tmassey
Contributor
Can someone, anyone explain how a business that consists of a captain who owns a small sixpack boat, will lose money by taking a diver who will pay around $100 for a two tank dive, on an excursion perhaps 2 miles outside of the inlet where the boat is docked?
Or is it a matter of, the captain/owner can't be bothered for such a trivial sum even though his gas and operating costs for that short trip are more than covered.
I’ll try.
Never owned a boat. Don’t know what they cost, nor what the fuel costs. I know both are substantial. But I can ignore them and still know going out for $100 is a bad idea.
Assume 15 minutes to load. 15 minutes to get to the site. 60 minutes for first dive: gearing up, diving, getting back on. 45 minute surface interval. 60 minutes for second dive. 15 minutes back. 15 minutes to unload. 15 minutes to clean the boat. 4.5 hours, and my times are short.
Taxes (remember those?) will take 1/3 of the money. We’re at $66. Divide that by 4.5 hours and that’s less than $15 an hour.
And I didn’t include fuel, snacks, boat maintenance, overhead or anything else.
I’m amazed when they go out with four...