Nai'a liveaboard

Pete Atkinson · Issue 9, Oct/Nov 2002 · pp. 19–23

Products mentioned: Nikon F4 housing, Nikon SB-24 flash guns, Provia F, Velvia, Subeye reflex housing, Naiad rigid inflatables

I used to think Nai’a was a wonderful live-aboard dive boat. Compared with my own boat, where I have to do the cooking, washing-up, fill the tanks, the cleaning, even model for myself with a self -timer - for Christ’s sakes, how pitiful is that? - anything would be an improve- ment. But since my last trip on Nai’a I went on another live- aboard, one of a fleet of clones, a bit like McDonald’s. Unfortu- nately the comparison didn’t end there. So now I know that Nai’a is a wonderful dive boat. Every- thing about it; the management, the staff, the food, the briefings, the way the dives are organised, the air-conditioned accommoda- tion is fabulous. And the singing; it was worth the money just to hear the crew sing the beautiful song of farewell, Isa Lei. Even this, they do better than any- where else that I heard in Fiji. This is more than attention to detail, it’s a whole philosophy. Or a …