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vessel specifications

Built in Norway for the purpose of deep sea research the Voyager has been extensively customised to suit extended range live aboard scuba diving adventures for recreational divers and underwater photographers.

Very importantly the liveaboard is also comprehensively refitted during an annual dry docking at the beginning of the year plus regular maintainance is carried out throughout the year to ensure that the vessel is always seaworthy.

specifications at a glance

the vessel

• Type: steel motor yacht
• Length: 46 meters/150 feet
• Beam: 10 meters/33 feet
• Draft: 3.5 metres/11.5 feet
• Cruising Speed: 8 - 10 knots
• Range: 6000 nautical miles
• Main Engines: 2 x 250 hp Volvo diesel
• Generators: 7.5kw, 30kw, 75kw, 120kw
• Water Desalinator: 12 tons per day

dive support equipment

• Air Compressors: 3 x Lenhardt & Wagner E 450 + 1 x Atlas Copco Nitrox blending
• 2 x fibreglass dive tenders -10 pax - 2 x 40 Hp
• 1 x Viking dive tender - 6 pax - 1 x 60 hp
• 6-cylinder air-bank system

safety equipment

• 5 units inflatable life-rafts
• 2 rigid rescue floats
• 100 life-belts
• 406 mhz global EPIRB beacon

navigation & communications

• 1 x Faruno Chart Plotter with GPS
• 1 x Magellan GPS
• 1 x Faruno 48nm radar + 1 x Faruno 28nm radar
• 2 x Furuno FCV 668 colour echo sounders
• 3 x VHF + 1 x SSB radios
• 1 x Nera satellite phone