>>> >From: Robert \"Doc\" Adelman lawyers-guns-money@att.net
>
>>> >Message-ID: <3F32475A.75418202@att.net>
>
>>> >Pmcduffee wrote:
>>
>>>> >> Just back from a week on the Island Dancer to Grenada.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Had a great time, the boat is nice, though smaller that the

>>> >12
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>>>> >> pax max, we had 12.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Weather was fine, though several tropical waves were to pass

>>>> >> The Captain and crew were very accomidating to our diving

>>> >a
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>>>> >> great time.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dives were from a tender that had a decent ladder. Most dives

>>> >some
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>>>> >> were with a very good current. One site, that we dove several

>>>> >> significant down current, followed by a significant up current.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> What a ride (:))
>>>> >>
>>>> >> All in all it was a very nice trip. Met up with a few divers from a
>>
>>> >previous
>>
>>>> >> trip, as well as transposed crew members.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It really is a small world out there.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I was very much surprised as to how much 'tropical' it was

>>> >Grenada is
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>>>> >> so far south in the antillies.
>>
>>> >Did the ship's itin include the islands just off the NE coast? How

>>> >of the time was spent doing the dives available to the dive ops that
>>> >cluster along the population center on the SW?
>
>> We dove mostly to the NE Is'l of Grenada and then into St. Vincents.

>> The dives were mostly if not all drift dives. Some were really a

>> Usual Carib stuff, but plentiful. I was surprised as to how tropical

>> was, considering how south it is in the antillies.
>>
>> Mesquito city on land. Got bit through clothes at night.
>>
>> Actually a very good trip.
>>
>> Some negative responces are.
>>
>> No a boat safety briefing. Not standard for a PH boat. PH is the

>> the previous owner still runs the operation.
>>
>> The boat was very nice considering it's smaller size, 80+ ft.

>> All dives were done from a tender. Back rolls for entry, and a

>> for exits.
>>
>> Nitrox is ava. The dive schedule is very tight which makes checking

>> difficult. Actually, it was not enforced by the crew. A major safety

>> all the divers that were diving Nitrox, only my wife and I checked

>> out the nitrox logs. The crew/Capt. never enforced the checking of

>> Since your gear is on the tender, you need to get onto the tender

>> SI to check your mix. Timing from fill to dive was short, and needed the
>> presense of a crew member or be chastised.
>>
>> Still all was well planed, and had very good dive briefings.
>
>>> >How did you do the air and how were the transfers (airport to ship)
>>> >handled?
>
>> We went from Phx to Newark to San Juan PR. We stayed there one day,

>> Grenada on American Eagle. Possibly the worst airline on the planet.

>> the reverse. We padded the trip with extra days on each end due to

>> times and cost.
>>
>> Personal note: If at all possible do not fly American Eagle or

>> all cost.
>>
>> American Eagle, a sub of AA, consistently overbooks. Miami as an

>> generally sucks in whole and should be avoided at all costs

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