Owning a Boat

[Swimjim]

I thought I'd start a new thread for this one. For those of you stuck with shore diving, not that theres anything wrong with it, a little food for thought.
I own a boat. I consider it an important piece of dive equipment. I paid the price of a high end BC for it. $900.00. Its not new, not even close, but I've had it for five seasons and it has served me well.
A boat, set up for diving or in my case fishing and diving doesent have to be prohibitively expensive. I'm fortunate enough to live close enough to Lake Michigan I can lanch with a farm tractor. A beater pickup will get you to close boat landings.
If your going out on the big pond you'll need a marine radio, compass, GPS and basic saftey equipment like flares and throwable pfd's.
I guess what I'm trying to get across is before you dismiss the possibility entirely, look around give it a little thought. A boat can really open new horizons. And by the way, take a US Coast guard boating course. It just may save your @@@ someday.

Jim