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From: "A.Appleyard" <A.APPLEYARD@fs*.mt*.um*.ac*.uk*>
To: techdiver@terra.net
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 08:25:43 GMT
Subject: pangas, a rebreather, helirigs (was: Flares, whistles, etc.)

  HeyyDude@ao*.co* wrote (Subject: Re: Flares, whistles, etc.):-

> Of course, in the Solomons, seven of us surfaced after a very long deep dive
> to find that the kid on the panga had decided to go fishing around an island
> about a mile away, and had fallen asleep in the process ...

  What is a panga? The only word `panga' that I know means a big African
jungle-slashing knife (alias machete). I am sorry to be pointed, but please
explain words that people who haven't been there may not know.

> In the Galapagos ... Underwater, the dive master was more concerned about my
> partner, John, who was about 140' deep and issuing forth no bubbles (he was
> on a re-breather).

  What sort and make of rebreather?

> I don't care if it is flares, dive alerts, sausages, or a portable Jet-Ski -

One thing that would be very handy for small boats up to inshore fishing boat
size would be a helicopter motor and rotor with a parachute harness for a man
to wear it on his back to fly away from the boat. Such things are possible; I
heard of Bell Helicopters (a USA firm) experimenting with one. It could be
tucked into a small corner among gear, and would be very useful.

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