| General Information |
Safety Features |
| Length overall 21,0 m |
Life raft |
| Beam 5,50 m |
15 HP 4m motorised dinghy |
| Draft 2,00 m |
VHF, HF & CB radio |
| Water 8000 l |
Garmin Global Positioning System (GPS) |
| Fuel 6000 l |
Radar |
| Waste Water 1800 l storage tanks |
Navman sounder, Navman plotter |
| Cruising Speed 8.0 knots |
Satellite & mobile telephones |
| Max. Speed 10 knots |
Full-feature first aid box |
| Max. Guest 8 Persons (Fullcharter 10 Person) |
Oxygen — 10,000 litres |
| Dinghy 1 x 4 m |
Life jackets on main deck |
| Engines |
Emergency signalling devices |
| Engines Hino 320 hp |
Fire warning devices |
| Generator Isuzu 2 x 20 kva 380/220/12V |
Bilge pump alarm |
| Compressor 2 x compair electric drive 190 l / min / 1 Nitrox mebram system 240 l / min |
Fire extinguishers in each cabin & throughout |
| Air-con 5 x National, for each Cabin individual compressor |
All Cabin Features |
| Diving Area |
Individually-controlled air conditioning |
| Dive deck 6 m x 5.5m |
Private bathroom with shower and toilet |
| Dive platform 2 m x 5,5 m |
Reading lamps |
| Tanks 12 x 12 l / 4 x 15 l |
Bedding |
| Inventory |
Towels |
| 2 double bed |
Mains outlet 220 Volts, 24 hours per day |
| 2 single cabin bed |
Cabinet and shelves |
| Bathroom x 5 with hot water |
Fire extinguisher |
| Shower x 2 at the stern |
No. of bathrooms / showers – 5 / 5 – hot water |
| Open air Salon with TV, Surround sound Stereo, VCR and CD, digital VDO |
Cabin Staff 3 |
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Other Boat Features
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| Nitrox – 20m² dive deck at sea level with rinse tank and fresh water |
| Laptop computer for image editing |
| 50m² of shaded area with DVD video, music system & movies |
| games, fish ID books, dive magazines & general reading library |
| 10m² sundeck with sun chairs |
Lower Deck
1 – Deluxe Cabin 2 single bed with private bathroom
2 – Deluxe Cabin double bed with private bathroom
3 – Deluxe Cabin double bed with private bathroom
Main Deck
6 – Wheel House
7 – Staff Cabin
8 – Kitchen
10 – Storage for Food
11 – Camera Table
12 – Twin Cabin for Staff
12 – Standard Twin Cabin with bathroom
13 – Dive Deck
Upper Deck
14 Dinning and relaxing area
15 Sun deck
About Liveaboard Thailand
Liveaboard Thailand is part of the sailing company Island Cruises Yacht Charter in Phuket and in Koh Tao Thailand.
Island Cruises offers the best liveaboard diving packages in Thailand. The company is working successfully with the best liveaboard operators in Thailand for many years. Please have a look around on our website. We are confident that you will find a liveaboard cruise that suits your budget and caters to all your needs.
The world famous Similan Islands Marine National Park, in the Andaman Sea of Thailand, consists of 9 stunning islands, all uninhabited. Besides the paradise found on the islands themselves, with amazing rock formations and beautiful white sandy beaches with crystal clear waters, the marine life in the underwater world is astounding.
A variety of corals, soft and hard, house the wealth of aquatic life whose reputation has reached across the world. Fully protected under National Law, Thailand’s Similan Islands offer the richest and most diverse coral reefs to be found in the entire globe.
The Similan Islands provide the best grounds for rich and exciting liveaboard dive trips. This is the best place for you to begin your scuba diving adventures or indeed, to further advance your diving skills and certifications on board one of our luxury liveaboard vessels. Divided into Western and Eastern dive sites, the Similan Islands offer opportunities for unique and diverse dive trips, depending on what you prefer to see and experience.
The Western area boasts grand granite boulders with rock formations all covered with soft corals, thereby creating a variety of holes and caves, perfect for swimming through. It has crystal clear visibility and the currents around the rock formations are sure to leave you feeling excited and exhilarated, willing and ready for more.
The Eastern area on the other hand, well protected from the monsoon coming from the south-west boasts white sandy beaches that stretch underwater to a wealth of hard and soft corals. The currents are never strong in this area, which makes diving and navigation quite simple and easy.
No matter which of these areas you find yourself in, all you have to do is feast your eyes on the stunning images that surround you and you will only hunger for more. At Island Cruises we offer Similan liveaboard cruises and dive packages to suit all budgets and preferences. Much like in the Surin Islands, the Similan Islands underwater world will take your breath away, so please remember scuba diving rule number one and keep breathing!
Similan Island Dive Sites
Liveaboard Diving Picture Gallery
Pictures of the Similan Islands Thailand 2010
The Turtle and The Guitar Ray Pictures have been taken by Philip Wade
The pictures from the Manta Rays, the Cleaner Shrimps and the MV Giamani have been taken by Eirini Bak
