I often get asked how the heck we get a 1 million pound plus dive boat out of the water…Good question!! We have used a number of different techniques over the years from a “railway” which is indeed just as it sounds – a railway track into the water with massive supports, and a heavy […]
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Shipyard renovation and refit of the Nautilus Undersea continues – whoohooo! The featured photo is of the new main salon under construction that will extend aft into the old dive deck, with a separate lounge sitting area with big comfy couches on one side and dining room on the other side. Most exciting of all […]
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Shipyard madness before start of Guadalupe great white shark season! Well, it’s refit – ie. that time of the year when all 3 ships get pulled out of the water for shaves and haircuts (which is what sailors call cleaning up their ship and painting the bottom), engine replacement, major overhauls, upgrades and lots of […]
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It looks very much like we may see record numbers of great white sharks this coming season at Guadalupe Island. Shark sightings off both California and the east coast of the United States are already crazy and record breaking. I was in Long Beach, California at the beginning of May, where TV stations were running […]
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Yesterday was World Ocean day. We are trying to help by shouting-out-for-the sharks. Sharks can’t cry for help when their fins are cut off and they are thrown back in the water, alive and left to die in horrible pain on the ocean floor. They can’t cry out but we sure as h*ll can. You […]
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Today – June 8, 2017 – is World Oceans Day which we hope will be a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for the future. Here at Nautilus Liveaboards we are celebrating by going diving!! Regrettably I won’t be in the water until tomorrow but can’t wait to do a cold-water drysuit […]
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Big mistake on my part. In my list of classic Hollywood shark movies I neglected to mention the new Hollywood movie “47 meters” scheduled for box office release later this month. The trailer is compelling (NOT) but is definitely entertaining for divers. Premise is that 2 women plummet to 47 meters on oxygen and are […]
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