1_T_Submariner
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My wife and I went on the Nekton Rorqual last week. We had a great time.
I posted some pictures in the Cannon forum since I had done some a lot of reading there before buying a camera for Christmas (Cannon G11 with cannon Housing)
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/canon-corner/321542-amerature-g11.html
The Crew - Awesome. They where helpful, friendly, safety concious, funny and very accomodating! They became friends over the week.
The boat - Ready for the ship yard. One water pump didn't work the other did so fresh water was not really plentiful. Basically the lower level needs to be gutted and remodeled. The middle level was in ok shape but could use some touch up. If you are going request the middle level.
The diving - Great! The only small complaint was visiting one site 3 times. It was due to weather and an ok site. Lots of healthy reefs and pretty good small wrecks.
The Pier in Frederiksted was great! I did 5 dives on it lots of everything, 4 frog fish on one dive. 24 dives for the week
The food - Really good Fancy no filling and good quality yes. Be early for breakfast and late for lunch/dinner. Late because they prepare quite a bit ahead so you will get food out of the oven if you wait a little while. Great snacks lots of fresh cookies between dives in the AM and other stuff in the afternoon.
In summary I will probably go on a different Itenerary someday (just because there is more of the world to see) when and only when either the Rorqual or the Pilot get overhauled in the shipyard. Sad but they have got their money's worth out of the boat and its time for some big time maintenance.
I posted some pictures in the Cannon forum since I had done some a lot of reading there before buying a camera for Christmas (Cannon G11 with cannon Housing)
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/canon-corner/321542-amerature-g11.html
The Crew - Awesome. They where helpful, friendly, safety concious, funny and very accomodating! They became friends over the week.
The boat - Ready for the ship yard. One water pump didn't work the other did so fresh water was not really plentiful. Basically the lower level needs to be gutted and remodeled. The middle level was in ok shape but could use some touch up. If you are going request the middle level.
The diving - Great! The only small complaint was visiting one site 3 times. It was due to weather and an ok site. Lots of healthy reefs and pretty good small wrecks.
The Pier in Frederiksted was great! I did 5 dives on it lots of everything, 4 frog fish on one dive. 24 dives for the week
The food - Really good Fancy no filling and good quality yes. Be early for breakfast and late for lunch/dinner. Late because they prepare quite a bit ahead so you will get food out of the oven if you wait a little while. Great snacks lots of fresh cookies between dives in the AM and other stuff in the afternoon.
In summary I will probably go on a different Itenerary someday (just because there is more of the world to see) when and only when either the Rorqual or the Pilot get overhauled in the shipyard. Sad but they have got their money's worth out of the boat and its time for some big time maintenance.