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Art, We have a kayak that we have been using as a chase boat, its called the Schmuckfetcher. 12 feet long and bright orange, you can wave the paddle over your head for a bigger radar signature. Bottom line is if the big boys are that close and you let the divers get that far away from you, they are seafood salad. We try to get to the problem before its a problem We run it out with a line attached, it can hover over bubbles and drop sinkers, or tie onto a float/bag. m.We also try to schedule the dives around the shipping schedule and the tides, makes life easier. Of course we also dont usually have customers doing deep long decos, as we consider the ocean to be a hazardous place. Get in, have fun and get out. Last guy we had with tripples and a jersey reel couldnt walk up the ladder with his crap, we had to use the gin pole and hoist to get him aboard, it was like launching Nautile. And we busted his balls worse than G ever could. He was actually selling gear at the dock. You dont need all that crap to dive, even up here. Period. regards, Al Marvelli Paltz, Art wrote: > I think you guys are missing the point. Drift diving with or without a buoy > is very dangerous. Heck, leaving the other divers on a ball is dangerous > when you are chasing the other divers. If you had a chase boat maybe this > is an option but I don't see how you're going to drag the drifting divers > back to the main boat? Having them drifting in a major shipping lane with > or without a chase boat is very dangerous. It's much safer to have the > divers use proper equipment and a strong enough up-line to tie off to the > wreck and support the divers. Like I said before, if a container ship can > run into a light tower siting up 150 feet, you think they are going to see > and steer around a float ball, lift bag or little chase boat? Your best > option is to stay close to the boat. Maybe the ship will see the dive boat > or can be called on the radio. By the time an 800 foot container traveling > at 18 knots saw a float ball it would be too late to turn the ship. I > really don't think the container ships sit there and scan the water with > binoculars miles in front of themselves looking for a float ball. They rely > on their radar and if they are looking at it will steer to avoid a moored > dive boat. > > A chase boat is a wonderful thing but I don't understand how you tow them > back to the dive boat? If you were doing a drift dive and the boat was > following all the float balls, this is a very different situation. I have > done this and although I don't like it, it's very effective for this type of > diving. I don't think it works well in a 2 knot current with a moored dive > boat. Being dragged at 2 knots against a 2 knot current back to the dive > boat is not my idea of an enjoyable deco hang. > > Art. > > -----Original Message----- > From: kirvine@sa*.ne* [mailto:kirvine@sa*.ne*] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 8:56 AM > To: Scaleworks@ao*.co* > Cc: ststev@un*.co*; Paltz, Art; > techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Re: Jersey Up Line > > Release and put a buoy on the drifters, go back and stand by > the main > line. Those on the main line should have already been > checked for > problems. If you could get these guys to coordinate, > everyone could > drift when the current is moving, and everyone could sit > when it is not. > > Scaleworks@ao*.co* wrote: > > > > In a message dated 99-08-27 06:18:21 EDT, > kirvine@sa*.ne* writes: > > > > << The main boat needs to be free > > from the wreck line, or releasable with a pelican, like > the tuna > > fishermen use when they get a big one on chumming.>> > > > > Standard on the boat I frequent most, Captain Janet can be > off the mooring in > > seconds. Should the dive boat chase down drifting divers > and leave anyone on > > the line or bottom with no support? The point that was > made here, was that > > there is no reason to tie off to a wreck in any situation > to do an emergency > > ascent, that drifting deco in an open ocean is > prefferable. > > > > <<The Jersey up reel is one more accomodation to farm > animal stupidity - > > another peice of garbage used to compensate for doing it > wrong to start > > with. Another clusterfuck waiting to happen, like bondage > wings. >> > > > > But why? What is this clusterfuck scenario you are > implying is waiting to > > happen with a jersey upline? If you are on a deep wreck > in a team of 3, and > > are relying on your reel as an upline, are you going to > fit enough line on a > > reel to account for scope in the line from the current, > and that is strong > > enough to withstand possible chafing on the bottom, and > hold 3 divers in a > > current? > > What is the procedure you reccomend.? > > > > Kevin > -- > 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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