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I had a chance to see how the Wahoo's system of surface support works this Sunday . Dave and i were doing our usual 60 to 70 minute around the bow OREGON lobster hunting dive hitting all of the usual spots, when about 60 minutes into the dive on our way back we got enveloped in a massive silt out, from a pleasant 10 to 15 foot of visibility to zero in seconds .( the silt was probably from my pal kevin -scaleworks digging with his scooter) Nether One of us could see enough to find our way back to the engine. So after blundering around in the dark for a few minutes, I deployed a 250 pound lift bag, at the end of a reel with 1/8 nylon tied the line to the wreck, and both of us went up to start our decompression. In very little time a surface support swimmer had a line from the boat to the bag, then shortly afterward our "decompressing diver retrieval set up" was deployed next to us. Dave and I transferred onto it and were pulled back to the boat comfortably undewater. The decompressing diver retrieval set up is a 52 inch tuna ball , 80 feet of 1/2 nylon, and 25 pounds of lead on the bottom. Once back under the boat Dave and I could see our deco gas 40 feet away, on top of the engine of the wreck and opted to fetch it ourselves rather that wait and have the crew bring it to us (which they were in the process of doing ) . By the time I finished my deco, all the equipment was put away, my lobsters were on ice in my own cooler. This scenario Is SOP in the North east, you shoot a bag ascend and wait. The boat then sends a swimmer or a chase boat, and attaches a line to the bag, Then finds out if you need deco gas. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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