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Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 16:12:04 -0500
From: "G. Irvine" <gmirvine@sa*.ne*>
Organization: Woodville Karst Plain Project
To: CHK BOONE <CHKBOONE@ao*.co*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Float balls
Chuck, doing  wreck dive in a current that will pull down a ball of that
size is sheer stupidity.

We have been diving these wrecks down here for years, long before any of
the current strokes were doing it, and we have had no problems.

We have been drift diving in deep water for years here. We do the wrecks
that nobody esle can get near, and we do it right. We drift the Bahama
Banks with no problem. We drift the Bahamian walls in the Gulf Stream
with no problem.

Not taking a drift ball in Palm Beach is as stupid as it gets, and if
you don't believe that, let me send you a copy of the front page of the
local papers that reads "THREE FEARED DEAD". 

The last time I shot in Palm Beach, Volker was with me, and Jan Ebert (
a girl) pulled the ball swimming at 220 on the ledge ( so Dan and I
could shoot). 

CHK BOONE wrote:
> 
> All,
> 
> Last trip to Pompano I slept past the alarm and missed a dive with my buddies
> on the Lowrance where they ascended to a 2 1/2 ft diameter float that had been
> pulled down to 130 feet by the current.   They simply passed it by and shot
> bags.   Really would have been neet on video - sorry I missed that one.
> 
> Chuck Boone
> 
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