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Scuba
Diving Club
Phuket Diving | Diving Site | Diving Course | Diving Club
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Faraway
Sail and Dive Expeditions is proud to offer highly personalized holidays on board our
fleet of purpose-built crewed sailing yachts.
- Private
charter.
- Scheduled
trips.
- Catamaran
and monohull yachts between 12 and 19 meter (42 and 63ft).
- Sailing
trips in Thailand, Malaysia, Burma and Andaman Islands.
- Diving
trips to Burma, Thailand and also the Andaman Islands.
- Small
groups, clean yachts, excellent food.
Whether the stuff your dreams
are made of is a sunset sail around Phuket, a week diving in the little explored Mergui
Archipelago, or a 3-week expedition trip to the Andaman Islands, you will probably find
exactly what you are looking for with us.
You
now have the chance to experience a cruise in what we think is one of the most beautiful
places on earth.
When we make a statement like
this we know what we talk about, as we have several world-circumnavigations between the
four of us in Faraway Sail and Dive Expeditions.
 The Mergui Archipelago was opened by the Burmese
authorities for a few foreign yachts last year. Our yacht Colona II was one of them and
she has now completed over 20 cruises in this area. This year she will be joined by the
catamaran Amadeus. Perhaps unlike other operators, on both of our yachts groups are
deliberately kept small, the maximum is 8 guests for Colona II and 6 for Amadeus.
The departure schedules and
itineraries are similar for the two boats, but can of course tailored towards guest’s
preferences.
Whether you are a diver or
not, this area can offer you the trip of a lifetime. You will never forget the
breathtaking scenery, you’ll see pristine rainforests, encounter rare animals and you
can snorkel and dive on reefs that have never been dived before. We have always made a
point of continuing to explore the area and have thus found some places so special, that
we’d rather not describe them here.
During the entire cruise you
will be unlikely to see any other yacht. The only humans you’ll encounter are the
Moken Sea Gypsies who roam the area in their small boats, largely the way their ancestors
have done for centuries. They are very friendly and like to visit for a chat or to barter
some fish.
 The diving and snorkelling can be very good, due to
the limited amount of commercial fishing and the total absence of industrial pollution the
waters are teeming with life. Some of the offshore sites we would not really recommend for
the inexperienced diver.
In the itineraries you find
5,6 and 8-10 day trips. Generally the longer cruises are mainly tailored towards diving.
During these cruises we will be out of sight of land for several days whilst diving the
offshore sites. The shorter trips however, are very attractive for non divers as well as
there is ample opportunity every day to go on land and explore the islands. Topography,
flora and fauna are all outstanding.
Both yachts can be booked for
private charter in which case duration, itinerary and activities can exclusively be
tailored around your personal interests. We will be happy to suggest you an itinerary. Can
you imagine a better and more romantic way to explore an area as unspoilt and fascinating
as this than by sailing yacht ? |
Our Boats :
S/Y Amadeus |
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S/Y Amadeus /
Technical Datas |
- 42ft
(12,70m) fast aluminum cruising catamaran
- Sloop
rigged, mainsail, furling genoa, cruising chute.
- Beam:
18 ft (5,60m), draught: (0,75 m)2,3ft
- Engine:
65hp Isuzu diesel
- Speed
under power: 6 kts, under sail up to 13kts
- Water
capacity: 1000 litre plus RO-watermaker @ 160 litres per hour, fuel 1/2 ton
- Electronics:
radar, autopilot, fishfinder, GPS, wind indicator, VHF and SSB radios
- 4
guest cabins: 2 double queen sized, 2 single
- 1x
toilet/ freshwater shower, 1x deck shower
- CD
and tape player and extensive librar
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| Diving |
- 210
ltr/min Coltri compressor
- 8x
12 liter (80 qft) tanks, INT valvefittings
- 24hr/day
charging facility for torches, strobes etc
- 4
full sets of rental equipment
- Belts
and weights
- Possibility
for tuition during private charter
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S/Y Amadeus / Side Elevation
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S/Y Amadeus / Main Deck |
| S/Y Lizard of Oz |
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S/Y Lizard of Oz / Side Elevation
S/Y Lizard of Oz / Main Deck
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S/Y Lizard of Oz
/ Technical Datas |
- 45
ft (13.75 m) fast aluminum cruising catamaran
- Beam
24ft(7,3m), draught 2ft 8 in (0.9 m)
- Designer
and builder Peter Kerr, Lizard Yachts
- Built
1993,Maryborough, Queensland Australia
- Rig
Masthead cutter, fully battened main, staysail, roller furling genoa 2100 sqft (195 sqm)
- chute
950 sqft ( 88sqm) drifter 935 sqft (86 sqm)
- Speed
under power 8kts, under sail fast
- Fuel
cap 500 Ltrs
- Water
Capacity 700 litres
- Engine
Isuzu 95 HP Diesel
- 16kva
220volt generating power
- 2,5kw
inverter
- Electronics:
2x autopilot, radar, depthsounder, 2 x GPS. 2x VHF, SSB/HAM radio, wind-instruments.
- TV/CD/video
Extensive Video and Audio Library
- Communications
Email/ Mobile phone/ Computer
- Carbon
and UV light water purification System
- Watermaker
80 Litres Per Hour
- 2
queen size double cabins with ensuite toilet/showers, 2 double cabins with ensuite
toilets/showers, all cabins have opening hatches and fans
- 1
deckshower
- Separate
crewquarters.
- 3,40
RIB 6 person tender, 15 and 6 HP outboards
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| Dive Equipment |
- 1
Silenced below decks Compair 245 LPM Compressor
- 8
x 12 litre tanks with INT fittings
- Weights
and belts
- 6
x sets of Mares equipment, includes
- BCD/Octopus/Reg,
wetsuits, torches, masks and fins.
- Emergency
Oxygen
- Open
transoms and custom made dive ladders to ensure easy entry and exit.
- Dual
filling stations
- Tank
racks to allow BCD's to remain fitted during fills
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