Nautilus Explorer, Vancouver, any experiencies?

Hello,

anybody here who had a trip with the Nautilus Explorer ship?
I would be interested in some personal experiencies.

Thanks a lot,
Uwe

In article <400EA042.3000002@mew.uni-erlangen.de>, Uwe Hercksen
<hercksen@mew.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:

€ anybody here who had a trip with the Nautilus Explorer ship?
€ I would be interested in some personal experiencies.

It's a great boat.

We've been several times.

You want to go.

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

> In article <400EA042.3000002@mew.uni-erlangen.de>, Uwe Hercksen
> <hercksen@mew.uni-erlangen.de> wrote:
>
> ? anybody here who had a trip with the Nautilus Explorer ship?

Yes, and am returning for the July 8, 2004 Vancouver to Juneau trip (which I
have done before). I have not taken any of their shorter itineraries, but
the boat was decent and (at least on my trips) the crew superb. I wouldn't
say as a matter of comfort and convenience that the vessel itself matches up
with the better liveaboards out there but to me it is clean, functional,
organized and conscientiously operated. In short: not as nice as some
liveaboards but operationally the equal of anything I have been on anywhere.
One thing I didn't like is both times my cabins (and maybe all the lower
cabins) had berths with a bulkhead at the feet and ship's hull at the head.
For me (6' 3") there wasn't enough "stretch-out" room. Basically that's a
quibble, but worth mentioning in case you're taller than me.

Also keep in mind that if you take one of their longer trips you will have
to by two one-way air tickets since in the case of Vancouver to Alaska (or
the return), you board in Vancouver and depart in Juneau. These days, with
the security procedures in place at American airports, one way tickets
create a pretty significant hassle for the traveler. Nonetheless, the trip
is splendid, the diving at times sublime and the overall experience one that
I choose to visit again. Given the shore trips, the kayaking, snorkeling,
grizzlies, Orcas, dolphins, the fishing....and I mean *fishing*...this is
more than a scuba trip. This is particularly a trip that photographers would
enjoy because of the photo ops both above and below the waters surface. Just
be aware though that for a 10 day trip one would expect 50 or more dives and
that won't happen because of the cruising range as well as the other
adventures to experience. Last time I got in 22 dives and was not
disappointed because of the other activities (not to mention my core temp
dropped precipitously :^)

Last time I did this trip in September so this time it should be quite
different in July. Hopefully as good. I think there are better boats for the
Mexican itineraries and I dived British Columbia from other boats that
suited me fine, but for the Alaska trips I think this operation (at least on
my trip) was sharp as a tack.

Uwe Hercksen <hercksen@mew.uni-erlangen.de> wrote in message

> anybody here who had a trip with the Nautilus Explorer ship?
> I would be interested in some personal experiencies.

Finest ship under the finest captain in the finest water on earth.

Go.

Uwe Hercksen wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> anybody here who had a trip with the Nautilus Explorer ship?
> I would be interested in some personal experiencies.

I was on it in November. It's very nice.

Brian
Edmonton, Alberta
www.mossmanscubaventures.com

"Uwe Hercksen" <hercksen@mew.uni-erlangen.de> wrote in message
news:401113B8.1080305@mew.uni-erlangen.de...
>
>
> Mick McGeough schrieb:
> > For me (6' 3") there wasn't enough "stretch-out" room. Basically that's
a
> > quibble, but worth mentioning in case you're taller than me.
>
> Hello,
>
> ups, 6' 3" is metric 1,905 m, but I am 1,89 m. Seems a little bit short
> for me too.
>
> Bye
>

Holy cow... 1,905 m? That seems terribly tall... how on earth do you find
clothes that fit?

Chris Guynn schrieb:
>
>
> Holy cow... 1,905 m? That seems terribly tall... how on earth do you find
> clothes that fit?
>
Hello,

sorry, I did not use the english decimal point instead of the german
Komma ",".

Bye

Chris Guynn wrote:

> Holy cow... 1,905 m? That seems terribly tall... how on earth do you find
> clothes that fit?

Worse yet, it means that every dive is an altitude dive, so he hardly gets any bottom
time at all.


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In article <klmQb.252109$0P1.15317@twister.nyc.rr.com>, Steve
<SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote:

€ > Holy cow... 1,905 m? That seems terribly tall... how on earth do
€ > you find clothes that fit?
€
€ Worse yet, it means that every dive is an altitude dive, so he hardly
€ gets any bottom time at all.

And if he does a boat dive, either he takes an hour and a half to come
up the ladder or he gets bent, so he misses lunch a lot.

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001