On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 00:32:52 -0400, Dave DeBarger <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Bob --
>
>Thanks for re-posting your old trip reports on the T&C Islands and the Sea
>Dancer.  I'm saving them for reference during the trip.  I understand that
Sea
>Dancer was extensively refitted a couple of years ago -- have you booked on
her
>since the refit?  Any significant improvements?

Unfortunately I have not been on the new boat.
Went to Palau twice on the Sun Dancer II instead. :-)


>Is there space
>aboard the Sea Dancer (specifically) for hanging up wet gear?

Yes, At least 3 hangers per person on the dive deck.


>The descriptions I have read
>here suggest that gear stowage is limited in the cabin and underneath the
>seats on deck.

Not from my description I hope.  Regular 'gears' are stowed in a bin
on the dive deck where your tank is.  Wetsuits are hung above, with
heavy-duty hangers supplied.  You are generally NOT ALLOWED to enter
the cabin in your WET SUITS, not even to step in there for a minute
to get something you forgot.  (For good reasons of keeping moisture
and dampness from the living quarters.)  Also towels in the cabins
are NOT to be taken to the dive deck;  and dive deck towels (warm
ones after EVERY dive) are not to be taken inside the boat cabins.

>Also, no one has responded to my inquiry if there is any shore-side storage
>available in Provo for things like semi-rigid scuba gear bags and traveling
>clothes not needed aboard.

There's enough space in your cabin for those.  If not, I am sure the crew
of Sea Dancer can find a space on the boat or in their storage facilities
(in some trailer-like housing) across from where the boat is docked.

-- Bob.