Colona II
COLONA II takes
a maximum of 6 guests, which are accommodated in 3 comfortable
2 bed cabins. There are 2 toilet/showers. The yacht is air-conditioned
throughout. The cozy cockpit offers shade for the sun and
shelter for the odd tropical shower.
When
you taste the results of Kim’s cooking, both Thai and
European, you understand why Freddy married her in the first
place. Should you be desperate to lose weight, we cannot
recommend this boat!
Coffee, tea, cold drinking water and snacks
are there for you at all times. Soft drinks, beer and imported
wines are available on board.
A spacious aft deck with well-organized
dive benches provides ample place for kitting up and off
and ensures that between dives no gear clutters the boat.
Colona’s compressor is electrically
driven and, as it is mounted down below in the bow, causes
no disturbing noise to the guests at all. Custom made swim
ladder facilitates entry to the yacht and a 3,50m RIB tender
does the same for drift dives. There is ample A/C 110 &
220 volt power for charging strobes and torches, a rinsing
bin is on the aft deck to flush your UW camera. Diving is
for certified divers only, normally no courses are taught
on board.
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Norwegian Freddy Storheil and his faithful
yacht COLONA II have been around for over 20 years. "Around"
can be taken literally as they have circumnavigated the
world together twice.
Chartering started in 1977 in Sharm El
Sheikh, Egypt, then literally consisting of one hut on the
beach, now a bustling dive resort, famous worldwide. COLONA
II was probably the first yacht ever to enable divers to
take out trips to Southern Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, and Djibouti
as well as being the first to dive many of the sites that
are now world-famous.
Chilst undertaking his circumnavigations
Freddy has dived and sailed in places that would fill us
all with envy: many of the Pacific islands, Maldives, Caribbean,
Chagos, Red Sea etc. We are dealing with one experienced
captain here!
Freddy,
in the mean time has set up Colona Dive Club, a top quality
dive center in Sharm El Sheikh which can offer all PADI
courses as well as daytrips and live-aboards in the Northern
Red Sea.
In 1993 he met his wife Kim and whilst
visiting Thailand, her home country, he immediately fell
in love with the place.
He sailed COLONA II here in 1995 and he
and Kim have been making sailing-and diving trips since
then. Many of their old guests as well as new ones have
been taken to the finest places on the Andaman sea.
Keen underwater photographer himself, a
considerable number among Freddy & Kim’s guests
are well known from the various diving publications.
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We highly recommend
to get your own travel insurance before the trip
