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                                                                                    SCUBA DIVING AT ITS BEST

 

                                                                      Red Sea Liveaboard Exped September 2010

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                                                 M/Y blue Horizon

                                    

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                                                                                   M/Y blue Horizon

        This years trip is aboard the M/Y blue Horizon, built in 2006. She is a 5 star Super Class Cruiser, with a great reputation. For more information on her, during your blue Horizon tour, check out the live aboard brochure.

We depart Gatwick on the 29th October, returning on 5th November. Price for this trip is £1249. This is inclusive of return flights from Gatwick to Hurghada, airport transfers, all diving, air and weights, full board accommodation on live aboard, all soft drinks, Marine Park fees, Egyptian entry visa and last night spent on boat. if you have any queries, please contact me. A deposit of £200 is payable immediately to Blueotwo upon confirming. As in previous trips, if you want overnight accommodation at Gatwick, I can recommend the Lawn Guest House at Gatwick. They can be contacted on 01293 775751, or through their website, www.lawnguesthouse.co.uk. Here's hoping for a trip as good as previous years. We look forward to seeing you. Geoff and Kerry

                                                                                                 Daedlus and St.Johns

MONTHS: YEAR-ROUND

VESSEL: M/Y blue Horizon

ITINERARIES: DAEDLUS and St.JOHNS

FOCUS: Reefs

Daedalus & St. John’s

Similar to the Deep South safari, this exciting itinerary allows you explore the beauty of the southern Red Sea with the added bonus of visiting the marine park of Daedalus reef. Daedalus is a large, remote reef covered in hard and soft coral formations and offers beautiful scenic dives with an abundance of marine life. Daedalus also offers excitement& at the right time of year you can sit out in the blue and will have a good chance of seeing some of the Red Seas famous sharks!

QUALIFICATION NEEDED: You must be a PADI Advanced diver or equivalent with a minimum of 50 logged dives to join this safari.

Itinerary Highlights:

Daedalus

About 180 km south of The Brother Islands, this huge reef is surrounded by a sheer wall and strong currents allowing for fantastic drift diving. The hard corals grow to huge sizes but make sure you also keep an eye on the blue!

Elphinstone Reef

A Red Sea legend. One of the most beautiful reefs, with its north and south plateau's covered in hard and soft corals and visiting pelagics, this truly is an awesome reef.

Fury Shoal  

An immense chain of reefs creating a host of outstanding dive sites including Abu Galawa in the north to Sataya in the south. Have fun exploring wrecks, caves, tunnels, coral gardens, plateaus and drop offs! Abu Galawa is located within Fury Shoal - have fun exploring the wreck of 'Tug Boat'. The reef also has good coral dives on the west side.

St. John's Reef

Exciting drop-offs overgrown with huge gorgonians and colourful soft corals, stunning coral gardens and safe anchorages for night diving. Barracudas, Tuna and Mackerel are often sighted here and on rarer occasions Manta Rays and Dolphins. Hammerheads, Grey sharks, Silvertip Sharks and White tip Reef Sharks can often be spotted out in the blue.

St. John's Reef North

Located one hour north of the main St.John's area. Have fun finding your way through tunnels and around pinnacles.

  *All dive sites visited are subject to weather conditions and is at the discretion of your dive guides and vessel captain. Due to the locations of the dive sites visited on this itinerary there will be a substantial amount of travelling during the safari. This may mean that it is only possible to complete 3 dives on certain days.

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  Daedalus & St. John’s

Daedalus & St. John’s

 

 

                                                   Technical specification

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Type

5* Super Class Cruiser

Built

2006

Length

41 Metres

Beam

8.75 Metres

No. of Guests

26

Deck

Teak

Cabins

4 x Suites (Disabled Friendly - King-size bed/En-suite/Air- conditioning/Mini Bar/Personal entertainment system - TV/State of the art CYCLONE multi-media player/AV in-out); 9 X Twin Cabins (x2 Beds - 1 double/1 single/En-suite/Air- conditioning/ Mini Bar/Personal entertainment system - TV/State of the art CYCLONE multi-media player/AV in-out)

 

Sky Lounge.

 

Main Saloon

Spacious & luxurious, air-conditioned room hosting the latest Cambridge Audio surround sound cinema system with Infinity Speakers (Integrated 42" Plasma flat screen TV/DVD player-recorder/State of the art CYCLONE multi-media player/AV output adapter) & bar facilities.

Large & luxurious, air-conditioned room hosting Sony surround sound cinema system (Integrated 34" flat screen TV/multi-region DVD/State of the art CYCLONE multi-media player/AV output adapter) & bar facilities.

Water

2 x Desalination Unit. 20,000 litres per day

Engines

2 x 764HP Caterpillar Engines

Generators

3 x Independent Generator Sets

Compressors

2 x L & W 450L heavy duty E compact double filtration units and 1 x Coltri 260L heavy duty double filtration unit

Zodiacs

2 x Zodiac; with 40HP Outboard Engines

Tanks

32 x 12 ltr aluminium tanks DIN/INT

Nitrox

 Custom made Dive Mix Nitrox Compressor

Tri Mix

Mixed Gas Blending Panel

Sundecks

2 x Sundecks

Safety

Main Vessel - Life Rafts/Life Jackets/EPIRB/GPS emergency posistioning/Life Aids/Throw Ropes/First Aid & Sabre Oxygen Delivery System with a secondary DAN Portable Unit. Simple Safety "tag & dive" system recording divers in & out of water/Diver logging system. Captain & crew fully trained in internationally recognised search & rescue techniques. Breathing Air Purity testing equipment. On-board all Zodiacs - International Diver Below Flag/Tools/Basic Dive Equipment Spares/First Aid Kit/VHF Hand Held Radios for 2-way communication with main vessel

Marine Electronics

Satellite EPIRB/Radar/Depth Sounder/GPS Chart Plotter/DSC VHF Radio/Hand Held VHF Radio/SSB Radio

 


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