Unknown Sea Story lob sinks

[TabeaK]

The last 5 years have been pretty tough. I can't vouch for the absolute accuracy of my spreadsheet, best I could do. I was on the RSA I for two weeks in 2016.

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Holy crap. Yeah, there seems to be a clear safety issue, even allowing for increasing density of boats. What is a comparable destination? Maldives maybe. Certainly seems like there are lot less incidents there.

 

[Divin'Papaw]

There are hundreds and hundreds of boats in the Red Sea and most trips are totally problem free.

Resounding vote of confidence. "Nothing to worry about. MOST Red Sea LOBs don't sink. You'll be FINE!"

I'd sure be concerned if I were booked on one of these ships. Just look at @scubadada's post above. WOW!! But hey, at least they are pumping money into the economy.

 

[Samdive]

There are hundreds and hundreds of boats in the Red Sea and most trips are totally problem free. I just had a fantastic week on the Daedalus, Elphinstone and Fury Shol route with Emperor with a dugong, two oceanic mantas, multiple spots of oceanic white tips at Daedalus and masses of dolphins at Sataya. Safety checks and fire drills were very thorough. But everybody said that this is a very windy autumn. It certainly was a lot more blowy than the two or three previous trips at the exact same time. Global warming, I.e. mankind, is highly likely to be the cause. Let’s hope the missing are clinging to each other or to a life raft and that they will be found in the coming hours.

Thanks for your reply. And yes most of all let’s hope they will find everyone.

 

[ijdod]

Holy crap. Yeah, there seems to be a clear safety issue, even allowing for increasing density of boats. What is a comparable destination? Maldives maybe. Certainly seems like there are lot less incidents there.

They're a very maritime country, but I can't objectively say they're better or worse than Egypt as far as liveaboards are concerned. Personal impressions makes them look the same. Maldives adds dives with strong current; you will need to use a reefhook in the Maldives on some dives. This also means the boat needs to be sharp to spot everyone as they surface and pick everybody up. That does go wrong every once in a while.

 

[Phil111]

This is a highly respected YouTube channel that has some damning discussion of the yacht in question. Among other issues 1/2 the life rafts that would normally be carried by a passenger carrying vessel. No international certification of the vessel although it seems as if certification by any of its competitors is also lacking.

 

[Adr1an]

Very sad news. I was on a LoB in Sharm this September and at Thistelgorm we met 5 large boats coming from Hurghada. Looking at 3 of them I was amazed how tall and not-so-seaworthy they looked. At the time the weather was very calm and I thought that hopefully the operators of this type of boat would take extra care to avoid storms. Looks like unfortunately it wasn't the case at all.

 

[divezonescuba]

The last 5 years have been pretty tough. I can't vouch for the absolute accuracy of my spreadsheet, best I could do. I was on the RSA I for two weeks in 2016.

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Conceptum 2019, Fire, 0 deaths, not to be confused the boat that caught fire in California.

 

[Umuntu]

I hope the missing passengers and crew are found safe.

Unfortunately as there was no prohibition on vessels leaving the harbour, force majeure wouldn’t have been available to the boat operators, and the captain would likely have been ordered to leave harbour by the operators to trigger the start of the trip. Otherwise the operators would be liable for compensation to the divers on board.

 

[nekt]

I’m booked next week on the ocean lovers red sea lob which looks the same as that one. 44m, 5 decks, built in 2022… I am seriously starting to think if shoul’dnt cancel…

I am doing the same boat starting Dec 7th lol. I talked to a person who did it earlier in the summer who indicated to me they had said the crew was very focused on safety.

 

[Waltham]

I remember doing some day dives from Sharm in the 2000’s and being stunned to sea a dive boat hit the reef and go down. I thought it as a freak one off kind of thing but reading the stats above I see it is all to common. Hoping they find those still missing.