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Caribbean explorer I/live-aboard, Jun, 2005, by Bruce Watson, Ill, USA . Report 1835.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity	N/A
Dive Operation		Shore Diving
Snorkeling	N/A
Overall Rating
Value for $$	N/A
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	Pooorly organized boat, manned by incompotent or incapable crew, they seemed to be rather enjoying their selves at the expense of safety and commonsense. Two divemasters I wouldn't put in the shallow end of the kiddy pool. Safety issues too numerous to list,up to and including multiple staircase problems (insufficient skid-proofing and missing handrails) a supposedly refitted boat with persistant ventilation and plumbing problems. When a live-aboard diving company solicits customers, don't you think it's a good idea to tell the paying clients, that their slightly discounted boat trip comes with major discounts in accomodations ie: 14 bottles of hard liquer for 18 guests for 7 days (including, but not limited to some very rare Puerto Rican Vodka<less than tasty> and a lovely assortment of obscure liquers and cordials)just to give one example of how this all-inclusive was anything but. But my favorite part was the boat caption getting stuck on a sand bar at the mouth of the harbor as we were supposed to be getting underway on the first day, delaying our days diving by several hours and foreshadowing what turned out to be a poorly run and disorganized trip. The food was OK,considering what a neurotic dingbat the cook turned out to be.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	Over 1000 dives
Where else diving	Cabo to Cozumel, North carolina to the Netherlands Antilees
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny	Seas	calm
Water Temp	75-83°F / 24-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	25-200 Ft/ 8-61 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions	piss-poor dive-master supervision
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
UW Photo Comments	great photo opportunities, we were there during a coral spawning

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Dive Review of Caribbean explorer I/live-aboard in Bahamas/Northern islands

Caribbean explorer I/live-aboard, Jun, 2005,

Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):

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What I Saw

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Dive Review of Caribbean explorer I/live-aboard in
Bahamas/Northern islands