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>I Do. Don't you count the number of rows the nearest exit? > Nope, I am tall and always request the emergency row seats. >If I hired a boat to get me to the site, I expect the boat to be there >when I surface. 40 miles out in the >Gulf is a long way to swim thinking about my common sense and abilities. >Also, do not dwell on death >just before diving. Visualize a good dive, but have a solid backup plan in >case of emergency. With all you have to worry about doing a deep dive, the boat being there does not even factor in. Who the heck do you dive with, anyway, having to have such worries? >To live in fear or to advocate fear is not only dumb, but eventually self >defeating! Disseminate >Knowledge, not fear! If you don't get a little nervous about diving after reading about or seeing oxtox, bends, narcosis, embolisms, etc. etc. I do believe you have taken up the wrong sport. >>Not enough information is >>provided to the budding diver as to the manifold hazards associated with >>diving. > >If you mean crossover manifold, the only hazard is someone else touching >mine. Otherwise... huh? Sorry I meant "manyfold" which means "by many times." >The bottom line is: >When you put your dollar on the counter, you are supposed to be purchasing >a service the retail operation >is reasonably qualified to provide. Furthermore, if the service includes >any equipment, it should be >reasonably maintained and ready for use. So you're telling me you would go out on a decrepid dive boat, rent crappy equipment, get yourself all fucked up then sue everyone in sight? Wow, what a dive plan! >In Win's case, there happened to be a supposedly qualified person on board >the boat called THE CAPTAIN. >His job (as his license states) is to provide the customers with a safe >and enjoyable service. If it can >be demonstrated that the captain did not follow proper protocol or acted >improperly, then the blame rests >with him. Conversely, if it can demonstrated that Win did not act in a >safe and reasonable manner or did >not follow the captain's instructions, than the blame rests with Win. > >However, from the short time that I knew Win, I would GUESS that THE >CAPTAIN acted improperly NOT Win! > You are supposing. OK, lets suppose that Win had dove with this boat many times. They are doing a drift decom, so the boat has to power up to pickup divers. Win has done this hundreds of times, he's used to seeing and hearing a whirling prop. Too used. He makes his approach without making eye contact with the skipper like he normally does because he knows the routine. An errant wave screws up his normally perfect approach to the dive ladders. Splat. Time to sue the captain, right? > DIVSERSe Technologies, Inc. > Diverse@po*.ga*.ne* > http://www.DiveVoyager.com >-
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