The Siren Fleet Dive Deals can be administered by Scuba Dive Asia for any person or groups of people interested in scuba diving vacations to Thailand and or the Andaman Islands. The forty metre long SY Philippine Siren is a traditional Indonesian gaff rigged Phinisi that has been made completely by hand. This sea going craft is made from ironwood and teak. Although hand made this liveaboard diving boat contains all the luxury services and provisions expected by people embarking on scuba dive vacations and dive travel. The SY Philippine Siren has an underwater photographer that always travels on all dive travel scuba vacation tours. A videographer also travels with the boat on all the liveaboard scuba diving trips.

Traditionally the pure definition of a Phinisi according to newvisitarea.com is quote, “Phinisi is a traditional sailing boat from Indonesia, which originated from Bugis and Makassar in South Sulawesi Tribe. These ships generally have two main masts and seven fruits of the screen, that is, three in the front end, two in front and two behind; commonly used for inter-islands transport of goods. Other information was an aircraft that uses this type of display screen schooner with two poles with seven strands of the screen that has a meaning that the ancestors of the Indonesian nation capable mengharungi seven great oceans of the world” end quote. The SY Philippine Siren is a Phinisi that has obviously been created specifically for scuba diving adventure travel.

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