Thanks guys.
I can't believe I had a thought at one point to spent about a grand less on a PWC. Thanks for talking me out of it Alan. After going to see one and sitting on it I knew it was a waste of time.
Jeeze Don is there anything you don't know Yes there will be an ample supply of tip protectors on board. And the rule is they go on before the gun goes in the boat which means if you're diving with me you have to find a place for it on your person. Ironically a couple of years ago I was very taken aback when asked to do the same thing on this one person's boat but it wasn't an inflatable and wasn't his boat anyways. He wanted it done for safety reasons so no body gets poked. But this is a different situation, some people like to really sharpen their spear points and the day can easily turn into a disaster on an inflatable boat. I plan on making a bunch of tip protectors out of fuel line with a constrictor knot in one end, they're very compact.
Here is my first Cali blue water boat in 1982, a 12' Zodiac GT with 18hp Suzuki, I named her Breathless.
Sorry for the crap disposable cam shots. Here she is 32 miles offshore putting me and a friend on small
local Yellowtail. Later I packed it in my Baja van and crossed the Baja peninasula ( 80miles of no road)
and found some bigger fish. The boat had a motor cycle battery for the VHF, navigation was state of the
art dive compass. My custom transom mounted gun rack held 4 game guns. I had indoor/outdoor carpet panels
sewn to help keep tips and grouper spines from damaging the compartments, I never had a leak.
I'll be using the boat to take my 10 year boy fishing with this spring, but not offshore.
Cheers, Don
PS.... I know yu guy's are going to give me Shite about the Looooong bands on my 7' teak gun, but I had a broken hand from bouncing and it was the only way I could load it.:D it completely lined the big Yellowtail though.