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> >Names written on them can help, and insistence on everyone putting their
> >own up and not sharing gives simple indication of numbers up. This would
> >allow a surface cover crew to act before anyone has surfaced and
> >possibly prevent a loss. We certainly had a death in Scapa which could
> >have been avoided with this sysem.

I like the idea of all divers being on a blob, but you have to take
great care not to get tangled in each others line while hanging,
otherwise you end up with an u/w May Pole (translated - a strange
English dance of chasing each other around a pole holding a bit of rope
attached at the top - normally involves lots of bells & strange
clothing, but I digress!!!)

John - as a skipper, I'm interested to know how much of this you discuss
with the dive team, so you all know what to do if it hits the fan? I
guess as you prodominantly charter your boat for the week, you'll build
up a good relationship with the dive team. I guess my concern is how
understanding/interested/useto a normal day skipper will be at reacting
to the problem or discussing the finer details with the team, so that it
is 100% clear to all & they remember what to do! Yellow means this,
green that, oh and I forgot red!! I've met skippers with some pretty
stuck in their way kind of attitudes!


> Their system
> has a red and green float on a pulley system to indicate to the skipper
> that all divers are on the deco station or that one or more have not
> returned and he should keep an eye out for the divers that did not make
> it back to the shot. 

That's an interesting idea with the green & red buoys. I think I get the
jist but can you elaborate a bit on how it's rigged up and incoporated
with the trapeze?

Cheers
Alex
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