This is a new thread dedicated to getting a plan put together for the first monthly Mo2vation Boat Dive. It started with a discussion in this thread:
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=90930
In this other thread we had talked about doing this with the Sundiver on Saturday, Aug 27, but that "Open Boat" is already booked. I now know which days are more open and we can work from there.
I just got done speaking with Captain Ray Arntz of the Sundiver. I think this is a good choice for trying to put together our first shot at this because most people seem to like his boat and crew and he really wants to help make it easy for us to move in this direction.
I told him that we are trying to put together our first boat trip as a group and don't want to commit to buying out the whole boat until we know how many people will consitently make it month after month.
So, here is what we figured out. We can fill the boat on a day he has it listed as an "Open Boat". Ray will take the reservations and the money, since he's already set up for it. He'll continue to sell spots until it's full. When you mention ScubaBoard, then you are part of our group and we'll get a discount as we get more people, but he'll also continue to fill the boat with non-ScubaBoard members. When it's full, that's it.
Here is the deal NOT including air and food:
From 1 to 9 divers, we'll pay $85 per person.
From 10 to 19 divers, we'll pay $80 per person.
For 20+ divers, we'll pay $75 per person.
I think this is very fair considering that there is no commitment for the number of people we need.
Here are the dates available and how many spots are still open:
Saturday, Sept. 3 - 24 spots still open
Saturday, Sept. 10 - 18 spots still open
Sunday, Sept. 18 - 16 spots still open
While we are going to decide about Sept, we should now talk about Oct. My thought is that we should decide to do the first 2 months on the same boat, since it will take time that I don't think we have now to make decisions and gather info for other boats. Later, we can make decisons for the coming year when we have more time. For the future, I envision us changing locations like we do for the Wrinkles Dives.
Here are the available dates in October:
Saturday, Oct. 1 - Completely open with 26 spots
Sunday, Oct. 23 - Completely open with 26 spots
Saturday, Oct. 29 - Completely open with 26 spots
The Wrinkles dives are on the 2nd Saturday of every month and I'd like to see us do the Mo2vation dive on the 4th Saturday of every month because it keeps them spread out nicely thoughout the month. However, for the first couple of months, I think we just need to take what we can get.
Personally, I'd like to see us go for Sept. 3rd because it allows us to see if we can fill up almost an entire boat our first time out.
All of this is up for discussion. We've got over 6 weeks before the first date above, which give us a little time to discuss it.
So, what are your thoughts?
Christian
http://www.scubaboard.com/showthread.php?t=90930
In this other thread we had talked about doing this with the Sundiver on Saturday, Aug 27, but that "Open Boat" is already booked. I now know which days are more open and we can work from there.
I just got done speaking with Captain Ray Arntz of the Sundiver. I think this is a good choice for trying to put together our first shot at this because most people seem to like his boat and crew and he really wants to help make it easy for us to move in this direction.
I told him that we are trying to put together our first boat trip as a group and don't want to commit to buying out the whole boat until we know how many people will consitently make it month after month.
So, here is what we figured out. We can fill the boat on a day he has it listed as an "Open Boat". Ray will take the reservations and the money, since he's already set up for it. He'll continue to sell spots until it's full. When you mention ScubaBoard, then you are part of our group and we'll get a discount as we get more people, but he'll also continue to fill the boat with non-ScubaBoard members. When it's full, that's it.
Here is the deal NOT including air and food:
From 1 to 9 divers, we'll pay $85 per person.
From 10 to 19 divers, we'll pay $80 per person.
For 20+ divers, we'll pay $75 per person.
I think this is very fair considering that there is no commitment for the number of people we need.
Here are the dates available and how many spots are still open:
Saturday, Sept. 3 - 24 spots still open
Saturday, Sept. 10 - 18 spots still open
Sunday, Sept. 18 - 16 spots still open
While we are going to decide about Sept, we should now talk about Oct. My thought is that we should decide to do the first 2 months on the same boat, since it will take time that I don't think we have now to make decisions and gather info for other boats. Later, we can make decisons for the coming year when we have more time. For the future, I envision us changing locations like we do for the Wrinkles Dives.
Here are the available dates in October:
Saturday, Oct. 1 - Completely open with 26 spots
Sunday, Oct. 23 - Completely open with 26 spots
Saturday, Oct. 29 - Completely open with 26 spots
The Wrinkles dives are on the 2nd Saturday of every month and I'd like to see us do the Mo2vation dive on the 4th Saturday of every month because it keeps them spread out nicely thoughout the month. However, for the first couple of months, I think we just need to take what we can get.
Personally, I'd like to see us go for Sept. 3rd because it allows us to see if we can fill up almost an entire boat our first time out.
All of this is up for discussion. We've got over 6 weeks before the first date above, which give us a little time to discuss it.
So, what are your thoughts?
Christian
