A Review of MY Tillis Liveaboard

At least 8 of us were "upgraded" to the Sea Story, another dive boat owned by the same individual. The Sea Story was well run; the crew was great; the food was plentiful and good; the equipment was good. Only 1 of the Zodiacs had a ladder to climb out of the water. That was not ideal. After removing tanks and weight belts in the water and handing them to boat driver, we were hauled up into the boat like seals onto ice flows. People's legs were often twisted in uncomfortable ways. Add ladders to the Zodiacs that don't have them. Also, the Zodiac drivers drove like maniacs. They would accelerate at full throttle from a dead stop. Maybe they thought this was fun. It wasn't. The divers in the boats were thrown around along with the equipment that filled half the boat. All they had to do was to ease the throttle forward gently to get up to speed. Visibility at the dive sites was quite good. The wrecks were interesting. The corals were quite good, but there was little mobile sea life, i.e., fish. No large fish and no large schools of fish. If wrecks are "your thing" fine, but I would not recommend the Red Sea for natural sea life.