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Will, you obviously have never been to Florida - why do you think we are all Masters swimmers - it is not to stay in shape, but to get back to shore. Janet deals with the worst idiots, strokes, big mouths and deep-air-diving blowhards in diving ( New England wreck divers and wannabe NE Wreck Divers), so it is amazing that she operates without a morgue on board. The fact is that you are a wealthy guy and should be chartering the whole boat with your friends and preventing this, not complaining about it. I have been diving with Janet and Hank - they don't get any nicer than these two - charter their boat and take your pals. Will, anyplace you go you will need to insist on "stroke-free" diving. It is the strokes who cause the problems, not a long time pro like Beiser. In Ft Lauderdale we have the Monday Morning Body Count in the Sun Sentinal - the better the weather, the bigger the count. William M. Smithers wrote: > > Janet, > > This is good advice, but your dive boat still has the > single worst safety record of any in the NorthEast. > > (check the Coast Guard records). > > Let's see now, I think it was *twice* this summer > that I heard over the radio "Wahoo, wahoo, we have > one of your divers". > > I'm not even going to mention the time a couple years > back that you guys forgot to do a head count and left > a guy hanging on a bouy miles out to sea. Oh, nevermind, > I guess I just did. > > That said, I'm sure you have taken measures to make sure this > matter gets cleaned up. Would you care to detail them for > the techdiving public? > > -Will > > On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, janet bieser wrote: > > > eric, > > > > one of the most important things is to make sure you can comfortably > > preform your decompression stops at the end of your dive when your air > > tanks are relatively empty and more buoyant . If you are too buoyant to > > decompress you will be miserable and struggling to stay down may mess up > > your decompression , and will increase your gas consumption .All those > > huge lungs fulls of air as you struggle just makes you more bouyant and > > aggravates the situation. > > you want to be able to keep enough air or argon in the dry suit so you > > stay warm . the whole point to having a dry suit is the insulation from > > the cold water that the gas in the suit gives you . the more "fluffed up" > > you are the warmer you will stay ......but you have to balance the need > > to swim against the maximum inflation of the suit . how bulky do you want > > to be ? all that air needs lead or steel back plates, tanks and light > > battery packs to drag it down . > > In the real world everyone dives slightly overweigted so that they can > > be certain they have enough negativeness to decompress and keep a good > > amount of air in their suit . you compensate for the extra weight at the > > start of the dive by adding air to your buoyancy compensator and to your > > suit . dump air from the buoyancy compensator as the tanks get lighter . > > keep as much gas in the suit as is comfortable to swim with and keep warm > > > > It takes some practice to avoid filling up your feet with air and > > getting dragged to the surface be careful , you may need to buy new finns > > to fit over your dry suit boots , you may want to use ankle weights as > > part of the additional weight especially at first to help prevent the > > blown up feet syndrome . practice somewhere safe . good luck > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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