Taking friends diving SOUNDS great...the reality is you do all the work, and pretty soon you get sick of their fat lazy asses, lol :cool2:
So...do you really want to pay another ten grand per linear foot, so they can all be comfy?
I had this one friend complain about how our boat was not safe in rough seas, climbing up between the props...you hear that stuff a few times and you see your house disappear before your eyes, and your inner circle of who you really want to take gets pretty small.
I've had divers tell me I should have 02 on my boat...it's just a different world, vet people very carefully, especially if you are a divemaster or a medical person, etc. People very innocently expect you to be responsible for them..
In some ways, smaller is more luxurious..like cars...you wanna drive everybody's kids in the mini-van or hop in the two seater and say "sorry, no room?"