{"id":385,"date":"2010-08-03T17:32:10","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/?p=385"},"modified":"2010-08-03T17:32:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:32:10","slug":"project-macaronesia-launch-of-ecological-diving-from-the-azores-to-cabo-verde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2010\/08\/03\/project-macaronesia-launch-of-ecological-diving-from-the-azores-to-cabo-verde\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Macaronesia: launch of Ecological Diving from the Azores to Cabo Verde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CONTACT:\u00a0 N. Collingwood.<br \/>\nLista de Correos s\/n Antigua<br \/>\nE-35630 Las Palmas<br \/>\nCanary Islands, Spain<br \/>\n+34 690 162439<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu\">nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<br \/>\nProject Macaronesia \u2013 Ecological Diving Adventures from the Azores to Cabo Verde<br \/>\nAn exclusive live-aboard program with limited membership, Project Macaronesia will set sail later this year to explore pristine dive sites throughout the Macaronesian Archipelago of the eastern Atlantic seaboard.<br \/>\nFUERTEVENTURA, SPAIN \u2013 Project Macaronesia is set to offer its members a live-aboard diving experience combining exclusivity, adventure and outstanding value for money. It is a form of \u201ctime-share\u201d diving based on a well-appointed motor sailing craft, the project will focus on ecologically-oriented diving well away from the masses, plying the waters of the \u201cislands of the fortunate\u201d \u2013 the Azores, the Salvage Islands, Madeira, the Canaries and Cabo Verde. The project has been structured to ensure that no more than eight participants will be on board at any given time, while guaranteeing its members at least 30 days on board per year over the five-year membership period. Membership is limited to 60 participants to ensure maximum flexibility and a relaxed, exclusive atmosphere.<br \/>\nIn addition to seeking out ecological diving adventures in new, unknown locations of the Macaronesian Archipelago, Project Macaronesia will also focus on underwater photography. The goal here is to build a collection of images with which to provide educational opportunities and hands-on activities to raise the environmental awareness of children in the region \u2013 initially on Boa Vista, Cabo Verde, the island of nesting turtles.<br \/>\nThe organizer, Nigel Collingwood, will be acquiring a suitable motor sailing vessel \u2013 14 m (46 ft.) or larger with ten berths \u2013 in Florida in late 2010. Diving operations for the project\u2019s founding members are set to commence in January 2011, initially in the Caribbean (South Bahamas, Turks &amp; Caicos Islands) for six months. After crossing the Atlantic in summer 2011, the craft will be at home in the waters of the Macaronesian Archipelago \u2013 the Azores, Salvage Islands, Madeira, the Canaries and Cabo Verde. The project will be tentatively based in Lanzarote or Madeira, islands that are well-suited not only for their good air connections to Europe, but also the organizer\u2019s extensive knowledge of their terrain and diving opportunities.<br \/>\nThe organizer is currently seeking members from the UK, Germany and Spain. Twenty founding members are needed to launch the project.<br \/>\nFull members are guaranteed at least 30 days a year of flexibly scheduled access for five years. The price of a full membership for the first five years is \u20ac3,500.<br \/>\nReduced memberships are also available, guaranteeing at least 15 days of access per year for five years for \u20ac2,000.<br \/>\nGuests accompanied by a member are welcome on board for only \u20ac300 (divers) or \u20ac200 (non-divers) a week \u2013 including food.<br \/>\nBased on a schedule of three dives per day, the cost per dive thus amounts to a mere \u20ac10 for members \u2013 truly unbeatable value for money. After the first five-year period has elapsed, memberships may be renewed for a further five years for only \u20ac1,500, alternatively \u20ac500 per year.<br \/>\nThe project would also like to hear from any potential sponsors of 1-6 persons who would recieve a return over the first 5 years. Project base line is US70.000.<br \/>\nFor more information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dive-macaronesia.eu\/\">www.dive-macaronesia.eu<\/a> or contact the organizer, Nigel Collingwood, at <a href=\"mailto:nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu\">nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu<\/a>.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nABOUT THE ORGANIZER:<br \/>\nNigel Collingwood was born in Brazil, grew up in England, spent many years in Germany, and currently lives on Fuerteventura. He has decades of experience as a NAUI\/SAA diving instructor and has logged over 8,000 dives. Nigel is a dedicated underwater photographer who can look back on several exhibitions of his work in various countries. He is also a passionate environmentalist, devoted to protecting the oceans and their inhabitants. With this project, he would like to make a lasting contribution towards promoting awareness among the younger generation for this vital concern.<\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to Nigel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CONTACT:\u00a0 N. Collingwood. Lista de Correos s\/n Antigua E-35630 Las Palmas Canary Islands, Spain +34 690 162439 nigel@dive-macaronesia.eu \u00a0 Project Macaronesia \u2013 Ecological Diving Adventures from the Azores to Cabo Verde An exclusive live-aboard program with limited membership, Project Macaronesia will set sail later this year to explore pristine dive sites throughout the Macaronesian Archipelago &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2010\/08\/03\/project-macaronesia-launch-of-ecological-diving-from-the-azores-to-cabo-verde\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Macaronesia: launch of Ecological Diving from the Azores to Cabo Verde<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":386,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions\/386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}