aggressor live aboards KONA or BAY ISLANDS? which is better

I am trying to decide which one to go to, never been on a live aboard
dive boat before but am very excited to go, semi new to diving and this
will be a good chance to get more experience, anyhoo has anyone ever
been on either or both ships? if so message me with info on which one
is the better of the two. I have dove KONA and it was great, never dove
the atlantic though mostly Hawaii, California and Japan. thanks JIM

rescorla@avaya.com pounded away at his keyboard resulting in:
:I am trying to decide which one to go to, never been on a live aboard
:dive boat before but am very excited to go, semi new to diving and this
:will be a good chance to get more experience, anyhoo has anyone ever
:been on either or both ships? if so message me with info on which one
:is the better of the two. I have dove KONA and it was great, never dove
:the atlantic though mostly Hawaii, California and Japan. thanks JIM

The Aggressor is a fine fleet, but it's not the only fine fleet out
there. Bay Islands is nice once you get there, but getting there is a
bit of a crapshoot. I've been twice, and both times we spent
unscheduled nights in San Pedro Sula because it was too stormy to land
in Roatan.

Other good choices for Caribbean liveaboards are Turks and Caicos,
Belize, Bahamas, and the Caymans. Other fleets of comparble quality
to the Aggressors are Nekton, Peter Hughes, and the Explorers. They
all have websites.

By the way, they are all good choices. If you are having trouble
deciding, draw names from a hat.

Dan Bracuk
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On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 22:30:17 -0400, Dan Bracuk <NOTbracuk@pathcom.com>
wrote:

>I've been twice, and both times we spent
>unscheduled nights in San Pedro Sula because it was too stormy to land
>in Roatan.

That would sure suck on the way there, but one time on the way home,
we couldn't take off from San Pedro Sula due to heavy fog. I got a
couple of nights at El Gran Hotel Sula and meals. I had a great time.

<rescorla@avaya.com> wrote in message
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>I am trying to decide which one to go to, never been on a live aboard
> dive boat before but am very excited to go, semi new to diving and this
> will be a good chance to get more experience, anyhoo has anyone ever
> been on either or both ships? if so message me with info on which one
> is the better of the two. I have dove KONA and it was great, never dove
> the atlantic though mostly Hawaii, California and Japan. thanks JIM

I haven't done either of those Aggressors, though I've done a couple others
(Tahiti, Galapagos) and am scheduled on the Okeanos Aggressor (Cocos) in
July. I have dove Kona, but only off day boats. If I were in your shoes,
I'd go with the Bay Islands boat mainly because Caribbean diving will be new
to you and you'll appreciate the diversity of the corals which is rather
lacking in Kona. Part of the liveaboard experience is getting to sites
undiveable from day boats. I understand that the Kona Aggressor reaches
sites much further south than the day boats out of Kona, but can't imagine
that the sites would be too radically different from the diving closer in to
Kona. And the usual afternoon choppy Hawaiian seas mean it will be a bouncy
ride the entire trip. The Kona Aggressor is on my list of boats to do
someday but it's not very high on my list.

rescorla@avaya.com wrote:

> I have dove KONA and it was great, never dove
> the atlantic though mostly Hawaii, California and Japan. thanks JIM

I agree with Greg that going some place new is good, but if the Caribbean and Pacific
were equal options I'd probably choose the Pacific since there will probably be more
diversity in the fish. Of course that's the opinion of somebody who has mostly spent
time in the Carribean instead of the Pacific. Is it an equal choice for you or is one
destination easier or cheaper to get to? How important is it to see something new?

--
Steve

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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:10:41 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
wrote:

>Do the liveaboards leave from San Pedro Sula?

No, it's inland.
The Aggressor docks in French Harbor, Roatan.

"GWB" <gwb3483@aol.compost> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:10:41 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
> wrote:
>
> >Do the liveaboards leave from San Pedro Sula?
>
> No, it's inland.
> The Aggressor docks in French Harbor, Roatan.

In that case, the direct flights should solve some of the problem, yes?

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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> Do the liveaboards leave from San Pedro Sula? If you need to get to
> Roatan,
> then there are direct flights from Houston on Continental and TACA.
> Continental only flies to Roatan on Saturdays though, so maybe that
> doesn't
> work? As for TACA, I don't know the schedule.

I'm flying TACA in December and we're changing planes in San Pedro Sula.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> I haven't done either of those Aggressors, though I've done a couple
> others (Tahiti, Galapagos) and am scheduled on the Okeanos Aggressor
> (Cocos) in July. I have dove Kona, but only off day boats. ...........
>.......The Kona Aggressor is on my list of boats to do someday but it's not
>very high on my list.

I've done the Kona Aggressor (but the old one, that I think is now in
palau). Anyway, I thought Kona diving wasn't good enough for a long trip
(I'm in Colorado) specifically for the diving. I would choose Bay Isalnds,
not because of boat preference, but because I think the diving is better and
more varied....or better because it is more varied.

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 09:46:43 GMT, "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada>
wrote:

>In that case, the direct flights should solve some of the problem, yes?

yes.