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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'.
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