New Dive Boat!

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KeithBoll
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New Dive Boat!

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Hi!
A few years ago - I dove regularly with Deep Diver (Dale) on a fabulous 15 foot pontoon boat - perfect for diving!
Now - it's my turn to provide the dive boat! I used to have a 27 foot cuddy - but found that too big to trailer to different places (usually just had it moored.)

Now - I have ordered a North River 24 foot Seahawk Hard Top boat for diving (and fishing).
I am looking for a couple of dive buddies to dive with in the Hood Canal area. Some dives will also be in South/Central Puget Sound. I know the Hood Canal dive sites very well: Pulalli Point, Flagpole (my favorite); Elephant Wall; Rosie's Ravine; Pinnacle and more.
These will be weekend (Saturday or Sunday) one day dive trips. One to two passengers at a time. I'm hoping to find one or two folks that would like to join me on a regular basis. I'm an experienced diver - and I love to take time on dives and take pictures.

Feel free to message me if you are interested!
Thanks, Keith
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A guy with a dive boat will get about as much attention as an attractive woman asking people to put sun tan lotion on her back.
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Keith,

Just sent you a DM. Look forward to connecting.

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Wow! That is amazing! Looks gorgeous.

I'll send you a DM as well.

Tom
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Soooo pretty!!!! Can't wait to try it out!!! :)
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Soooo pretty!!!! Can't wait to try it out!!! :)
Live Long And Prosper!!!

Stay Warm underwater with the Weezle Extreme Plus undergarment! Please let me know if you would like to order one or have any questions. :luv: :partydance: :eric: :taco:
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Looks nice!

What electronics are you putting on it? They sure make some fancy sonar/nav units now.

I recently acquired a boat for diving. A 22 ft Osprey. Maybe we can do boat dive swaps. I most likely will have my boat in the south sound and eventually further north like the San Juans and Neah Bay.
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Wow, that's nice!

I'm up in Port Townsend and would love to team up sometime.

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Any plans for Seiku ? or Neah Bay .... send me a PM
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Wow. That is really nice
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Thanks, all, for your interest!
I'll keep each of you that responded up to date on progress as the boat goes "live".

For electronics - the boat will have Garmin FANTOM 18 Radar, my main chart plotter is a Garmin 8610SXV with a GT-51 Transducer.
I am also getting the Garmin auto-pilot setup.
I am looking forward to using the side-scan and other features to better scan out Hood Canal dive sites - and to explore potential new spots.

Thanks,
Keith
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Congrats buddy!

Hi folks, those wanting to jump on anyone’s boat, please take this with a grain of salt coming from a boat owner myself and whom dives off my own boat too. If you commit to diving with that person on a particular day don’t back out at the last minute. A lot of work goes into prepping the boat to go out and if they need a total of three people to go and you back out for a lame reason then it could screw the outing. Owning and running a boat is a lot of work and labor of love for the person running it. Otherwise have lots of fun!! Diving off a personal boat opens up lots of different dives.


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