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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:31:17 -0400
From: George Irvine <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: Woodville Karst Plain Project
To: Paul Pretorius <paul1@ml*.em*.co*.za*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Scooters
Paul, I can make you scooters by next month, so long as you do not show
them to Bill Stone until after his "permit" expires. If you can buy the
batteries there, it will be about 500 for overnight shipping. 



Paul Pretorius wrote:
> 
> Here in South Africa we have not had a lot of reason to use scooters in
> caves. There is however an opportunity to do a dive that to be useful will
> require scooters. There are a couple of problems. The bulk of the dive will
> be at 100 mfw plus (330 ffw) and we need to do the dives before November.
> 
> This means the scooters have to be ex stock and here in SA by Septmber so
> we can spend a bit of time getting used to them. I would guess that this
> precludes the WKPP scooters George?
> 
> Any suggestions ? Could the Oceanic be modified to go beyond the 55 m
> rating and would it tow a diver with 4 or 5 tanks ? If we look at Farallons
> or UALs, which model, what type of price, and what kind of lead in time are
> we looking at ?
> 
> Locally all that is available is the Oceanic and the Scubapro and I think
> they would be special orders rather than off the shelf.
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> Paul
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