Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
Hey all, Not that I pretend to know much about this, but, having grown up in Portland, ME and in RI, I know lots of guys who dive for shellfish commercially. In RI, they tend to be quahog fishermen, and in my experience, they tend to pretty much know what they're doing. The two bozo's in maine I know who dive urchins scare me - I once asked one how much bottom time he logs on a typical day, and he said: "I dunno, three or four or five tanks worth... I usually go up when I run out, cause I'm too busy to look at my guage. Besides, we're diving shallow, less than 60'." Yikes! No tables (BOTH these guys couldn't calculate their way out of a paper bag), no timer, no worries. Scarier still, one of them had never even HEARD of DAN!!! What I wonder is, a) who certified these guys; and b) why haven't they learned to use tables or bought an idiot box with their great earnings?? I bet that Necrosis will be high with them, and even if they ARE using tables, it is thought that the Navy Tables and others have NDL's WAY too liberal at the shallow depths, i.e., "less than 50'" (see Lipmann). Years of this WILL fuck you up, I'd bet a full set of Performance dive gear on it! My .02 Andrew IANTD 6791 NOAA Working Diver/Drysuit PADI DMC ____"Fool! I am the Fates' lieutenant; I act under orders!" - Ahab___ Andrew L. Brill *abrill@ro*.ge*.du*.ed* Duke University Department of Geology * FAX (919) 681-8228 Prog. for the Study of Developed Shorelines* Durham, NC 27708-0228 *
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]