The Red Sea is calling - Join us on Hurghada Splash Boat

[e_badawi]

@e_badawi
Why don’t you post your boat safety features:
1. Fire extinguishers & their location
2. Exit doors for those having a nap
3. Life jackets and their locations
4. EPIRB and its location
5. Life raft & its lication
6. Safety Inspection record of safety equipment
7. Status of food, water, blankets in life raft
8. Man Overboard floating rings
9. Oxygen tank for diver experiencing DCI
Etc.

Dan,
These are very good comments (I will follow up with the pictures indeed) with few following exceptions.
2- Splash is a daily diving boat. Not a liveaboard. Meaning we do not utilize bedroom since we do not offer overnight stays at first place.
4- Emergency position indicating radiobeacons (EPIRBs) these are also applicable only for liveaboard. We have very good signal coverage to send stress calls using radio or even cellphones given the locations we go as a daily diving boat.
5- Life raft also will not apply to a daily diving boat. However, we have our own speed boat as well a full service contract with a private SOS Emergency / evacuation service provider (unlike many other daily diving boats!)
7- It goes hand in hand with my answer for #5

However, over the next few weeks, I will post a reply to this same exact post with the other items requested (1, 3, 6, 8, and 9). Weeks not hours because Splash is currently in dry dock for annual service maintenance. it is scheduled to be back in water on Feb 25, 2025.
Please feel free to add any more questions or concerns. This is good discussion for everyone seeing this post.

Good comments... Keep them coming please Dan.

 

[scubadada]

...There are and will be accidents: some because of nature/weather, human error, and a combination of both...

Stability issues and capsizing, like the Sea Story and the Triton, may reflect basic underlying defects in the construction of these boats, with accompanying additional risk

 

[JustSurfaceInterval]

As stated some time ago... Some are talking about apples, others are talking about lemons.
Most participants here (to many to quote) have multiday liveabord in mind, while Splash is the

... the most luxurious "daily" boat in the Red Sea.

So, the safety features will be different and are not telling anything about Splash's ability to cope for multiday trips or extended safaris/LOBs.
BTW: There are already fotos of the boat in this thread...

 

[e_badawi]

how many years in business
Captain's safety record and years of experience
how many fire extinguishers
how many doors towards the exterior from the cabin area
how many life jackets
is there an EPIRB
how many life raft
last safety Inspection and record of safety equipment
how many man Overboard floating rings
how many O2 tank for diver experiencing DCI
how many near missed incident reported

I would like to visit and dive this part of the world with my son. Every time I start working the travel details another vessel accident comes up in the news. (Sea Story, Carlton Queen, Hurricane)

Good discussion indeed.
We bought Splash me and my wife when I moved from USA to Egypt, that was 3 years ago. However the boat itself was built 6 years ago.
Our Captain has ZERO incident report and he has been a captain for so many years (way before my time). But All I need to say, that when government crackdown on operational boats couple months ago, Splash was one of only few boats remained operational due to its / crew clean records.
This government crackdown included but not limited to the following:
- Safety Equipment, Procedures and training
- Crew official paperwork and licenses
- Boat design approval and balance test documentations ... etc.

Splash is not a liveaboard boat. It is just a daily diving boat. Many of safety requirements apply to liveaboard does not apply for Splash. For example EPIRB, Life Raft, and multiple exit ways (especially from the bottom floors) does not apply. As we do not utilize lower decks. Just the main deck.
As for the inspection of boat and safety equipment, it happens once a year same time like these days. As we speak, Splash in in the dry dock and scheduled for getting back in water on Feb 25, 2025. During that time, we run all needed inspection required by the government and much more. Please remember that Splash represent my money nest too. No government will require to expose the shell inside out to make sure that all construction is still intact. However, we do this every year knowing that it cost a lot of "extra" money. Many owners will not do the same and just go by surface visual inspection (this is what is required by the government!).

We have 12 large portable fire extinguishers around the boat in multiple locations. Also, we have stationary automatic ones above the engines, generators, and water salination station.

We have 60 life jackets onboard, our boat permit is 42 passengers + crew. However, our most busy day is usually 25 up to 30 passengers (mainly in public holidays). Me and my wife are strong believers that service quality and enforcing standards and safety procedures are much easier to manage with smaller groups. Don't take my word for it, just ask our customers (you can ping them directly or social media on from Google reviews).

We have 6 man-overboard safety rings

We have 2 150 Liters O2 tanks on board. Fully inspected every year with all licenses. Also, beside me and Menna my wife, we have 4 of our crew members (6 crew members) are well trained and licensed for EFR and Rescue procedures.

Lastly and I am proud to mention that we have last year one incident reported for a diver who was injured by a stone fish who was rescued exactly as the book says. Beside that one incident, we "proudly" had ZERO near misses or any other accidents.
Checkout the guest review in the following link, who witnessed this operation unfold in front of their own eyes

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Last but not least... I truly enjoy this kind of constructive discussion. I truly wish that everyone will run it the same way you do.

Thanks again, and we will be looking forward to see you with your son and all your loved ones one day soon on Hurghada Splash Boat.

Please feel free to contact me directly on WhatsApp if that will be easier for you.

Emad
+201033886549

Menna
+201004060472

 

[Jake 10]

Good discussion indeed.
We bought Splash me and my wife when I moved from USA to Egypt, that was 3 years ago. However the boat itself was built 6 years ago.
Our Captain has ZERO incident report and he has been a captain for so many years (way before my time). But All I need to say, that when government crackdown on operational boats couple months ago, Splash was one of only few boats remained operational due to its / crew clean records.
This government crackdown included but not limited to the following:
- Safety Equipment, Procedures and training
- Crew official paperwork and licenses
- Boat design approval and balance test documentations ... etc.

Splash is not a liveaboard boat. It is just a daily diving boat. Many of safety requirements apply to liveaboard does not apply for Splash. For example EPIRB, Life Raft, and multiple exit ways (especially from the bottom floors) does not apply. As we do not utilize lower decks. Just the main deck.
As for the inspection of boat and safety equipment, it happens once a year same time like these days. As we speak, Splash in in the dry dock and scheduled for getting back in water on Feb 25, 2025. During that time, we run all needed inspection required by the government and much more. Please remember that Splash represent my money nest too. No government will require to expose the shell inside out to make sure that all construction is still intact. However, we do this every year knowing that it cost a lot of "extra" money. Many owners will not do the same and just go by surface visual inspection (this is what is required by the government!).

We have 12 large portable fire extinguishers around the boat in multiple locations. Also, we have stationary automatic ones above the engines, generators, and water salination station.

We have 60 life jackets onboard, our boat permit is 42 passengers + crew. However, our most busy day is usually 25 up to 30 passengers (mainly in public holidays). Me and my wife are strong believers that service quality and enforcing standards and safety procedures are much easier to manage with smaller groups. Don't take my word for it, just ask our customers (you can ping them directly or social media on from Google reviews).

We have 6 man-overboard safety rings

We have 2 150 Liters O2 tanks on board. Fully inspected every year with all licenses. Also, beside me and Menna my wife, we have 4 of our crew members (6 crew members) are well trained and licensed for EFR and Rescue procedures.

Lastly and I am proud to mention that we have last year one incident reported for a diver who was injured by a stone fish who was rescued exactly as the book says. Beside that one incident, we "proudly" had ZERO near misses or any other accidents.
Checkout the guest review in the following link, who witnessed this operation unfold in front of their own eyes

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Last but not least... I truly enjoy this kind of constructive discussion. I truly wish that everyone will run it the same way you do.

Thanks again, and we will be looking forward to see you with your son and all your loved ones one day soon on Hurghada Splash Boat.

Please feel free to contact me directly on WhatsApp if that will be easier for you.

Emad
+201033886549

Menna
+201004060472

Thank you very much Emad for the detailed information provided above
Any recommendation on hotels, AirBnB, Verbo near your shop/port location?

 

[Jai Bar]

Good discussion indeed.
We bought Splash me and my wife when I moved from USA to Egypt, that was 3 years ago. However the boat itself was built 6 years ago.
Our Captain has ZERO incident report and he has been a captain for so many years (way before my time). But All I need to say, that when government crackdown on operational boats couple months ago, Splash was one of only few boats remained operational due to its / crew clean records.
This government crackdown included but not limited to the following:
- Safety Equipment, Procedures and training
- Crew official paperwork and licenses
- Boat design approval and balance test documentations ... etc.

Splash is not a liveaboard boat. It is just a daily diving boat. Many of safety requirements apply to liveaboard does not apply for Splash. For example EPIRB, Life Raft, and multiple exit ways (especially from the bottom floors) does not apply. As we do not utilize lower decks. Just the main deck.
As for the inspection of boat and safety equipment, it happens once a year same time like these days. As we speak, Splash in in the dry dock and scheduled for getting back in water on Feb 25, 2025. During that time, we run all needed inspection required by the government and much more. Please remember that Splash represent my money nest too. No government will require to expose the shell inside out to make sure that all construction is still intact. However, we do this every year knowing that it cost a lot of "extra" money. Many owners will not do the same and just go by surface visual inspection (this is what is required by the government!).

We have 12 large portable fire extinguishers around the boat in multiple locations. Also, we have stationary automatic ones above the engines, generators, and water salination station.

We have 60 life jackets onboard, our boat permit is 42 passengers + crew. However, our most busy day is usually 25 up to 30 passengers (mainly in public holidays). Me and my wife are strong believers that service quality and enforcing standards and safety procedures are much easier to manage with smaller groups. Don't take my word for it, just ask our customers (you can ping them directly or social media on from Google reviews).

We have 6 man-overboard safety rings

We have 2 150 Liters O2 tanks on board. Fully inspected every year with all licenses. Also, beside me and Menna my wife, we have 4 of our crew members (6 crew members) are well trained and licensed for EFR and Rescue procedures.

Lastly and I am proud to mention that we have last year one incident reported for a diver who was injured by a stone fish who was rescued exactly as the book says. Beside that one incident, we "proudly" had ZERO near misses or any other accidents.
Checkout the guest review in the following link, who witnessed this operation unfold in front of their own eyes

Adaptive Diving Techniques «Open Water Challenge» | Вопрос безопасности здоровья всякий раз возникает буквально накануне поездки в Е... | Facebook

Вопрос безопасности здоровья всякий раз возникает буквально накануне поездки в Египет. Раньше можно было не раздумывая брать дайверский страховой полис, благо выбор был велик: от российских компаний...

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Last but not least... I truly enjoy this kind of constructive discussion. I truly wish that everyone will run it the same way you do.

Thanks again, and we will be looking forward to see you with your son and all your loved ones one day soon on Hurghada Splash Boat.

Please feel free to contact me directly on WhatsApp if that will be easier for you.

Emad
+201033886549

Menna
+201004060472

Good discussion indeed.
We bought Splash me and my wife when I moved from USA to Egypt, that was 3 years ago. However the boat itself was built 6 years ago.
Our Captain has ZERO incident report and he has been a captain for so many years (way before my time). But All I need to say, that when government crackdown on operational boats couple months ago, Splash was one of only few boats remained operational due to its / crew clean records.
This government crackdown included but not limited to the following:
- Safety Equipment, Procedures and training
- Crew official paperwork and licenses
- Boat design approval and balance test documentations ... etc.

Splash is not a liveaboard boat. It is just a daily diving boat. Many of safety requirements apply to liveaboard does not apply for Splash. For example EPIRB, Life Raft, and multiple exit ways (especially from the bottom floors) does not apply. As we do not utilize lower decks. Just the main deck.
As for the inspection of boat and safety equipment, it happens once a year same time like these days. As we speak, Splash in in the dry dock and scheduled for getting back in water on Feb 25, 2025. During that time, we run all needed inspection required by the government and much more. Please remember that Splash represent my money nest too. No government will require to expose the shell inside out to make sure that all construction is still intact. However, we do this every year knowing that it cost a lot of "extra" money. Many owners will not do the same and just go by surface visual inspection (this is what is required by the government!).

We have 12 large portable fire extinguishers around the boat in multiple locations. Also, we have stationary automatic ones above the engines, generators, and water salination station.

We have 60 life jackets onboard, our boat permit is 42 passengers + crew. However, our most busy day is usually 25 up to 30 passengers (mainly in public holidays). Me and my wife are strong believers that service quality and enforcing standards and safety procedures are much easier to manage with smaller groups. Don't take my word for it, just ask our customers (you can ping them directly or social media on from Google reviews).

We have 6 man-overboard safety rings

We have 2 150 Liters O2 tanks on board. Fully inspected every year with all licenses. Also, beside me and Menna my wife, we have 4 of our crew members (6 crew members) are well trained and licensed for EFR and Rescue procedures.

Lastly and I am proud to mention that we have last year one incident reported for a diver who was injured by a stone fish who was rescued exactly as the book says. Beside that one incident, we "proudly" had ZERO near misses or any other accidents.
Checkout the guest review in the following link, who witnessed this operation unfold in front of their own eyes

Adaptive Diving Techniques «Open Water Challenge» | Вопрос безопасности здоровья всякий раз возникает буквально накануне поездки в Е... | Facebook

Вопрос безопасности здоровья всякий раз возникает буквально накануне поездки в Египет. Раньше можно было не раздумывая брать дайверский страховой полис, благо выбор был велик: от российских компаний...

www.facebook.com

Last but not least... I truly enjoy this kind of constructive discussion. I truly wish that everyone will run it the same way you do.

Thanks again, and we will be looking forward to see you with your son and all your loved ones one day soon on Hurghada Splash Boat.

Please feel free to contact me directly on WhatsApp if that will be easier for you.

Emad
+201033886549

Menna
+201004060472

Although a daily boat has less strict safety requirements, many "daily" destinations in the Red Sea aren't any different than liveaboard. Elphinstone comes to mind, for example, where several incidents of losing divers that were never found- a few have been discussed here, including crew incompetence or lack of knowledge on how to conduct a search which isn't much different than man over board. One of these incidents a whole daily group of divers was lost including the guide, the boat could not call for assistance nor had any experience in what to do in such a case.

I consider other popular daily dive sites with similar potential, regardless of being a daily or liveaboard: Tiran, Thistlegorm etc.

 

[e_badawi]

Thank you very much Emad for the detailed information provided above
Any recommendation on hotels, AirBnB, Verbo near your shop/port location?

You are very welcome.
Sure... How many days and for how many guests? What dates?
Family with young kids needs special accommodations like waterparks? Couples? Bunch of guys?

Let me know, and I am sure that I can help you with something.

You can reach for me directly on my cell phone if needed
+201033886549

 

[e_badawi]

Although a daily boat has less strict safety requirements, many "daily" destinations in the Red Sea aren't any different than liveaboard. Elphinstone comes to mind, for example, where several incidents of losing divers that were never found- a few have been discussed here, including crew incompetence or lack of knowledge on how to conduct a search which isn't much different that man over board. One of these incidents a whole daily group of divers was lost including the guide, the boat could not call for assistance nor gad any experience in what to do in such a case.

I consider other popular daily dive sites with similar potential, regardless of being a daily or liveaboard: Tiran, Thistlegorm etc.

You are correct.
Menna, my wife and myself with a group were once dragged by strong current with our groups. That was at brothers island.
We were on a different boat since we can not go there with Splash. We were located 3 hours later. However, on that day we both had realized that we have reach a true milestone training our own crew on such procedures because that boat crew had wasted a lot of critical time searching at the wrong locations.

Long story short, yeas indeed. That could happen, and it happened to me personally. But in conclusion, it is hardly happened on Splash.

In fact, last week. I was drifted so far with one of my guests in a drift dive. When we surfaced, my guest realized that there is no chance that Splash crew will see our SMBs or hear us at all.
She started to get really nervous, but she calmed down in a minute when I assured her that our crew members are trained to use the binocular exactly after 55 minutes of the beginning of any dive regardless.
Our dive was 50 minutes long. After we surfaced by maybe 7 or 8 minutes, we heard the zodiac engine starting from far, and shortly after it was right next to us. She was speechless!

Me and Menna have invested a lot in our crew training. We taught all how to dive. All have open water license, and couple of them reached advance open water diver level, and one of them which we elevated his rank and pay to a boat master, he "Mahmoud" has made it all the way to a divemaster level.
Reason why we do this, we are true believers that "Divers" will help fellow "Divers/guests" better. They better understand how to read currents and flow surface current direction, they also better understand how to handle guests equipment.
Lastly, they better equipped to face "unusual" diving issues, such as lost divers scenarios.

I once was an Engineer. Designing Ultrasound machines for GE Healthcare.
Now, this is my hobby that I turned into a business / career.
I like that, and I take this to the heart.

 

[Jai Bar]

I once was an Engineer. Designing Ultrasound machines for GE Healthcare.
Now, this is my hobby that I turned into a business / career.
I like that, and I take this to the heart.

Funny, I worked a lot with GE research team on MRI guided high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFUS)

 

[Bookworm11]

So because your boat is only a "day boat", that means it won't sink or catch fire or run aground a reef? And how many divers does it carry ? I think if it carries 15 or more, yeah, I am NOT GETTING ON YOUR BOAT WITHOUT A LIFE RAFT!!! We have plenty of boats in the US that are only "day boats", but they carry life rafts. A reef can sink a day boat just as well as a liveaboard, just as a wave can turn one over, and fire doesn't care either!

And as far as your food poisoning analogy, it depends on the type of food poisoning. In many kinds, it is entirely appropriate to hold the restaurant owner entirely at fault, and never the food supplier at all. If the restaurant owner buys meat and stores it improperly, and people get food poisoning, it is the owner's fault-not the person who sold him the meat. If you have a stable boat, and modify it by adding decks that make it top heavy, it is NOT the fault of the boat designer-it's the fault of the person adding the extra decks. You really don't understand logical reasoning AT ALL!!

And if you designed ultrasound machines with the same illogical thinking you've demonstrated here, well, I hope I never have to use one of those machines!!!