2820 owner since 2006

[Trailer Parker]

Hi, I bought my 2820 new in 2006 and set it up for diving. I'm based out of the Destin Harbor in Florida but I move the boat between there and the Florida Keys. I've added a lot of custom aluminum to the boat most specifically for diving and some dual purpose. The Cobia Tower has a full controls, chairs, buggy Bimini, and 1/4 deck Bimini useful for fishing and keeping track of divers bubbles. For diving I've added a dive ladder with a platform, a T rail over the engines and center cockpit bench that holds 4 tanks and five spear guns. The navigation is all Furuno, NaveNet TZ touch, auto pilot and VHF radio.


Dave

 

[Trailer Parker]

Photo of the boat on the lift.

 

[sbieleck]

Dave,
I would love to see more pictures of your setup. Especially the ladder for the tower. I have been trying to figure out the best way to do mine. I also do a lot of diving.

 

[Trailer Parker]

I'll try to take some up close pix of the ladder for the tower.

Here's some pix of the dive ladder.

 

[Trailer Parker]

Ladder down

 

[Trailer Parker]

Another view of the ladder

 

[Trailer Parker]

Dive bench

 

[Trailer Parker]

Spear gun holder

 

[DaleH]

I edited your posts and fixed the orientation of the pictures ... Nice setup!

 

[Surface Interval]

Trailer Parker,

Great setup that's awesome, that dive ladder most be breeze to get out of the water with. All, I have is a six tank rack (3 on each side) and a six tank holder in the middle. I had a six pack the day I took the picture all with 100cu tanks(12 tanks, 6 divers and myself). Parkers are great dive boats, but you also need the HP to push all that weight. That's the only reason, I got the 28 and not a 25.

 

[sbieleck]

Really nice setup. The ladder is awesome! The 28' really gives you a lot of room.

 

[Trailer Parker]

Surface Interval:

I'll be in key Largo this winter, not sure when. Hope to see you out if I go that far north.


I think of the Parkers as a blank canvas. I'm pretty exited to see that there is a forum just for Parkers that's not ran by the manufacture. I'm planning on posting more since the cold fronts are going to be moving through.