Liveaboard

A SCUBA liveaboard vessel on the Red Sea

Liveaboard can mean:[1]

Scuba diving liveaboards

Dive deck of a SCUBA liveaboard boat in the Great Barrier Reef

In the recreational scuba diving industry, a liveaboard service offers its guests to stay on board for one or more nights, unlike a day boat operation. This allows time to travel to more distant divesites. Normally a liveaboard operation charters for ten to thirty passengers.[4]

While most liveaboards around the world are usually made from fiber and steel hull boats, in Indonesia, traditional pinisi boats made from teak wood are commonly used. An example of a pinisi style liveaboard is based in Komodo National Park.

References

  1. "liveaboard definition". Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  2. Nicholas McLaren. "Liveaboard meaning". About.com. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  3. "AUTHORIZATION TO LIVEABOARD - document". Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Nicholas, Mark (2005). The Essentials of Living Aboard a Boat: The Definitive Guide for Liveaboards (2 ed.). Paradise Cay Publications. ISBN 0-939837-66-8.