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Recreation / transport

More amenities than you ever expected -
what else you can do

• A marina / boat dock with a wide range of power and sailing boats, water toys and direct drive-in sea access for dive / expedition, ski boats and ferries. Occupying about 20,000m³ and the whole aft 50 meters of Raffles length, it includes a 12 person air diving centre and two 15m diving / exploration boats (with portable decompression chamber onboard) or use the 3 man submarine.
• A 100m² (1,000ft²) children’s playroom / open area on “A” deck near the pool and bistro allowing easy monitoring of the grandchildren.
• There are also high and low speed diesel – water jet, 20 passenger ferries / 4 passenger water taxis, 4 tons landing craft, 4 person swamp air boat, to get you ashore in remote locations as well as mountain bikes, mopeds and hybrid - electric bikes and jeeps, etc. to use there.
• A 25m long 2.9m deep fresh or salt water swimming pool, and two whirlpools at the centre of Raffles 12,000m²  teak planked open deck. When at anchor there is the marina “pool”. 
• Two separate his and hers hobby workshops and stores.
• A 200m² (2,000ft²) his and hers sauna / gymnasium and solarium with 3.5m high full length wrap around glass walls facing aft, to help you keep fit on longer voyages.
• On the open deck over the marina are a 6 seat amphibious floatplane and 2 man helicopter for surveys, extended exploration, search and rescue, air ambulance emergencies, but also available for recreational flying by qualified pilots. Two x 2 person autogyros fitted with floats are carried for recreational flying and SAR.
• A competition class 38ft carbon fibre sail boat <www.stompcraft.com> to sleep six, plus a Hobie cat and numerous wind surfers + dinghies.
• Under water video viewing by two remotely operated (Spy Fish) vehicles (ROV) operating to a depth of 150m that can also be carried in the expedition boats, with what they see displayed on a large screen or PC for those that can’t dive.
• A 45 seat, in leather arm chair comfort, auditorium - movie - lecture theatre with all the latest in sound and video systems.
• A celestial observatory on a gyro stabilised platform at the 600m² observation bridge forward viewing deck for entering port.