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On 9/16/97 9:23 AM Wrolf.Courtney@do*.co* wrote: >Hmmm..... > >But to get the bent diver into the helo you have to drop the anchor line >anyway. > >My recollection is that you have to be running at 15 knots, with the wind >on either >the port or starboard quarter. (Coasties, Navy, and boat captains who have >exercised this drill please correct). Your recollection is faulty. If this was the case, how do they rescue off of broken down boats? >If you try to do it at anchor, then the down draft from the helo just keeps >blowing >the boat around the anchor line. Pure BS >I'm sure that everyone understood that you would not in fact use that >language on the >air, especially to the Coastguard, especially in an emergency. Your >license, your >boat's inspection, and your butt would be toast. And you get labelled as >panicking... You haven't been around much, have you? >Cobber: What was the flight time from the nearest operational SAR >helicopter? ;-) Irrelevent. You don't leave divers in the water. OK, Mr. know-it-all. If it was YOUR butt left hanging, you would have no problems with this, hay? Think about it. There you are, 20' under and the whine of the props fade into the distance. You start feeling a little dizzy. A bit of nausea starts creeping up your gut. Geee, it's awful quite out here, all alone. I can't wait for my next dive to volunteer to be left behind... Is that an air leak I hear? Man, I think those breakfast burritos are starting to stir... Wonder if they remembered I'm out here... But I'm prepared, I have my snorkle! Yeah, right. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send list subscription requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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