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In-Reply-To: <960211090107_419786861@em*.ma*.ao*.co*> << Gee, let me see. I'm on a dive where the boat roams free and picks up the divers as they surface. During the dive, another diver surfaces severely bent. The boat gets the diver. Boat calls coast guard to evacuate, ETA is 45 minutes, but the boat captain decides that he can take the diver to port in 30 minutes, so off he goes. Yes, abandoning the remaining divers in the water. You surface using your ascent, me using my ascent line. Current is 2 knots. I'm stationary, in the same location that the boat will come back to first. You, out to sea. >> I've lurked here for some time and learned a lot. I don't consider myself a 'technical' diver and wouldn't presume to comment on the majority of threads on here; I'm just a recreational diver who feels he can learn from this forum. OTOH I *do* use a DSMB and I *do* dive regularly in UK waters and what this quote says is bollocks. So let *me* see - you're diving in the middle of the English Channel, a diver comes up bent and the skipper decides to head back to shore to get him in a chamber. Wow! what a great idea. So in an attempt to save 1 diver the skipper decides to leave the 10 or so other divers in one of the busiest stretches of water in the world, and, of course, none of these divers, on surfacing has any idea what the hell is going on (I assume the skipper knows, by some divine message, that there aren't going to be any more bent divers?). *If* the skipper escapes charges it would be the last time he ever took any divers out. You're suggesting *we* live in a dream world :~O. What would happen in the real world is that the bent diver would be put on oxygen, a call would be made to the coastguard and all the other divers would be recalled (you *do* carry a diver recall don't you?). The bent diver would get back to shore via coastguard or dive boat full of divers, whichever could get him there first. You're obviously not watching enough Star Trek <g> - the needs of the one are out-weighed by the needs of the many. And please, don't come back and tell me about all the other divers being down at 300 metres for 2 days and needing loads of deco; and I don't care how many dives you've done over however many years in however many caves. It doesn't alter the basic tenet - a skipper should not abandon divers in the water, whatever the reason. << And if you don't like the scenario with the bent diver, try a boat with an engine that no longer runs. there are plenty of realistic scenarios. >> This, I'll grant you, can be a problem. The only solution, if the divers can't get to the boat, being to call the Coastguard. Flame away <g>. Kevin
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