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Charter Dive Liveaboard Great Barrier Reef (A 20 Metre Motor Sailing Schooner)

Charter dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef
Charter dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef – The Rum Runner – Image courtesy of Liveaboard.com

Charter your own dive liveaboard boat on the Great Barrier Reef!

If you appreciate the thrill and freedom that a dive liveaboard brings to scuba diving. But then you add another dimension of chartering your own dive liveaboard, this is a whole new level altogether. The Rum Runner is a cheap liveaboard sailboat with some great reviews. If you love diving and you love to sail a boat too, this is the perfect match of your hobbies in one!

Charter dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef: Charter this 20 metre (66 feet) Rum Runner liveaboard to dive the Great Barrier Reef. This dive boat gives you space and freedom to dive more or less where you want, when you want and as much as you want! What could be better if you love to scuba dive?

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The best way to dive the Great Barrier Reef, Australia is by a scuba diving liveaboard, especially the outer reefs. You can check the latest and best deals on Great Barrier Reef liveaboards using the following window:

The SV Rum Runner Liveaboard – a Charter dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef

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The Rum Runner – A Cheap dive liveaboard sailboat – image courtesy of Liveaboard.com

The SV Rum Runner dive liveaboard boat is a dive boat available on the Great Barrier Reef for chartering.

The Rum Runner is a fantastic budget dive liveaboard way to dive the Great Barrier Reef. This small 20 metres (66 feet) liveaboard is set up for a maximum of 16 guests across 4 cabins.

Admittedly the cabins are quite small and they are not particularly private. But it’s not about the sleeping quarters, but about the diving. It’s also about the beautiful sights of this stunning world heritage site the Great Barrier Reef.

If you’re happy with hostel style living accommodation and you’re happy to flop after a day’s diving, then it’s worth a look.

Felt as though we had a real diving experience without unnecessary comforts and distractions. “Improved diving skills, beautiful reefs, interesting conversations with people from around the world.” Recommended for Professional dives, good company, escape from the internet. Eric D rated it 4.5 stars out of 5 and 8.8 Fabulous – United States of America

Review on Liveaboard.com

Although this liveaboard dive boat was built back in 1984, it still has all the relevant boat navigation and safety on board. This includes Radar, GPS, Radio VHF/DSC/SSB, life vests, first aid kits, an E.P.I.R.B. Distress System, emergency rafts and oxygen.

Good dives and good times – “Really nice dives with some through “coral tunnel”, a night dive and a really good time just chilling on the boat. Great experience!Recommended for Nice dives, good atmosphere, friendly crew. Julie L rated it 5 stars out of 5 and 9.6 Exceptional – Switzerland.

Review on Liveabaord.com

The Rum Runner liveaboard details and departures

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Rum Runner liveaboard sailboat – cheap charter dive boat – Image courtesy of Liveaboard.com

If you’re into sailing as well as into your scuba diving, then the Rum Runner liveaboard sailboat is an ideal choice. Even if you don’t fancy chartering it for a few days, you could join a group of scuba divers and just go diving.

To find out more about how you can charter the Rum Runner liveaboard boat and to discover the latest prices: Rum Runner departures and latest prices.

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I hope you enjoyed this article about charter dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef

I’d love to hear from you. Tell us about your adventures of diving and snorkeling, in the comments below. Please also share your photos. Either from your underwater cameras or videos from your waterproof Gopro’s!

If this article hasn’t answered all of your questions. If you have more questions either about snorkeling or scuba diving (or specifically about chartering your own dive liveaboard Great Barrier Reef), please comment below with your questions.

There will also be many more articles about scuba diving (and snorkeling) for you to read and learn about these fabulous sports.

Have fun and be safe!

Charter Dive Liveaboard Great Barrier Reef (A 20 Metre Motor Sailing Schooner)

Article written by Russell Bowyer who has been a scuba diver since diving on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia in 1989. After his first dive he trained as a BSAC diver in the UK. He attained his Diver Leader certification with BSAC. He then went on to become a scuba diving instructor, teaching others how to dive and was voted as Diving Officer and Treasurer for the Saffron Walden BSAC club too. Russell has dived all over the world, including the UK, on liveaboards in the Red Sea, the Caribbean, South Africa and the USA. Russell is experienced in all dive types, including drift diving, deep dives that involved decompression stops and recreational dives too.

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