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On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Gregory T. Wright wrote:
> You wanted the facts. . . Here they are!
Gregory, you are definitly not helping here....
> On Saturday, August 30, I was on Darryl Ertel's boat, "Hang Time".
from what you write, I'm glad I was not!
> All weekend we had been having electrical problems.
why does this not sound right?
> Upon completion of the dive, the boat wouldn't start.
could thing nobody got bent....
> Jack Spencer of "Wreck Quest" came out and brought us a
> battery and jump started us.
He had experienced numerous electrical problems and had no backup?
> second dive, with all electrical instruments, including radio, turned
> off to conserve battery power.
SOP I suppose !!!!
> Because it was rough that day, the bouy
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on the water in rough day without reliable electrical system
nor backups....
> I have known Darryl Ertel for several years. He is a very responsible
> diver.
some responsible captain too!
What the hell was that boat doing on the water anyway??? It sounds
like an accident waiting to happen, and it looks like one did.
How can somebody charter to divers, in rough weather, with no
way of being sure that he can start his engin in a snap?
> I know that if he could have gotten the "Hang Time" started, it
> would have been the first boat out of the harbor.
I'm sure anybody would. Given the circonstances the capt has nothing
to be blamed for ... except for being on the water in the first place it
seems.
Can you imagine if the bent diver had been on that boat instead of
the other one...
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