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Ahh yes, that cross eyed look a new diver gets when they show up to the boat with a giant tote holding months of accumulated dive gear... Then it turns into a duffel bag big enough to hold a human... Then a large backpack... and finally, a bucket that can hold your post dive beer.
Yep, that was me nearly two years ago. Although guys are still using these giant duffel bags. Put 4 divers on a small boat with these giant duffels and you now have a cluster.
I try to be a sensible minimalist when I can. And so the big tote was eliminated, the giant duffel was eliminated and then I went to the backpack, which was fine, except I had to clean the dang thing and let it dry for a couple days after a trip. So my solution, the Scuba Gear Bucket with a Beer Holder.
There's really nothing special, except to make this work well you really need a square bucket. They are commonly sold with chlorine tablets or cat litter. I grabbed this bucket for free as someone had it sitting out for trash pick up. The square bucket lets you tuck it somewhere out of the way on the boat. Add a couple bungees to secure it to something.
A $5 boat cup holder console screwed to the side holds your drinks and post dive beer. There's never enough cup holders on a boat. And the little console tray conveniently holds a wrist computer and other small accessories during your surface interval.
I picked up a few waterproof boxes. The large one holds all of my small tools and save a dive kits. The blue one holds a spare reg and transfer whip. The other small clear one on the outside holds my wallet and cell phone. I also vacuum sealed a couple spare hoses. And as you can see, in all, it holds all of my essential gear from a reg set to gloves and everything in between and it takes up no more than a few cubic feet on the boat.
Since all of the tools are in waterproof cases I can simply fill the bucket with water to clean all of my accessories. Drill a few holes in the bottom to allow the water to drain, leave the lid open and a couple days later everything is dry and ready to go for the next trip.
If I can convince other divers to ditch the giant human sized duffel bags we won't be tripping all over everyone's gear.
Now the cross eyed looks I get are, "That's it? That's all you're bringing?"
Yep, that was me nearly two years ago. Although guys are still using these giant duffel bags. Put 4 divers on a small boat with these giant duffels and you now have a cluster.
I try to be a sensible minimalist when I can. And so the big tote was eliminated, the giant duffel was eliminated and then I went to the backpack, which was fine, except I had to clean the dang thing and let it dry for a couple days after a trip. So my solution, the Scuba Gear Bucket with a Beer Holder.
There's really nothing special, except to make this work well you really need a square bucket. They are commonly sold with chlorine tablets or cat litter. I grabbed this bucket for free as someone had it sitting out for trash pick up. The square bucket lets you tuck it somewhere out of the way on the boat. Add a couple bungees to secure it to something.
A $5 boat cup holder console screwed to the side holds your drinks and post dive beer. There's never enough cup holders on a boat. And the little console tray conveniently holds a wrist computer and other small accessories during your surface interval.
I picked up a few waterproof boxes. The large one holds all of my small tools and save a dive kits. The blue one holds a spare reg and transfer whip. The other small clear one on the outside holds my wallet and cell phone. I also vacuum sealed a couple spare hoses. And as you can see, in all, it holds all of my essential gear from a reg set to gloves and everything in between and it takes up no more than a few cubic feet on the boat.
Since all of the tools are in waterproof cases I can simply fill the bucket with water to clean all of my accessories. Drill a few holes in the bottom to allow the water to drain, leave the lid open and a couple days later everything is dry and ready to go for the next trip.
If I can convince other divers to ditch the giant human sized duffel bags we won't be tripping all over everyone's gear.
Now the cross eyed looks I get are, "That's it? That's all you're bringing?"
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