What makes a liveaboard a world-beater?

Insist on the correct combination of factors and your floating holiday will be a pleasure - get it wrong and it could be a pain.
John bantin looks at winning dive-boats, and what to look out for when booking. more...

The world-beating liveaboards.

John bantin looks at winning dive-boats more...

Something special

Every business worth its salt has a Unique Selling Proposition. Colin Mac Andrias has been looking for liveaboards with a USP, and finding that you often have to pay to stand out more...

Monkey business

So what is a 'techreational' Red Sea trip? Chris Boardman takes to a liveaboard that allows divers to get more mileage out of their time. Images by Andrew Georgitsis more...

HOME ON THE SEAS

Where do you find a High Court judge co-habiting with a Hell's Angel? Introducing our Liveaboards Special, John Bantin analyses the attraction of living over dive sites more...

DIVING WITH THE ELITE

It's a typical modern liveaboard - which means that you shouldn't have too much to worry about from the minute you step aboard. John Bantin enjoys some imperial treatment more...

BAANI HOP

John Liddiard leaps aboard the Baani Explorer in the Maldives, concerned that he might be worn down by endless manta ray encounters. Such problems! more...