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Imagine..... a whole week cruising around the Red Sea relaxing, diving, eating and drinking...

Imagine the M/Y Blue Seas.....

The M/Y Blue Seas was only launched during late 2004, and is a truly superb boat.

Her cabins are roomy with plenty of storage space and her double bedded master suites are very spacious. She introduces a new level of diving comfort and safety to the Egyptian Red Sea which, combined with a luxurious interior, provides the highest standards in Liveaboard diving available in this particular fleet.

Accommodation Includes: Full central air-conditioning with individual controls (Max. 22 pax) 8 twin bed cabins, 3 king size bed cabins all with en-suite facilities, 

In a recent trip on the Blue Seas John Bantin, a veteran liveaboard diver and journalist for Dive magazine wrote....

"The Blue Seas is spacious and luxurious, with a very helpful and friendly crew. As usual the food was excellent, and everyone got on extremely well.
It's a feature of diving that like-minded people can get together, and the non-competitive nature of the activity makes it a business with no winners or losers.
This particular group of passengers was drawn from the medical-care profession, IT, software-development and accountancy, with the odd painter-and-decorator, a policewoman and a restaurateur thrown in.....
.....Blue Seas from the Blue Planet fleet, for a trip around the St John's area of southern Egypt, I assumed that it would be just another typical week of diving.
It was midsummer. The sun shone remorselessly, the sea was calm and the diving was good. Dolphins cavorted around the boat. Under water, the Napoleon wrasse, the moray eels,
the rays, the scorpion fish and the sharks turned up on cue, and the soft corals blossomed in a feeding frenzy. Anemone fish busied themselves around their host anemones. Anthias fluttered around the coral heads. Bannerfish gathered in gangs. Octopus crept around the coral heads.....
.....At Abu Marsa Dabab, two dugongs put their heads up above the surface to give us a tantalising glimpse from the boat, even though we never got to see them under water.
We had to content ourselves with half a dozen ancient green turtles, loaded down with big green remoras, as they grazed on the sea grass.
As I photographed one in extreme close-up, a second returned down beside it from the surface where it had taken a gulp of air......."

If that doesn't convince you then look at the pictures below

The Itinerary

The trip starts on Wednesday 3rd September from Gatwick Airport.   We will be sailing on the M/Y Blue Seas.  As you can see, this is an excellent boat.  It is only three years old and is well fitted out.  There are three decks, and a superb lounge and restaurant area.  As with all these boats bedrooms are usually comfortable but a bit on the small side.  All meals are provided, that is three meals a day. In addition all soft drinks, water, tea and coffee are included. The only expense on the boat is the cost of any beer you may drink in the evening. Again the food is very good and plentiful.

Having now sailed on this boat I can confirm that it really is an excellent boat. The standard of fittings etc. really is good. The decks are very large, and as well as a large lounge/dining room there is also a smaller more quiet lounge, complete with its own fridges and cold water dispenser!!

The full details of the route cannot be confirmed until we are on the boat, though it will be based on the southern reefs. These are very colourful with fantastic coral and excellent marine life, in fact many people who have dived the southern reefs and the Northern reefs (eg Ras Muhammad) now prefer the south, as it tends to be quieter and less crowded.The trip will also include The Brothers and Elphinstone Reef. These two areas are classed as Marine Parks and require a separate entrance fee which we have added to the cost of the trip. They are prone to some strong currents and this fact, coupled with its Marine Park status, means that the Egyptian government stipulates that all divers must have a minimum of 50 dives. This is checked and monitored on the boat before we sail. If you are not familiar with these two reefs they are very steep plateaus rising out of the water. They attract a lot of the bigger stuff such as mantas and sharks. We dived Elphinstone last year and we were lucky enough to see a huge manta that circled us and swam around and close to us, for quite a while. A brilliant dive

As with all liveaboards we will arrive at the boat sometime on the Wednesday and unpack and have a meal on the boat.  Early Thursday we will set sail and have a check out dive later in the day, with at least one more dive on the first day.  We will then have three dives a day (4 if you do a night dive) until Tuesday,  when we arrive back into the harbour.  We then have Tuesday evening/night on the boat.  (This usually allows time for some shopping in town and several beers !!!)  Dinner is provided on the boat though  some people may prefer to eat in town.  Flight times have not been confirmed yet,  but hopefully we may have time to have another wander around town on Wednesday before flying home.

If you would like to see some pictures of our trip on this boat in June.

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Boat specification:

• LENGTH 40m
• BREADTH 8m
• ENGINES 2 x CATERPILLAR 800 hp
• SPEED 14 Knots
• GENERATORS 2 x 70kw + 1 x 22kw soundproof
• Electricity 380v/220v - 24hours RECHARGE - 24 hrs strobe charging
• WATER 2 x desalinator 2 x 4.5 tons/day
• NAVIGATION 2 x Radar Raytheon 16NM + 48NM, GPS Raystar, chart plotter, echo sounder x 2, Plastimo compass night viewer
• COMPRESSORS 2 x 200Lt/Min Bauer
• NITROX
• ZODIACS - 2 x 4.8 mt RIBS
• OXYGEN, FIRST AID.
• LIFE RAFT 2 x 25 persons - LIFEJACKET 20 + Flares
• FIRE ALARM Fire & bilge alarms & CO2 - Flood system in engine room, 20 Fire extinguishers