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...Some islands are six to seven hours away, which raises the price even more. Even the local six packs charge close to that for mainland diving. It's an expensive hobby in California.
.... Once every year or 2 I wish I could have a bigger boat to fit 6 divers instead of a maximum of 4, but that feeling passes real quick. Even when we would welcome a diver or two, the few friends we have are not available as often as we like to dive.
Let me know when you want to dust it off and take it outI have a 15.5 ft Avon inflatable with a 40 HP outboard. It is cramped with 4 divers with 2 tanks each but workable. I have had 4 divers and a pilot but we only had 1 tank each on that trip. Normally we dive 2 people at a time while the other 2 gear up which makes things easier. The large tubes on the Avon make it very stable.