The MV Sea Ray, our ticket to mobility, in Sudan's Red Sea

Since shortly after my arrival in Port Sudan, som:e of my old contacts approached me to manage their oceanic ventures. One of them is our friend Yasser, PR manager for the Coral Hotel. He was building a 9 meter motor boat, and wanted me to assist and manage the project.

At first I was reticent to take one a touristic venture.
For three reasons:

• I resent the negative effects of cheap, mass tourism; to a point of aversion on the entire industry.
  
• Somewhere I am afraid to lose the focus on my main mission here in Port Sudan, namely #OPREDSEA and it's goals to help in the sustainable development of Sudan's shoreline and reefs.
• I don't yet have a professional dive team to support my efforts, hence the operational load besides diver education would be on my shoulders.

Besides that one of the items we were missing last year, was the access to the reefs, as we did not have a boat. So by offering dive trips and education, I will at least be able to finance dives on the outside reefs, which I will use to gather data on the reefs.