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I don't know what you are disagreeing with. Facts are facts. They left an open water class in the open ocean. I would hope that they don't do that all the time and that this was an isolated incident - but it happened and was a very irresponsible thing to do. This is OW stuff, not cave. Let's leave it off the list from now on. -Erik Charles Badoian wrote: > > 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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