hum, ive been diving off of a rib and we had 20 sometimes more people on it and it was okay. everybody sat in the tubes and the tanks were in the middle.
pontoons are too slow, big, heavy and would be much harder to store int he garage.
heres the exact boat ive been diving off of
GOMMORIZZO - Modello 7.50
its 24.6 ft, so if that for 20 people each one gets 1.23 ft of tube
a 17.5 ft boat for 10 is 1.75 ft of tube each.
if you look at the center picture it shows the boat from above and the tank rack, and the bottom left shows it full of divers with room to spare.
the way it worked was everyone set up a tank before boarding and then that and the 2nd tank went into the rack and got bungied down. weights under feet and fins in the fin box with mask in one of the foot pockets.
sure there wasnt room to dance but it was perfect and comfortable for longer rides then the lakes would really allow.
also a pontoon on a river would be like taking a mobile home to the drag races i would think.
pontoons are too slow, big, heavy and would be much harder to store int he garage.
heres the exact boat ive been diving off of
GOMMORIZZO - Modello 7.50
its 24.6 ft, so if that for 20 people each one gets 1.23 ft of tube
a 17.5 ft boat for 10 is 1.75 ft of tube each.
if you look at the center picture it shows the boat from above and the tank rack, and the bottom left shows it full of divers with room to spare.
the way it worked was everyone set up a tank before boarding and then that and the 2nd tank went into the rack and got bungied down. weights under feet and fins in the fin box with mask in one of the foot pockets.
sure there wasnt room to dance but it was perfect and comfortable for longer rides then the lakes would really allow.
also a pontoon on a river would be like taking a mobile home to the drag races i would think.