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Hey, I don't put a Captn title in front of my name, you tell me. When you 
go out on a tech dive, what is your plan if a diver gets bent? In 
Whitefish point the plan is to leave all your divers hanging off a sea 
buoy right off a major shipping lane and then (if the engines will start) 
come back and pick up the surviviors.

What happens around here is a nice chopper ride on an nice orange and 
white helicopter, gratis Uncle Sam. The boats don't leave the divers in 
the water. Why this can't happen in bumfuck lake superior is beyond me.

   Jim

On 9/18/97 4:35 PM CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote:

>Jim:
> In part, you wrote:
>>CAPTAIN IS A MORON AND AN IDIOT!
>>
>>What he should have done is not allow decompression diving, or only 
>>allowed 2 divers in the water at a time. WHY DID HE NOT DO THIS? BECAUSE 
>>HE VALUES MONEY MORE THAN THE LIVES OF THE DIVERS.
>
>I am not sure I follow your thinking here.  If the captain puts two divers in
>the water at a time and a diver from the first team starts experiencing
>symptoms of DCS after the second team has descended how have you improved the
>situation? 
>
>You also suggest putting all the divers in the water at the same time on the
>same profile.  I certainly agree that divers diving together should be on the
>same profile.  But as for all the divers going in at the same time - I am not
>sure that it is logistically possible.  It takes from 15 to 30 minutes or
>more to get 6 divers in the water from a small boat.  
>
>How do you manage groups of tech divers on your boat?  I really would like to
>know if you have any practical suggestions.
>
>Good diving to you,
>Dale
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