Dack
Contributor
I've dived the Silver Prince in Monterey nearly a dozen times now, and I really hate to post this because the regular crew - Captain Mike and deckhand Todd - are outstanding. The boat may be a little slow, but these guys who regularly work it are the absolute best.
Sorry to them, but Raj - the owner - isn't on the same page. It's unfortunate that a couple bad experiences can ruin goodwill. I'm not sure if I'll dive them again.
First, my local dive shop chartered them for an Advanced Open Water dive and I tagged along. Sadly it was a different crew since Mike and Todd were on vacation. The boat was overbooked, the crew arrived late, the captain was incapable of setting anchor at any dive spot deeper than 65 feet (oh...is that enough for your deep dive specialty?), the deckhand was incapable of pulling up anchor, and in a few instances they sat there without helping while someone was climbing back aboard. I wrote to let the owners know of the crew problem, and it wasn't until nearly a month later that I got a reply acknowledging the problem.
Then yesterday I received an advertisement from 'Aquatic Discovery Scuba Center'. It didn't take long to figure out they'd borrowed the Silver Prince charter e-mail list to start off their dive shop business mailing list. Very uncool.
Clean up your act, Silver Prince owners. You're ruining it for your outstanding crew.
- Dack
Sorry to them, but Raj - the owner - isn't on the same page. It's unfortunate that a couple bad experiences can ruin goodwill. I'm not sure if I'll dive them again.
First, my local dive shop chartered them for an Advanced Open Water dive and I tagged along. Sadly it was a different crew since Mike and Todd were on vacation. The boat was overbooked, the crew arrived late, the captain was incapable of setting anchor at any dive spot deeper than 65 feet (oh...is that enough for your deep dive specialty?), the deckhand was incapable of pulling up anchor, and in a few instances they sat there without helping while someone was climbing back aboard. I wrote to let the owners know of the crew problem, and it wasn't until nearly a month later that I got a reply acknowledging the problem.
Then yesterday I received an advertisement from 'Aquatic Discovery Scuba Center'. It didn't take long to figure out they'd borrowed the Silver Prince charter e-mail list to start off their dive shop business mailing list. Very uncool.
Clean up your act, Silver Prince owners. You're ruining it for your outstanding crew.
- Dack