Nai’a: Difference between revisions
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
This sailing vessel has been used | [[Image:Naia-02.jpg|thumb|left]][[Image:naia.jpg|right]]This 120-foot sailing vessel, based in Fiji, has been used on many [[TIGHAR]] expeditions: [[Niku III (1997)]], [[Niku IIIIP (1999)]], [[Niku IIII (2001)]], and [[Niku V (2007)]]. | ||
"Team members live aboard the ship and commute to work ashore. Nai’a is not a big ship but she’s a comfortable ship. Each cabin is individually air-conditioned and has a private head (toilet) and shower. The team dines together in the main salon and the food is first class. | |||
[[Image:Naiad.jpg|thumb]] | |||
"Nai’a uses hard-bottomed inflatables known, coincidentally, as Naiads. Boarding and disembarking the skiffs from the ship’s aft dive platform in a choppy sea requires timing, core strength, and agility. A misstep can mean getting crushed between the skiff and the hull. The Black Tips (reef sharks) are always on hand to help should anyone fall overboard."[http://tighar.org/Projects/Earhart/Archives/Expeditions/NikuVI/SponsorTeamMembers.html] | |||
* [http://www.naia.com.fj/ Nai'a's home page.] | * [http://www.naia.com.fj/ Nai'a's home page.] | ||
[[Category:Expeditions]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:31, 20 January 2011
This 120-foot sailing vessel, based in Fiji, has been used on many TIGHAR expeditions: Niku III (1997), Niku IIIIP (1999), Niku IIII (2001), and Niku V (2007).
"Team members live aboard the ship and commute to work ashore. Nai’a is not a big ship but she’s a comfortable ship. Each cabin is individually air-conditioned and has a private head (toilet) and shower. The team dines together in the main salon and the food is first class.
"Nai’a uses hard-bottomed inflatables known, coincidentally, as Naiads. Boarding and disembarking the skiffs from the ship’s aft dive platform in a choppy sea requires timing, core strength, and agility. A misstep can mean getting crushed between the skiff and the hull. The Black Tips (reef sharks) are always on hand to help should anyone fall overboard."[1]