Nautilus explorer

The Nautilus Explorer is a 32m (116') liveaboard passenger yacht based out of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, taking tourists on long range (5 - 13 day) trips in the west coast of North America primarily for the purpose of recreational diving. The hull is an all-steel construction of 271 tons GT designed by David Fernie of Allied Shipbuilders Ltd., with the keel laid 1999 [http://www.nautilusexplorer.com/main/?ship_construction] . Construction took the better part of 8 months, with the official launching in late May, 2000. She is the only liveaboard passenger vessel in the world conforming to International Maritime Organization and International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea standards, and only one of a handful of small international passenger vessels registered to Canada.

Itineraries

Although originally designed for operation solely in the waters of British Columbia, the Nautilus Explorer has since expanded her itineraries to include South-Eastern Alaska, the Channel Islands of California, Isla Guadalupe and the Islas Revillagigedo (based out of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico). The range of trips take her from dry suit diving in the 8^oC (46^oF) water of Alaska to cage diving with great white sharks in Isla Guadalupe (20^oC or 68^oF) to diving with manta rays, whale sharks, and humpback whales in the Revillagigedo archipelago (24^oC or 76^oF in November/December).

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