BM-> Thanks for the feedback.  Right now, I am looking at BlackBeard
 BM-> because that is the what the travel agent here in Memphis has booked
 BM-> at our dive shop and several friends are already signed up.
 BM-> More than likely, i'll sign up on BlackBeard, just wanted to make
 BM-> sure nothing negative was apparent. I already heard about the tight
 BM-> quarters, and since my wife wouldn't be going, tight quarters
 BM-> makes here happier
 BM-> .
I haven't been on Blackbeards but it is spartan at best.  One of my old
girlfriends had gone and told me what it was like.  The same girl went on a
live-aboard in the Bahamas with me and told me it was far superior to
Blackbeards.  Some of the complaints were the sleeping quarters, which were
small and crusty with salt. There was not much fresh water for showers.  She
told me you had to wash with salt-water and rinse off with fresh.  The food 
was
not the greatest and she also said the drinking was rampant.
But with all trips the people you go with is a determining factor.  She told 
me
many of the divers preferred to sit on deck and drink than dive.  If you go
with a group you know you may not see this problem.  That's my 2 cents. 
--- Ted's Castle 
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