When a liveaboard trip is cancelled the day you arrive....

[BDSC]

We will be back in Belize on the "Dancer - Aggressor" boat this summer. I am old, fairly stupid, often feeble minded and can not remember simple distinctive things like boat numbers - or maybe I just can't be bothered to pay enough attention to learn the proper name of the boat? I have been on it before and still know what it looks like so I WILL board the proper boat.

It is my understanding that the Dancer boat is now named the "Belize Aggressor IV". We will be on it the week of Memorial Day. It's the larger boat of the two.

 

[Hoag]

Thank you for letting me know. I am an photographer so I am looking to maximize my experience so I can get competition worthy images

Here are a couple pics from my LOB trip in TCI. (Including the first ever "over/under" that I have had turn out.):

 

[John Bantin]

We at Undercurrent are happy it turned out well. Undercurrent accepts no paid-for advertising and survives on the subscriptions of its readers - so is able to publicize these things without fear or favor. www.undercurrent.org

 

[Ben Davison]

There is absolutely no doubt about it. Had it not been for Ben Davison and Undercurrent getting involved, Erica would have never heard a word. An email was "mistakenly not sent". Does anyone even believe that?

Ben, if you are following this thread, I am signing up today for Undercurrent. You are first class my man. First class!

Thanks for the kind words. We work for divers, not the industry, and these are important issues to tackle. I'm pleased we had some results

 

[BDSC]

Thanks for the kind words. We work for divers, not the industry, and these are important issues to tackle. I'm pleased we had some results

I have been on the site several times this morning. If my boss has a problem with it, I'll have you contact him as well.

 

[Erica Watson]

Off topic post? Just curious since there are now 2 Belize Aggressors. Which one is "owned". Belize is hinted above - the original or the new?

We will be back in Belize on the "Dancer - Aggressor" boat this summer. I am old, fairly stupid, often feeble minded and can not remember simple distinctive things like boat numbers - or maybe I just can't be bothered to pay enough attention to learn the proper name of the boat? I have been on it before and still know what it looks like so I WILL board the proper boat.

I am now curious about who "owns" the Hughes fleet of boats that were "bought" by the Aggressor line.

Did Aggressor buy Hughes owned boats? Or did Aggressor simply take over the marketing rights to a bunch of Hughes franchised boats?

I don't know enough about the boats to answer this- I am sorry. I just know based upon interactions with staff they have that those locations are the owned boats. I think someone else on here knew a lot more than I did on this. I just want to know which one has the best diving!!!

 

[Erica Watson]

Nice!!! One of my best friends in diving specializes in under/overs (as I am sure you can tell from my profile pic) She is amazing and I hope to be able to do something as well as she does soon.

Here are a couple pics from my LOB trip in TCI. (Including the first ever "over/under" that I have had turn out.):View attachment 447146

 

[BDSC]

The Turks & Caicos trip is excellent. I was not on the Aggressor boat but they dive pretty much the same areas as the Explorer boat and I have heard good things about them.

 

[KeithG]

The Turks & Caicos trip is excellent. I was not on the Aggressor boat but they dive pretty much the same areas as the Explorer boat and I have heard good things about them.

IMHO Belize and T&C are the top LOB destinations in the Caribbean. You will not go wrong with either destination. The major distinction is that T&C is generally much deeper diving. Lots of sites have the wall drop off below 50 feet.

The remaining challenge is to pick a boat. As indicated above the 2 LOBs dive the same sites (you can normally see the other boat most of the week). We have always done T&C on the Explorer and Belize on the (now ex) Dancer. The diving is the same the boat amenities are different.

 

[BDSC]

Erica, your story was part of this months undercurrent magazine.

That aside, if any of you are not subscribing to undercurrent, you should give it some serious thought. It's an excellent source off all things scuba and the best "go to source" for honest trip reviews.