| The Boat - Tea and Cakes Explorer II (T&CEII):
The Tea & Cakes Explorer II undertook a refit in February 2007, so she still looks quite new
She is 35 meters long and holds 20 passengers and 8 crew, we had 18 passengers
There was lots of room on the sun deck and fly deck. The combo dining room and lounge was much smaller than other boats that I had travelled on and when all 18 people were in there it was full full.
But, on the plus side – the dive deck was huge and there were more mid deck state rooms than normal, and the engine was in the middle of the boat
I had a cabin to myself at the bow, I think it would have easily accommodated two people. The shower was a little ‘iffy’ but not enough for me to make a fuss about
The problem with cabin three and four is that there was a loud speaker mounted on the wall outside so that the Captain and the crew could communicate when approaching a mooring. The Captains voice would bellow through the speaker and the crew would yell back at him. Not very nice first thing in the morning
They made their own water! So, you can drink the water out of the taps and the toilet we were told, although I decided against that
Alcohol is included, but as I don’t drink anything other than Blue WKD (chilled in the freezer for exactly 45 minutes so that it just starts to crystallize) this was a cost I incurred and did not make use of …. other than Bailey’s and hot chocolate after the night dives |