MrBlenny
Contributor
With Covid wrecking havoc of my destination dives trips I'm seriously looking into getting a boat that can let me do more local dive vacations instead. I'm located in Washington State, so I have the whole Salish Sea and Vancouver B.C. to explore. I'm also doing MOD 1 a year from now, so I will be bringing the pros and cons of a CCR with me at that point.
At the moment I am trying to keep my boat options open, but have the following constraints:
1. Must be trailerable, i.e. less than 10ft wide (ideally legal 8.5ft) and less than 12,000lbs. so my truck doesn't cry.
2. Keeps three adults comfortable for a weeks at a time to prevent murder/mutiny.
3. Hot Shower (see number 2)
4. Good in crappy weather (see number 2 again.)
5. Less then $100,000 USD (I know this puts me in used territory.)
6. Easy diver ingress/egress.
I realize there are many additional considerations, but nobody wants to read an exhaustive wishlist Also, length is open to be determined by other constraints, but 35' seems like a good soft upper-bound. Gas vs. Diesel, Fiberglass vs. Aluminum are things I am still learning about.
So far SeaSport and EagleCraft look like solid performers (EagleCraft loses on price, though), but with so many options out there, I'm curious what you all are using/coveting.
Cheers,
-Michael
At the moment I am trying to keep my boat options open, but have the following constraints:
1. Must be trailerable, i.e. less than 10ft wide (ideally legal 8.5ft) and less than 12,000lbs. so my truck doesn't cry.
2. Keeps three adults comfortable for a weeks at a time to prevent murder/mutiny.
3. Hot Shower (see number 2)
4. Good in crappy weather (see number 2 again.)
5. Less then $100,000 USD (I know this puts me in used territory.)
6. Easy diver ingress/egress.
I realize there are many additional considerations, but nobody wants to read an exhaustive wishlist Also, length is open to be determined by other constraints, but 35' seems like a good soft upper-bound. Gas vs. Diesel, Fiberglass vs. Aluminum are things I am still learning about.
So far SeaSport and EagleCraft look like solid performers (EagleCraft loses on price, though), but with so many options out there, I'm curious what you all are using/coveting.
Cheers,
-Michael