cephalopod2
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Just got a Jul 24 email that a liveaboard I booked months ago will not have any Nitrox for its Aug 6-16 and 18-25 Komodo trips.
This boat starts or ends in Bali every trip. I am very surprised that a Bali-based boat could take a month to fix its Nitrox membrane system. Bali is not Sorong - things can be couriered there relatively quickly and there are a large number of dive ops and liveaboards working from Bali with Nitrox systems. I would have thought there would be some local expertise to draw on.
I know some of you will understand what I mean when I say I never would have booked this liveaboard had I known in advance it would not have Nitrox. Indonesia is too far to come, there are too many strong liveaboards here, and Komodo profiles are too perfectly suited not to have Nitrox. I have dove Komodo itineraries on air and Nitrox and in my experience the Nitrox trips were much more enjoyable.
Short of installing an entirely new Nitrox system - which I would expect a boat to plan for well in advance given the life expectancy of these units - is it reasonable to take 4.5 weeks to fix a Nitrox problem?
-c
This boat starts or ends in Bali every trip. I am very surprised that a Bali-based boat could take a month to fix its Nitrox membrane system. Bali is not Sorong - things can be couriered there relatively quickly and there are a large number of dive ops and liveaboards working from Bali with Nitrox systems. I would have thought there would be some local expertise to draw on.
I know some of you will understand what I mean when I say I never would have booked this liveaboard had I known in advance it would not have Nitrox. Indonesia is too far to come, there are too many strong liveaboards here, and Komodo profiles are too perfectly suited not to have Nitrox. I have dove Komodo itineraries on air and Nitrox and in my experience the Nitrox trips were much more enjoyable.
Short of installing an entirely new Nitrox system - which I would expect a boat to plan for well in advance given the life expectancy of these units - is it reasonable to take 4.5 weeks to fix a Nitrox problem?
-c