Juliet and the 8 YD'ers - Part One

[Mr T.]

What? No Nitrox on the Juliet?

We had it on our time on her. As long as it's booked in advance (which is where you might have fallen down - no pun on Gav's Scapa exploits intended!); you go via Sharm old port (i.e. not Naama Bay) to 'The Barge' and simply take what you need, analyse it yourself and load the cylinders onto the Juliet. I think you'll agree she's got more than enough deck-space to store a week's worth of 'trox for the troops?

Doing the Thistlegorm, sans 32% !

Didn't anyone ask before getting aboard? Bad admin or were you told you couldn't have it? Albeit at extra cost.

[Tim Ingmire]

Just a quick input from myself.

Bloody fantastic holiday!

Photo's will be sorted this weekend.

And that's me done for the mo.

[Gavin Yates]

<font color='#000F22'>Didn't really need nitrox and to be honest we were doing at leats two dives a day at average depths of less than 10m with plenty of time spent off-gassing.

What I would have loved was twins to go popping down deeper.

As it happened I didn't get within 3 mins of deco the whole trip.

I'll write more when I get time but as proper trips go it was pretty proper.

In short, good boat, no twats, great food, great crew, guide that didn't piss me off and lots of sea life ...

... shame about the bleeding Italians.

[Kate]

<font color='#810541'>It was the first dive holiday that I've been on and what a trip!!!!!

Was bloody spot on!!!!!!

x x x

[Conor]

We were right.....you do look like your avatar

[And]

<font color='#000080'>Hi

That was my only complaint about the Juliet when I did it in June. I had extra tanks put on for me but it was inconvenient as they had them piled in a corner which wasn't the best way. Apparently they are getting nitrox next year (egyptian time) but my next liveaboard holiday I will ensure is nitrox equipped.

Andy

[Dr Stevil]

25 tanks of nitrox per nitrox diver onboard ?  That'd be at least 100 tanks (Gav, Fi, Tim &amp; Me), I think that'd be taking the p***  a bit.
In retrospect it wouldn't have been worth the bother of me getting nitrox as my buddy for the whole trip isn't nitrox trained and was in receipt of my long hose (oo-er missus) for many dives in order to get a decent dive time due to high AC.  It is still possible to dive safely on air, regardless of the increasingingly techie bias of YD.


Chee-az
Stevil

[Conor]

Add to that the fact that a few of us would have been Nitrox certed if Nitrox was available and you potentially have 250 cylinders kicking about.....its spacious but not that spacious

[Pigpen]

Never done liveaboard with them, but been to Oonas Dive club a few times. Excellent !! Sounds like the boats are as good as the club.

Great report as well....