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lloyd_borrett

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G'day,

Back in March 2011, I purchased a second hand dive boat. I spent the next 9 months getting it setup to my liking before doing some diving from it over the summer. Then I went into house selling and buying and moving mode this year. Now that summer is approaching I'm looking to get back out on the water and do some diving from my boat.

I still have an awful lot to learn about all things to do with dive boats. I'm still struggling with getting my head around how to properly use the Lowrance GPS, sonar and structure scan. But it's fun learning.

You can check out details about my boat and gear setup online at Lloyd Borrett - Interests - Scuba Diving - Dive Boat

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.
 
Nice boat, glad to see another small craft skipper and boat diver. Most people say dive boat and confuse that with a 46 foot diesel commercial charter. Imagine, diving from a 17 foot boat, you mean you can do that and you "drive" it too? Love your boat, never heard of it but nonetheless, hope you have fun.

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Thanks Nemrod,

Mine is an old boat. It's been used as a dive boat through two previous owners in our dive club. When it became available, I purchased it because I'd already been diving from it and liked it.

This particular model of boat - Haines Hunter V17L - was extremely popular in its day. At one time there were more than ten people in our dive club with them.

Best regards, Lloyd Borrett.
 
I like your ladder -- that looks pretty easy to climb. We haven't figured out how to get one on our boat.

I saw the title of the thread, and thought your experience was going to mirror ours -- we figure every single time we've taken our boat out to dive off it, it's cost us in the neighborhood of $1000. Ended up making charter fees look pretty reasonable :)
 
Having exclusively dove off my own boat for quite some time, I will second the statement that either someone else's private boat or a charter is the best option. Enjoy.
 
I've been diving out of this little gem for 20+ years It's a 19' Regal Sebring though On the Lake I now prefer the 24' Pontoon boat. The Regal is real tight quarters for 3 divers in the cold waters of the northeast.

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I like your ladder -- that looks pretty easy to climb. We haven't figured out how to get one on our boat.

The dive ladder was a Christmas present to my partner Cheryl last year. There was a very small dive platform on the boat that she just couldn't manage, so it was replaced with the dive ladder. Took the boat into a specialist marine fabricator, briefed him and let him do his thing. Great results.

All of the old guys in the dive club who used to have this model dive boat have commented on just how well the ladder works compared to what they used to do.

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I've been diving out of this little gem for 20+ years It's a 19' Regal Sebring though

That's a very nice looking boat. It looks quite similar to the original Haines Hunter range of boats that my V17L is from. Haines also did 19 and 21 foot models that were also very popular. But I would have needed a 4WD to be able to tow boats that big.

Right now I seem to be able to handle towing the 17 footer with my 6 cylinder family car.
 
Nice boat and settup!!

I dive from my boat and now hardly ever charter - unless Im traveling.

I strongly prefer to dive my boat!!

 

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I've just recently been diving from my boat and I've learned a few things so far:
1) someone stays on the boat when the divers are down, no exceptions
2) the fog may come back..."can you see the boat?" :)
3) the more anchor scope the better.
4) any "minor" engine issue is a no go, until it is fixed
 
I've just recently been diving from my boat and I've learned a few things so far:
1) someone stays on the boat when the divers are down, no exceptions
2) the fog may come back..."can you see the boat?" :)
3) the more anchor scope the better.
4) any "minor" engine issue is a no go, until it is fixed

On my boat, it's someone with a boat licence who can properly run the boat has to be on the boat.

Got caught in the fog on another guys boat. We both learnt that day that it is smart to have start and finish the marks programmed into the GPS so that you can find your way back through a dangerous crossing.

I wouldn't put a diver down in fog, even if they had a Nautilus Lifeline.
 
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