Blue

MY Blue is one of the largest safari yachts in the Red Sea: 43 metres long, 9 wide, completed in April 2016. The hull is wooden and Egyptian-built, the interior and layout European. Twelve cabins take up to 24 guests.

The lower deck cabins are built with light shafts — narrow windows led out to the hull side, which makes them brighter than lower-deck cabins usually are. Each is about nine square metres, with two single beds, a private bathroom with shower and hairdryer, a TV/DVD combo, individually controlled air conditioning, a safe and enough storage. Four upper deck cabins face the sea: two with a double bed, two with twin beds. On the main deck there is a twelve-square-metre suite with a double bed and panoramic portholes.

The vessel was built for diving. The dive deck has a large camera table with a freshwater sink, a shaded kitting-up area, rinse hoses and DIN adaptors, and a filling station at 200 and 300 bar with a booster and storage cylinders. Nitrox is free for certified divers, rebreathers and sidemount are supported. Two 6.2-metre Zodiacs with 85 hp engines, eight divers each, run guests to the sites that cannot be reached from the stern. For divers lost in a current the boat carries the ENOS system.

Inside there is an air-conditioned saloon with sofas and a dining room, full-height panoramic windows, a library and an audio-video system. Two outdoor decks are given over to relaxing: a shaded bow lounge with soft seating and teak tables, a sun deck with loungers, outdoor dining and a barbecue area. Wi-Fi is free, and the boat takes both cash and cards.

Blue runs every Red Sea route, north to south: from the classic northern wrecks and reefs down to the marine parks of Brothers, Daedalus, Zabargad and Rocky. A week gives you up to twenty-one dives.