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On Thu, 12 May 1994, Alan Wright wrote:

> You place scuba sets at strategic places around the dive site - probably at
> the max depth. The snorkellers then do their normal thing except that instead
> of going back to the surface for a breath they can get a quick "refill" off
> any of the cylinders on the bottom.


What the hell are you talking about? "SNUBA" is a brand name of a battery 
powered surface supplied hookah rig. They also had a hookah rig that used 
a standard cylinder of compressed air. 


> The main danger of this is that the snorkeller will do a breath-hold ascent
> after breathing from a scuba set at depth.

Yeah, no joke, pal. Are you crazy? Do you think someone would actually 
sell this sort of system? Divers swimming around holding compressed air 
in their lungs, that is crazy.

Dan Nafe, Author of Recreational Surface Supplied Diver Course 1990.
	  Chief Instructor, Browinies Third Lung (Surface Supplied Diving 
	  Equipment Manufacturer), Ft Lauderdale, FL 1989-1992

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