Extended Horizons History- Who are we?
We've been around for over 23 YEARS and offer the highest quality dive trips that can be found departing from Maui's west side. Extended Horizons was established on Maui in 1983 By Erik Stein with 2 sets of dive gear and a lot of youthful energy. After teaching off the beach for 3 years business expanded to our first boat "Extended Horizons". Purchased in 1986 it ran almost daily to Lanai for 8 years. After 11 years of hard work and vast experience in boating it occurred to Erik that the only way to afford to stay in business was to grow a little. After a lot of legwork, and homework raising the capital and designing the new boat in tandem, we finally retired Extended Horizons 1 in June of 1994 to make way for "Extended Horizons ll". Built specifically to our design, dedicated to diving she has quickly become the standard to which the other dive companies here aspire to. She was built in Edmonds Washington by Munson Boat Builders. She has a 36' length and 10' beam. She is roomy and well laid out, plenty of deck space for stowing gear and gearing up. Then in 2006 We RePowered with cutting edge modern Diesels. At 310HP each and turbocharged these engines make Extended Horizons the fastest dive boat to Lanai. She has the speed and power to carry a full load of divers to Lanai in under 30 minutes. These new diesel engines are being run on 100% BIODIESEL made from recycled cooking oil. Almost smokeless and fumeless . She is Coast Guard certified and rated for 21 passengers BUT with a captain and dive crew of two we carry only 13 passengers, and then always dive in two small groups, each separately guided by our professional naturalist guides. The shine in the custom design really shows in the amenities: a fresh water system for rinsing off or rinsing cameras and dive gear, marine head, and canvas sun cover, rack storage for gear, dive platform, and two side dive doors and rear ladders for easy entry. When we say she is a standard to which others aspire, we mean Extended Horizons was a trend setter in 1994 with this boat. In 1997 no less than 5 dive boats have tried to copy our formula. Though our success in our business is in part due to our great boat it really reflects our knowledgeable and helpful staff. Our staff can't be copied though and this is why our clients come back year after year. Come and dive with us and see for yourself!
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