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I suspect that our guests would be surprised to know how far we go during  a 3 week refit.  Pictured are the guest staterooms on the port side.   Everything has been stripped down to bare steel and coated with epoxy.   Note the steel studs that form the backbone of the fire prevention system on the […]

  Refit is always a very satisfying time.   It is a proud and awesome feeling when the Nautilus Explorer emerges from refit looking beautiful with shiny new paint.     In this pic, our crew are hard at work getting the exterior of  the ship ready for painting.   The image reminded me of a dentist scraping away […]

  Well, it’s that time of year when we pull our beautiful and beloved Nautilus Explorer out of the water for her annual trip to the beauty parlour.  Stay tuned for details on her haircut, restyling and much more!!  Captain Mike

The story so far. Some dude came over to me and handed me a keyboard and told me to type. He said he’d tell me what i’m typing, but as far as I can tell he isn’t telling me anything. Actually this is providing me with great entertainment so I think this is really quite […]

  Captain Mike here.   We finished out our 2014 Socorro season with some awesome diving but also  missed 2 dive days due to a pinche tropical storm.    May and June is unquestionably the best time of year to dive Socorro, San Benedicto and Roca Partida in my opinion.  Generally calm seas.   Nice […]

The attention the crew gives here is awesome, their effort is commendable. After the movie closed we watched the silkys and galapagos sharks circle the boat, so I figured lets drop a camera with lights in and see if we can get anything. So, with feet held by ben, nate and I dropped our cameras […]

Roca Partida-Great day of diving! Tons of life, very active silver tip sharks, galapagos sharks, silky sharks and of course white tip sharks.  Photo opportunities were great as you could get within a couple feet of them.  The day was topped off with a Manta and whale sharks – everyone saw at least one and […]