Introducing our Sun Dancer Crew
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Captain: Mike Tougas
Mike is originally from Minnesota. After spending 16 years in the photo
retouching business, he decided he needed a change. He set sail on his boat from Minnesota through the Great Lakes and down to the Florida Keys. Upon reaching the Keys, Mike took a job as captain on a live aboard vessel in Palau, Micronesia for a year and a half. After leaving Palau, he started working with the Peter Hughes company as a captain onboard the flagship Sundancer II in Belize. Whenever home visiting, Mike enjoys spending time with his Dad hunting and fishing. His other passions are
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Instructor/Hostess
Anne-Marie McNeil
Anne-Marie is from the quiet town of Runaway Bay in Jamaica,
and has now made beautiful Belize her home. She joined the crew
of Sun Dancer II in June of 2006. While this is her first live-aboard
experience, she has been a scuba instructor for the last eleven
years. For eight of those years, she managed dive operations
at all-inclusive hotels in Jamaica and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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Dive Master: John Garraway
John was born in St Vincent and The Grenadines, but now calls Belize home. He spent 8 years in the merchant marine before settling in Punta Gorda (PG) in southern Belize 20 years ago. John has worked as a Divemaster on liveaboards for the past 15 years. |
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Instructor:
Elsie Turia
Born and raised in Papua New Guinea, Elsie joins the Sun Dancer II team
after having served as an instructor on board the M/V Star Dancer for
several years. She was excited to be invited to join the Sun Dancer II
crew and for the oporuntiy to begin exploring a new ocean on the
opposite side of the world.
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Engineer/Divemaster:
Ferdinand Arganda (Ferdie)
Ferdie was born in the Philippines and has lived all over the
South Pacific. He managed a small business in Palau for 12 years
and was shore Engineer for Sun Dancer II when she was in Palau
for 4 years. At present he is the Chief Engineer on board here
in Belize. Ferdi holds his 2nd Marine Engineer Officer License,
unlimited tons. Along with his engineering duties, Ferdie loves
to lead dives as one of the boat's Divemasters. |
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Chef: Jerry Carcamo
Jerry hails from the beautiful bay of Corozal in northern Belize.
He has been working on liveaboards since 1995 with various positions
of assistant chef, Steward and now Head Chef. He has been with
the Dancer Fleet for 8 years spending time on both Wind Dancer
and Sun Dancer II.
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Chef/Chef's Assistant: Carlos Solar
Carlos was born in San Ignacio, nestled in the mountains of
southwestern Belize. Before becoming a crew member on Sun Dancer II in
November of 2004, he ran his own restaurant in Belize City for six years.
He also has ten years of previous experience as a chef for smaller charter
vessels.
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Chef's Assistant: Barbara Anderson
Barbara is from the "Sugar City" in the north of Belize known
as Orange Walk Town. She has been working on dive liveaboards
for the past 16 years as both Assistant Chef and Stewardess.
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Stewardess/Chef's Assistant:
Jean Berry
Jean is from the quiet village of Crooked Tree, north of Belize
City. She is the longest standing crew member, having worked
with Peter Hughes Diving for the last fifteen years on our Belize
based vessels. Her previous work experience has been in the
food service industry.
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Stewardess: Elia Daniels
Although Elia was born in Belize City, she calls the village
of Stanhill Maxboro "home." She has been a crew member on Sun
Dancer II since August of 2003, and has ten years of prior experience
in customer service in the food supply industry.
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Temporary crew may be hired from time to time to assist when certain members of our permanent crew are off the vessel on their well earned vacations.
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