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cobber@mi*.co* wrote:
>Coasties: "Leave your diver and head into shore"

>Incorrect responce: "Duuuuuuh, OK"

>Correct responce: "F*** you, Coasties, I gotta diver in the water, get
>your lazy asses in that f***ing helicopter, which I paid for with my hard
>earned tax dollars, and do your f***ing job"
(expletives deleted)

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).

If you try to do it at anchor, then the down draft from the helo just keeps
blowing
the boat around the anchor line.

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...

Cobber:  What was the flight time from the nearest operational SAR
helicopter?  ;-)

Safe Diving,

Wrolf


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