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Erik, I must diasgree. Everytime I have been out with Jim and his crew it has been top notch. I hope that your one experience will not turn people away from an otherwise top notch dive operation. -Charles charles@vi*.co* -----Original Message----- From: Erik C. Schmidt [mailto:cavedivr@uf*.ed*] Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 11:59 AM To: Dan Volker Cc: Randylabel@ao*.co*; cavers@cavers.com Subject: Re: diving the Princess Anne Sorry guys, but I have to speak out against Abernathy's... First of all, (it must have been one of his larger boats) there must have been 30 people on the boat. There was no room to breathe much less set up gear. We were told that since they had tanks and fills on board we were NOT ALLOWED to bring our own tanks on board. Even though we (myself and my group of certified divers) already had our own nitrox mixed and analyzed, we had to pay a higher price to use their tanks because they would not allow ours on board. I was teaching an Open Water class of seven students on this trip. On our second dive (the students second dive - EVER) the boat left us in the water. We surfaced after our dive and the boat was gone. I spent the next 15 minutes explaining to my students that this was normal (to prevent panic) before the boat did a head count and came back for us. Not too cool... I will never dive with them again, and I recommend that others don't either. -Erik Dan Volker wrote: > > Go with Jim Abernethy Dive Adventures. Most enjoybale will be if you want to > spend a few extra dollars and go on his boat called tranquility--a boat > which could easily hold 18 divers, but he limits to 6. > This allows you more freedom to get exactly what you want out of each dive. > > I believe its about $55 on Tranquility, and on his larger boats, (18 to 24 > divers) he charges more like $45, and this includes air and tanks ( which he > pumps on the boat). Nitrox is also availble on his boat. > His e-mail is jasa@ga*.ne* > Dan Volker > > -----Original Message----- > From: Randylabel@ao*.co* [mailto:Randylabel@ao*.co*] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 6:54 AM > To: cavers@cavers.com > Subject: diving the Princess Anne > > to all, > We (6-10 people) are planning to dive the Prinncess Anne out of West Palm > Beach on March 19th and 20th and again in April and we need some > information. > First and foremost is a dive boat, either a charter or price per ticket. > Second is a room for a night, cheaper the better. The thought of staying at > Dickerson State Park has crossed our minds, does anybody have a phone > number? > > Thanks in advance, > Randy LaBelle
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