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

[Dan]

@e_badawi
SPLASH does look less top heavy than SEA STORY.

More questions:
10. Does it have any stabilizer to minimize rocking side-to-side that gets people with weak stomach a motion sickness during rough sea or you just don’t go on a rough sea?
11. At what wave height would you cancel the trip?

We have a similar boat here in Texas (FLING) that, when the wave height is > 1m, we would cancel the trip. My experience diving with that boat is 50% of the time my trip got canceled.

SPLASH

SEA STORY

FLING

 

[Dan]

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.

Lost at sea can happen to any diver and can lead to a dire situation. That’s why there are many PAB (Personsl AIS Beacon) devices (like Nautilus Lifeline nexGen, McMurdo Smartfind S10, ENOS, etc.) made for scuba diver to signal any boat with marine radio when he / she is lost at sea.

When you are lost at sea, SMB may not be enough. I carry PAB when I go diving at sea, in addition to SMB, whistle, signal mirror, PLB. I can launch my PAB (Nautilus Lifeline nexGen) that sends out VHF signal MOB (man overboard) with GPS coordinates to any boat with marine radio. Their radios will go to channel 16, the light is going to flash, it’s going to beep, and it’s going to say “man overboard” and it’s going to show my gps location accurate to within 1.5m radius of that PAB.

My question is:
12. Does your boat equipped with such marine radio?

Just watch this video to understand what I’m talking about:

 

[Dan]

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!

Speaking of run aground a reef. It happened to us in Komodo, near Siaba Besar. We were heading to an anchoring site from 86m depth to 16m as shown in navigation chart. There was no marker buoy, or beacon (such as danger cardinal or west cardinal mark) was posted in the navigation chart to warn ships for navigating from 86m to the anchor point, passing through the blue zone of 16m.

The yacht came to a halt when its propellers hit an unmarked pinnacle. We managed to lift the yacht off the unmarked pinnacle by inflating airbags and buoyancy bags between the hull and the unmarked pinnacle

However the impact bent 2 out of 3 propeller shafts and curl up the propeller blades. We had to tow the yacht from Komodo to Jakarta (1,500 km / 930 miles).

 

[e_badawi]

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

WOW... Small world. Were you located at Waukesha, WI?
Good old days indeed

I was leading the global SW R&D team for Vscan equipment

 

[e_badawi]

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!!!

Many will say "I don't need you on my boat" as a reply to your comment. In fact, I really wish that you come one day. I am sure that you will change your mindset drastically. Don't let fear control your life. We all live once. Make it count. You can stay from water as much as you want. Then a meatball stuck in your throat for more than a minute! Will you stop eating meatballs?!

As I mentioned, We have our own speed boat. In case of emergency, that speed boat will be a much better than a life raft, and faster too. Also, if Splash caught fire, or hit a reef barrier, or whatever disaster could happen, guess what, as a daily boat, we will be surrounded by at least 3 more boats (unlike liveaboard). Not to mention that we usually are much closer to shore than liveaboard.

Regarding modifying boats, designs are submitted for approval before execution. Same like building a gazebo at your backyard, you need to get the proper approvals from your zooning department. Owners they don't just modify boats as they wish!
Back to the food poisoning analogy, supplier is the last to blame. How about the chef and kitchen staff themselves?!

As for the Ultrasound machines, you AND all your loved ones already have used them many times. That I can tell you for sure. I can even name them for you.
GE Voluson, when you were expecting your babe to join us on earth.
GE Logiq, when you had this bad abdominal pain once.
GE Vivid, when you needed to make sure that your heart is working properly.

I hope that you have never needed to use the more sophisticated ones for more serious stuff. God bless you!

And yes, you can thank me for my services later.

 

[e_badawi]

Lost at sea can happen to any diver and can lead to a dire situation. That’s why there are many PAB (Personsl AIS Beacon) devices (like Nautilus Lifeline nexGen, McMurdo Smartfind S10, ENOS, etc.) made for scuba diver to signal any boat with marine radio when he / she is lost at sea.

When you are lost at sea, SMB may not be enough. I carry PAB when I go diving at sea, in addition to SMB, whistle, signal mirror, PLB. I can launch my PAB (Nautilus Lifeline nexGen) that sends out VHF signal MOB (man overboard) with GPS coordinates to any boat with marine radio. Their radios will go to channel 16, the light is going to flash, it’s going to beep, and it’s going to say “man overboard” and it’s going to show my gps location accurate to within 1.5m radius of that PAB.

My question is:
12. Does your boat equipped with such marine radio?

Just watch this video to understand what I’m talking about:


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We have marine radio (UHF and VHF).
This device, I saw it few times with divers. We don't have them onboard for rent. But yes, such devices been utilized here in the Red Sea.
Thanks for your feedback.

 

[e_badawi]

Speaking of run aground a reef. It happened to us in Komodo, near Siaba Besar. We were heading to an anchoring site from 86m depth to 16m as shown in navigation chart. There was no marker buoy, or beacon (such as danger cardinal or west cardinal mark) was posted in the navigation chart to warn ships for navigating from 86m to the anchor point, passing through the blue zone of 16m.

The yacht came to a halt when its propellers hit an unmarked pinnacle. We managed to lift the yacht off the unmarked pinnacle by inflating airbags and buoyancy bags between the hull and the unmarked pinnacle

However the impact bent 2 out of 3 propeller shafts and curl up the propeller blades. We had to tow the yacht from Komodo to Jakarta (1,500 km / 930 miles).

As bad as it might sound in Egypt, but one good thing I can mention that no boat with a single engine is allowed to go beyond 50 miles from shore. In your case, a second engine could made a huge difference indeed.

 

[admikar]

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!!!

I am starting to wonder how do you get out of your bed every day?
Yes, all the things you are asking for are important, but ease on on capital letters and exclamation marks.
No one is holding a gun to your head to force you to go this particular boat.

I'll admit I was sceptical at first, but right now I am willing to give him another chance, upon seeing pictures he promised and some more details. At least, he seems to be trying.

 

[e_badawi]

@e_badawi
SPLASH does look less top heavy than SEA STORY.

More questions:
10. Does it have any stabilizer to minimize rocking side-to-side that gets people with weak stomach a motion sickness during rough sea or you just don’t go on a rough sea?
11. At what wave height would you cancel the trip?

We have a similar boat here in Texas (FLING) that, when the wave height is > 1m, we would cancel the trip. My experience diving with that boat is 50% of the time my trip got canceled.

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SPLASH


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SEA STORY


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FLING

We don't have stabilizers. We just have a really good captain
As for cancelations, We cancel out trip if the wind gust turned stronger that 40Km/hr. In the Red Sea, the waves height automatically increase whenever wind gust increase.

Splash is 30 meters long, 7 meters wide. Very balanced rear heavy.
I will share layer few links where you can see the boat in more details. This platform does not support large media upload.

 

[e_badawi]

I am starting to wonder how do you get out of your bed every day?
Yes, all the things you are asking for are important, but ease on on capital letters and exclamation marks.
No one is holding a gun to your head to force you to go this particular boat.

I'll admit I was sceptical at first, but right now I am willing to give him another chance, upon seeing pictures he promised and some more details. At least, he seems to be trying.

Thank you for being fair and rational.