Tiger Blue has 4 cabins below deck ( 2 doubles, 1 cabin with 2 single bunks and a family cabin with 1 double and 2 single beds). On the main deck there is the entertainment salon to the rear, and plenty of daybeds to the fore. The navigation room and kitchen are also located on main deck. On the top deck there is a large sun deck with daybeds and sun loungers for tanning and viewing during sailtime. It is the best place for sunset cocktails. Tiger Blue has a fantastic, capable and experienced crew of 8 including our chef and chef's assistant. All Indonesian and very friendly, they are there to make sure that you have a wonderful time with us. Guiding them all is Wouter van den Houten, your Dutch expedition leader on all the trips. Together the Tiger Blue team will ensure that your trip with us is memorable, happy and an adventure to remember forever.
Wouter van den Houter, a skilled and experienced sailor and qualified dive-master, is from the Netherlands and came to Makassar in 2001 looking to build or buy a boat with a view to dive and explore his way around Indonesia. In early 2002 he found Majestic as a finished hull, turning her a year later, into a lovely 25m Pacific schooner. In the following year Wouter explored Eastern Indonesia and wanting to share the beauty he saw, started to operate Majestic as a live-aboard for exploration and dive trips in 2003. Wouter cruised Majestic 23,000 nautical miles and dived and explored Bali, Komodo, Alor, Tanimbar, Banda, Manado, Ternate and Tidore. He sailed surf trips to Kupang, Roti, Savu, Sumba and did a coral survey in Tanimbar. During all this he "drowned himself in culture, nature and local tradition". Wouter has since sold his Majestic and is now part of the Tiger Blue Family. He managed the Tiger Blue boatbuilding process from beginning to end. He has employed a fantastic crew and will give you his great experience and expertise on board Tiger Blue, whilst diving, climbing volcanoes, snorkeling with the children and making up the gin and tonics in front of a beach bonfire! The Tiger Blue crew are all Indonesian with plenty of experience on the sea. A captain, 2 housekeepers, 2 engineers, and 1 deckhand. Everyone works as a team assisting where necessary on Tiger Blue, setting up dive equipment, accompanying the tenders with snorkelers or on the beach. Our housekeeping team make sure your cabins are made up, your laundry is done and make sure you are comfortable throughout your trip with us. The team are all trained to respond to all situations and are on hand to take people to the beach, man the tenders when divers and snorkelers are out, accompany kids on fishing trips and assist with dive equipment. They work in shifts day and night to ensure your comfort and safety at all times. Food is an important part of anyone's holiday and it is certainly a big part of the Tiger Blue experience. Jack, our mighty chef never fails to please and surprise and you will be served, amongst other things,steak, satays. great salads, curries, local gado-gado, local rice dishes, noodles, creme caramel, chicken cordon blue and ice cream. Fresh fish of course is on the menu, sushi, fabulous fish and chips, peppered fish, cerviche and a lot more. Cakes for celebrations are made by Adi, the very wonderful chef's assistant who has been with Tiger Blue for a long while now. Jack is happy to cook for children and will provide for vegetarian or gluten free meals. Our walk in freezers ensures that we don't run out of a great variety of ingredients for your culinary pleasure and Jack's menu planning ensures that you don't have the same meals twice- unless requested of course! Diving, hiking, snorkeling and being on the sea makes everyone hungry and Jack and Adi make sure you look forward to each mealtime. Tiger Blue encompasses the age old tradition of phinis boat- building without sacrificing any modern comforts. She is 112ft/34m long with a deck width(beam) of 25ft/7.6m. Tiger Blue, under power, manages an average speed of just 8 knots on calm seas, showing she is one of the fastest boats in the traditional fleet. The Boatbuilder - Haji Abdullah is a renowned boatbuilder who has built scores of boats. He is one of the top builders of premier liveaboards in Indonesia. All the boats start their life on the beach at ...more
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