MY Pelagian Liveaboard Information

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Pelagian's background and history

The Pelagian was built at the Batservice Verft A/S Shipyard in Mandal, Norway, as a elegant world-ranging motor yacht. Her construction was to Lloyd's +100A1 yacht and +LMC classification, and she was stoutly built to travel the world's oceans in comfort, safety and style.

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Saloon and dining areas

Social area forward of wheelhouse

Comfortable outdoor saloon

Map of Wakatobi area

Map of Komodo area

And the plane to get you there

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Pelagian cruises at 9-knots and she has a range of over 8,000 nautical miles! Onboard watermakers and over 20,000 liters of fresh water in the tanks mean that we don't need to worry about having an extra shower or rinsing our cameras one more time.

She has operated all over the world, in the Red Sea and the Seychelles, in Thailand and Burma, all throughout the South Pacific, and end-to-end of the Indonesian Archipelago. Now based at Wakatobi, she has access to some of Indonesia's most remote diving, the Banda Sea, with the added convenience of easy logistics and wonderful consistent shore support.

Cruising the Greater Wakatobi Area

Wakatobi Resorts (the principle behind Wakatobi Dive Resort) is proud to announce that the renowned Pelagian liveaboard is joining the Wakatobi team and will now be cruising the Western Banda Sea & Greater Wakatobi Area. The Pelagian will offer guests unparalleled access to sites previously inaccessible from the resort, cruising the reefs of the greater Wakatobi region and beyond.

As part of the Wakatobi team, the MY Pelagian will also contribute substantially to the ground-breaking marine conservation and community development programs pioneered by the resort. As such, the Pelagian will have exclusive access to key areas of protected reefs in the Wakatobi region.

Transportation arrangements to and from the Pelagian will now be easier than ever. Guests can simply book their flights into the convenient international hub of Bali. From there, guests can relax one night, or if they choose, tour Bali on an extended stay.

From Bali, Wakatobi’s exclusive non-stop flight service will take guests right to the resort's private airstrip, where they will be transferred directly to the Pelagian. Gone are the hassles of connections into strange remote airports, last-minute rushes, long check-in lines, or excess baggage charges. No other liveaboard in Indonesia offers you this convenience!

Quiet, refined luxury; a unique liveaboard experience

More than a just another dive boat, the Pelagian is really a luxury yacht disguised as dive liveaboard. True to its name "of the open ocean", the Pelagian has sailed the world, playing host to renowned underwater photographers, adventurous divers, documentary makers, magazine feature writers and has been used for filming television specials. With her spacious cabins, limited number of passengers, and fine amenities, it is easy to see why the Pelagian has been worthy of the numerous accolades received from its privilegedclientele.

The Pelagian’s new cruising range will be central to some of the world’s most biodiverse coral reefs. The Pelagian’s base of the Wakatobi Dive Resort makes an ideal starting point as the area is unavailable to any other dive operator.

Fresh from a refit, the Pelagian now sports a new executive chef in addition to being overseen by the steady hand of the Wakatobi’s management team. The Pelagian schedule will mirror that of the Wakatobi Resort, allowing for a variety of unique dive experiences, including combinations of Pelagian and Wakatobi Dive Resort holidays.

A room for every taste and budget

There are four different types of cabins spread from the bow to the stern of the boat. The boat is not laid out along typical liveaboard lines (long hallway, right and left of it, you know, you've been there). The boat is large anyway, but feels larger and more private simply because most cabins have a private or semi-private way to get to it. The master is the most spacious, and is really a suite; the "superlux" or super deluxe cabin has two beds plus a comfortable seating area; the two deluxe cabins are unique in that they are long so the beds are end-to-end and not facing each other thus two strangers sleeping in the same cabin feel more comfortable. Finally, the two standard cabins each have twin beds. All cabins have private baths of course. For more details and photographs of the cabins and the rest of this world-class yacht, please go here…

Diving, made easy through common sense

Since the Pelagian has a fantail stern, guests don't enter the water in the traditional way. Remember, Pelagian was built originally as a private yacht not as a liveaboard dive boat. Thus the owners have devised a very intelligent system of using tenders to dive from the mother ship. Pelagian is so large anyway that she would be difficult to dive from in an open ocean environment (where the diving is the best). Tanks are loaded by the ever helpful crew into the two rigid bottom inflatables from the sides of the vessel and then you are whisked off to the dive site where the tenders wait for the divers to enjoy their dives. These tenders are equipped with hand held radios, depth sounders, and even GPS. Also, with the two 60Hp four-stroke outboard engines, not only are they fast, but they are more environmentally sound than two-stroke engines (as well as more reliable).

MY Pelagian Drawings & Vessel Layouts

Top deck	Main deck	Cabin deck
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• Camera workshop and charging facilities
• Email for convenient guest use
• All ensuite cabins, private bathrooms
• TV and Video player in the salon
• Extensive VCD / DVD collection
• Music CDs and book library
• Hot showers and fresh hot towels on dive deck after every dive
• 24/7 coffee/ tea/ sodas
• All indoor areas air conditioned
• New! Shaded seating area on upper deck
• 3 Bauer K-14 compressors
  

• Hot and cold running water throughout
• Nitrox Technologies ® NO2 system
• Standard 2-prong 220v/50Hz electrical outlets
• Ample supply of 110 volt adapters and power rails in the photo room
• Radar, GPS navigation system, depth sounder, VHF radio, auto pilot
• Sat-Com communications, life rafts, beacons + a complete inventory of safety equipment.