Groundhog246
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I "think" I'd prefer a dive boat. That said I really haven't done much charter wise yet. My boat diving has been mostly my own sailboat. Getting back aboard is a bit of work (even without scuba gear). I have a new ladder I'm installing for next season that should take care of that. We did one long weekend trip this year, outbound Saturday, dove 2 wrecks Sunday and back home on Monday. We had 3 divers, 2 tanks each. It was probably the most laid back and relaxing weekend of my whole summer. Sure beat 3 hours (or more)driving, dive, 3 hour drive home that many of my dive trips seem to be. Head, galley etc. right there. I didn't set foot on land from Firday eve, till Monday late afternoon. The biggest downside is the relativeley slow speed. The plus side, I put $10 worth of fuel (diesel) in this spring and haven't used all of it yet.
We're looking at buying an inflatable (zodiac) for a tender. I have tried to get back into one when swimming, made reboarding my sailboat feel like a simple task. How the heck do you get back in with scuba gear.
We're looking at buying an inflatable (zodiac) for a tender. I have tried to get back into one when swimming, made reboarding my sailboat feel like a simple task. How the heck do you get back in with scuba gear.