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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 14:49:24 EDT
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Subject: Re: Captains Dozen Plus

You can still aquire your skills on the boats. You gave a perfect example of
how diving in general & boat diving in particular should be. I wish more
people were bitten by the bug & went out once or twice a week. I run a dive
boat (the John Jack) I dive at least three days a week 4 - 6 dives per week.
some one who only gets in the water for two dives every other week (which
would be considered a very active diver in the N.E. ) can never hope to match
my skill & comfort level. Dive training is necessarry but dive experience is
the most important.

We are NOT discouraging new or skill lacking divers, We do not want to see
anyone get hurt. we would like to see divers do dives that are right for them,
as they build skill & confidence levels. I belive that these skills are built
best in 50 - 100 ft of water with lots of bottom time. I see way too many new
divers jump right into 90 - 130 ft. range. As a consequence they have too
short of a bottom time to build skills and eventually drop out, because they
are uncomfortable. This theory holds true for the diver that walks out of an
advanced class at the quarry, right in to doubles & a dry suit. In diving you
can not buy your way in. It must be EARNED one dive at a time. It seems that
you have taught yourself this lesson, and have done well. Congradulations.
Unfortunatly not every one teaches themselves as well, as a result a lot of
people who may have come to love diving, drop out. We need to get the training
agencys and dive shops to get people diving on a regular basis. not just in
conjunction with another  class. People need to do dives inbetween clasess to
reinforce the skills they were taught, master them,  then, and only then, go
on to another course if they so desire.

This was the way it was in the late 70s & early 80s before the explosion of
PADI (Put Another Dollar In) shool  of diving. advanced training is great. but
it should not be a substitute for diving.

Captain Zero
John Jack
Member E.D.B.A.
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