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Blackbeard Cruises/Aquacat, Oct, 2008, by EMP, CA, US ( 1 report). Report 4550.
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Ratings and Overall Comments 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Accommodations		Food
Service and Attitude		Environmental Sensitivity
Dive Operation		Shore Diving	N/A
Snorkeling
Overall Rating
Value for $$
Beginners
Advanced
Comments	The Bad: 1) Towels in the cabins are only changed every few days, so it feels as if they are always wet. You get 1 dive deck towel per day, so you're drying off all day with a wet towel. 2)Recommend having two dive masters in the water. There were 5 divemasters onboard, and I only recall the shark dive with more than 1 divemaster. On the first diving day, the divemaster leading the dive got reckless (possibly narc'd?), got lost and some divers needed rescuing (hence the * for beginner diving). 3) They allowed guests to fish & spear, which I found to be quite contrary since fishlife wasn't abundant (hence the for environmental sensitivity). While they served the fish that were caught, the giant lobster that was speared by a guest mysteriously disappeared. The Good: 1) Two enclosed showers on the deck were very convenient 2) Captain Ron did a great job 3) Boat had a very spacious layout 4) Non-diving activities such as snorkeling, island excursions were fun. Fishing & spearing were also offered. Additional Comments: 1) While we weren't hassled about the tipping as I've read in other posts, its made very obvious that a minimum tip of $300 per person is expected and $440 is preferred. 2) The $65 DVD offered was on the skimpy side compared to DVDs we've acquired on other liveaboards, and the $40 photo CD was bare bones and appeared that the photos had been downloaded from the camera into two folders: one with 'good' photos and another with the 'bad' photos. Photo CD's we've acquired on other liveaboards were put to music, the photos cleaned up, i.e., some effort had been made to put together a nice collection of photos. 3) The after dive snacks pretty much consisted of fruit/muffins/cookies which were put out in the morning and meant to be our in between snacks all day. Other liveaboards offered different and fresh snacks in between each dive. Overall, the trip was nice and we had fun. Although I don't think we would repeat this trip, we met others onboard who were enthusiastic repeat customers.
Reporter and Travel
Dive Experience	101-250 dives
Where else diving	Cayman Islands, Curacao, Belize, Saba, California
Closest Airport		Getting There
Dive Conditions
Weather	sunny, windy, rainy	Seas	calm
Water Temp	78-82°F / 26-28°C	Wetsuit Thickness	3
Water Visibility	80-100 Ft/ 24-30 M
Dive Policy
Dive own profile	yes
Enforced diving restrictions
Liveaboard?	yes	Nitrox Available?	N/A
What I Saw
Sharks	Lots	Mantas	None
Dolphins	None	Whale Sharks	None
Turtles	> 2	Whales	None
Ratings 1(worst) - 5 (best):
Corals		Tropical Fish
Small Critters		Large Fish
Large Pelagics
Underwater Photography 1 (worst) - 5 (best):
Subject Matter		Boat Facilities
Overall rating for UWP's		Shore Facilities	N/A
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Dive Review of Blackbeard Cruises/Aquacat in Bahamas/Exumas

Blackbeard Cruises/Aquacat, Oct, 2008,

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Dive Review of Blackbeard Cruises/Aquacat in
Bahamas/Exumas