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> > I agree with Rod Farb 100% on this. When I said "diving" , I meant as in > caused by the diving. > > I don't know the details either, but it sounds like one of those deals where > the boat runs up on a target, throws the hook, and then backs away from it, or > where the engines are used in reverse to stop the forward movement of the boat. > > In any event, the engines need to be turned off . If it is too rough to turn > the enines off, it is too rough to dive. If the engines won't restart easily, we > are back to rule number one. -G > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. Most if not all engines come fitted with a gearbox, typically with at least three gears - forward, neutral and reverse. Engines not restarting is only a problem if you're diving dead boat rather than live. Seas get undivable well before using neutral for the brief periods of time. I know nothing of this accident, but a useful generalisation on this sort of thing is that someone, somewhere, could have stopped it by by being somewhere else or doing something else. The only problem is where and upon how many people that responsibility lies. If we screw around diving, we're the divers, it's our can to carry. In boats, there are ways of doing things properly and we have no excuse not to do things right. Or have I heard that before? Seamanship is not even a new skill like recreational trimix. It's as old as turning tricks so there really are *no* excuses. IME divers are some of the worst people around in small boats. Jason
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