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MV Faah Yai Features and Layouts
The MV Faah Yai (Thai meaning "big sky") is a liveaboard
which takes 10 guests in five air-conditioned cabins, each with
it's own attached bathroom and shower (en suite). She is a very
comfortable boat and has the added advantage of taking only
a few divers on board, making your time on board and in the
water a quality experience.
She specializes in seven and ten-day trips to the Mergui Archipelago,
leaving from Ranong, north of Phuket. This allows you more time
in Burma, especially benefiting those of you who have dived
in Thailand before.
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Kawthaung (Victoria Point) |
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Islands in the Sun |
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She is an 85 foot (25m) long vessel of wooden
construction. She has a large interior saloon on the third-level
deck, a partially-covered sun deck on the top deck, and a benched
area on the stern, just aft of the interior saloon. The crew
is accommodated in separate quarters away from the passengers
with separate bathrooms and shower facilities, assuring your
privacy at all times.
She has three cabins on the main middle deck and
two cabins on the lower deck. Cabins three, four, and five have
one large double bed, and one twin bed, accommodating both couples
and single passengers on a share basis. Cabin one, the Master
Stateroom is larger and has one double bed. Cabin two has two
single bunk beds. For private charters, it is possible to have
three guests in most of the cabins if you so choose.
The Master Stateroom, cabin one on the main deck
is larger than the other cabins and has a view forward with
big picture windows. All cabins have their own large private
tiled bathrooms with hot and cold water showers,
en suite
facilities and double beds for those who prefer them. Twin beds or double beds are possible combinations on this boat.
She is equipped with all the latest navigational
aids and communications equipment, including an Iridium satellite
phone. Her large dive deck makes it easy for divers
to get in and out of the water, and her rigid inflatable makes
diver pick ups easy. Her twin engines also make the boat not
only safe, but extremely maneuverable, also aiding diver pick
up.
Faah Yai has a unique itinerary
in that she specializes in diving in the Mergui Archipelago.
Her home port is Ranong, north of Phuket, which lies just across
from Burma's Victoria Point (Kawthaung). This enables you to
spend more time in Mergui diving on the best sites and avoiding
the long 300 km trip up from Phuket. You can either fly into
Ranong directly, or join the trip in Phuket and drive north
to meet the boat. For more information about routing, please
see the itinerary.
All
in all, Faah Yai is one of the most comfortable boats operating
in Burma, or Thailand for that matter, with her biggest advantage
being only having 10 guests on board and also offering double
bed accommodation which many boats simply don't provide. She
has a nice comfortable classic style about her, an excellent
very experienced crew, and is very seaworthy. She is perfect
for join-in cruises or full-boat charters.
Mergui Archipelago Pictures on Flickr
Download Ethan Daniels' Mergui article from Fins Magazine, Jan 2008
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