m Avon Rib dinghy with a 40 HP outboard and a ladder. The diving equipment includes 2 compressors and adequate tanks and weights. Other equipments may be hired from our dive center in Phuket, Thailand before departure. Crew of six consists of 1 cruise director/Instructor (Charlie), 1 Captain, 1 Engineer, 1 deck hand, 1 Thai Cook (his food is a feature of the cruise) and a Divemaster/Instructor. They have years of chartering experience in this area of Phuket, Thailand and are eager to give you the liveaboard dive holiday of a lifetime.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE VESSEL
Phuket - MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER - Thailand |
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| Last Overall |
Oct 2007 |
Next Overall |
Sept-Oct 2008 |
| Year Built |
Jan 1994 |
Fuel-Oil |
4000 liters |
| Overall Length |
22.5 meters |
Water Capacity |
6500 liters |
| Beam |
6 meters |
Main Engines |
2 x 320 HP V8 |
| Draft |
1.8 meters |
Voltages |
12v,24v,220 v |
| Berths(2mx0.9m) |
14 berths |
Crew |
6 |
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE VESSEL
Phuket - MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER - Thailand |
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| 1 |
Sundeck |
9 |
Storage |
| 2 |
Wheel House and Crew Cabin |
10a |
2 Cabins of 4 single berths |
| 3 |
Galley |
10b |
3 Private cabins of 2 Single Berths |
| 4 |
WC and Showers |
11 |
Engine Store and Workbench |
| 5 |
Dining Area |
12 |
Engine room : 2 X 320 HP V8 |
| 6 |
Diving Equipment Area |
13 |
Water and Diesel Tanks |
| 7 |
Diving Entrances and Exits |
14 |
2 g enerators: 20 Kw & 40 Kw |
| 8 |
Air compressors |
15 |
Steering System |
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TYPICAL FEATURES OF MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER
Phuket - MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER - Thailand |
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TYPICAL FEATURES OF MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER Phuket, Thailand.
- She was designed and supervised during the construction in Phuket, Thailand by his owner who has 28 years of diving experience in Phuket, Thailand as dive operator (since 1980) and SCUBA Instructor (since 1985). Charlie served as a dive guide on the Jacques Cousteau’s Calypso vessel during the shooting of the film "The Sea convicts" in 1988 at Similan and Surin Islands of Thailand as well for the shooting at the Similan of a U/W IMAX film on November 2002 in Phuket, Thailand.
- The length and beam make it one of the largest comfortable dive vessels in Phuket, Thailand.
- 2 V8 engines of 320 hp each give confidence during the cruises.
- Electric power (220 volts) is provided 24hrs.
- 2 large showers and toilets. We do not limit the showers during the cruise.
- Everywhere inside the vessel, the ceilings are of 2.20 m.
- 3 "VIP Cabin" with 2 bunks and 2 “FIRST CLASS” cabins with 4 bunks.
- Each cabin has its own air-conditioning with a remote control.
- All bunks have comfortable mattresses (200 x 90 x 20).
- The kitchen is equipped as a restaurant. We never serve the same meals more than once during the cruise. All guests take their meals on large table on the roof and the food is serve buffet style.
- Solarium (5.5 x 8 m) has deckchairs and mattresses. It is the perfect place to have a drink at sunset and during the evening after dinner.
- Large dive area (5.70 x 8 m), easy entries and exits with 3 ladders. 14 divers can be in/out of water within a few minutes.
- Aluminum cylinders of 80 (10.95 liters) & 100cf (13.69 liters) are available in the racks.
- The 2 Bauer compressors can fill the tanks when the guests are taking a nap in their cabins or in the deckchairs on the solarium.
- Our 4.7m Avon Rib dinghy with a ladder and a 40 HP outboard allows diving in the most remote places giving our customers an easy mean of accessing the dive site of Thailand and of course of getting picked up after the dive in the most secure conditions in SImilan and Phuket, Thailand.
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LIVEABOARD DIVE CRUISES WITH MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER
Phuket - MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER - Thailand |
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LIVEABOARD DIVE CRUISES WITH MV ANDAMAN SEAFARER in Phuket, Thailand
- Many divers have seen a lot of advertising in dive magazines about diving in Burma and asked us the possibility of liveaboard dive cruises in Burma on MV Andaman Seafarer. Today we can confirm that Seafarer Divers will not plan any dive cruise with our vessel MV Andaman Seafarer to Mergui Archipelago or Burma Banks.
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Comments from divers who had been diving with other dive operators in Burma have confirmed that the visibility (not better than Surin, Phi-Phi or Phuket area), the coral reefs (anchoring and dynamiting), the fish (no more big fish: over fishing and dynamiting) are not as good as at the dive sites at Hin Daeng or Hin Muang, Similan or Surin Islands National Parks, without mentioning the entry/exit problems (Burma closes or opens its border without any warning).
- Since few years, profit oriented business is pushing dive centers to manage large liveaboard vessels with 18-25 divers and crew of 8-12 members and Divemasters on board. Promiscuity aboard, dangerous drop-offs of divers by groups of 12-15 divers at once from the stern platform, overcrowded dive sites with 25-30 divers and Divemasters at the same dive site by those "cattle-boats", destroy the pleasure of the conviviality, privacy and safety of the divers in Phuket, Thailand.
- MV Andaman Seafarer is a convivial vessel where each diver may be able to get his/her own privacy with capacity of each cruise of 8-14 divers and 6 crew members. Most of our guests enjoy coming back and send their friends for those key points to MV Andaman Seafarer Phuket, thailand.
- Most of the time divers like to bring aperitifs, spirits, whisky, wine for the late afternoons or evenings.
- MV Andaman Seafarer has 3 "VIP" cabins and 2 "First Class" cabins. Each 2 "First Class" cabins for 4 persons can be booked as "VIP" cabins for 2 persons per cabin only. Therefore, 10-12 persons will share the whole vessel.
- Diving at Similan/Surin or Southern Islands of Thailand is not like diving inside a lagoon.... Strong currents (moon) and wind (December to February) may change the quality and the safety of the dives; therefore all our divers must be confident in the water.
- For divers' comfort and safety, the drop-offs and pick-ups of buddy teams are made with our 4.7m Avon Rib dinghy with a 40 HP outboard and a ladder. Each dinghy rotation is of 4-5 divers. That way, fish are not scared and each diver will get more chance for better encounters.
- Most of our divers are experienced ones (CMAS 2 or 3* Diver, PADI Advanced, PADI Rescue, Divemaster, Instructor or equivalence for other diving associations) with hundreds of logged dives and are keen underwater photographers.
- Minimum diving level for a liveaboard on MV Andaman Seafarer Phuket, Thailand:
PADI Advanced or CMAS 2* Diver or equivalence with at least 30 logged dives. PADI Open Water Diver, CMAS 1* Diver or equivalent certified diver who can not dive as a buddy diver with their friends will have to book the service of a professional Divemaster guiding them during all dives or plan "PADI Advanced" and/or "CMAS 2* Diver" course with a PADI-CMAS Instructor during the liveaboard in Phuket, Thailand.
- PADI Adventure, PADI Advanced or CMAS 2* Diver courses may be taught with a 30% discount during our Similan-Surin-Richelieu and/or Southern Island of Thailand liveaboard dive cruises aboard MV Andaman Seafarer. |
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TDA/CMAS 5* ITC Master Dive Academy # SW.005
SEAFARER DIVERS CO.,LTD.
1/10-11 Moo 5, Soi Ao Chalong Pier, Tambon Rawai
Amphur Muang, Phuket 83130 THAILAND
Tel : +66 (0)76 280 644 - Mobile : +66 (0)81 979 49 11
Fax : +66 (0)76 381 219
E-mail :
Site Web http://www.seafarer-divers.com
Last Update
10/09/08
by Charlie Phuket Thailande
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