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We drift with a float and flag whenver the risk of getting lost is in
play, as on the Bahamian reefs and walls on the other side of the
Gulfstream, and the stuff on this side, especially Palm Beach. The ledge
moves way offshore at WPB, and the land turns due north at Jupiter
Inlet, while the Stream and ledge go Northeast for a while.

  We might drift into a wreck without a float, but we release a bag as
soon as we come off. We fist send dwon a hook with a ball, so that
markes one end of the range, and the time and speed makr the other.

  One big problem is that the surface current is usually much faster
North than the bottom current, and frequently there is a shear at 150 to
NO current, so the boat looks too far away if you do not send somebody
up to tell them about the shear - that is usually my job, since I am not
a deco terrifed weenie, and will go talk to them and then go back to the
wreck.

  This is Open Water One obvious stuff, but then one would think that
such things as planning a drift dive two hours before it gets dark in a
three knot current off of WPB would seem a little on the idiotic side ,
too, but then we have the results of that stupidity for all to see right
now.

   As usual, the "Navy Seal" step aside for the experts have all the
ansers, and we don't konw jack.

KybrSose wrote:
> 
> Mr. Irvine,
> 
>  As you probably know up north the preferred method is for a boat to anchor to
> a site. Drift diving is seen as a southern phenonenon or as the result of a
> cluster(i.e. floating away from the Wahoo).
> 
>  Perhaps this would be a good time for you to provide some insight as to the
> particlur methods used to drift dive right as opposed to drift diving as most
> Florida divers might.
> 
> You have made reference to the use of steel tanks while diving wet and to the
> lack of a float ball. The tank thing I get, while the float ball reference is
> more obscure.
> 
> Would there be lines involved? wieghted or not? connected to the boat or not?
> 
> I think you can see the general area I am driving in. Please feel free to
> respond as time permits;obiviously search and rescue/recovery has priority at
> this point but I would still be interested in your response even if after many
> days or weeks.
> 
> respectfully(cheers seems inappropriate)
> 
> Al Marvelli    aka  KybrSose@ao*.co*
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