TinmanJones
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Are you a picky boat diver? What types of boats have you dove from? Would you dive from this boat? (not ocean diving. lake diving.)
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Not much room for gear, and reboarding would be a pain.
Arks! Where's the galley and the cook!? Where do I go if I need a pee - or do I just use the large lavatory overboard!?
Just kidding - I wouldn't call myself a picky boat diver but in general I like to dive from larger boats with a bit of comfort - either working or on holiday. Of course I'm at sea for 8 or more hours a day so it's not the same as a small team diving in a lake when you can pootle back to shore for lunch. I've dived from plenty of RIBs but not an ickle motorboat as pictured above. Would I? Probably yes if it was just me and a friend going to see something particular for a single dive, but as TSandM says, not a lot of room and getting back on board would not be the best experience in the world, but no worse than the average RIB. I wouldn't personally want to make it a regular experience though.
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This is one of the boats I have the pleasure of working on... different strokes and all that!
Cheers
C.
That said, I've dived from a 14 foot aluminum "johnboat"