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Correction, my scooter, and I expect 50% of the goodies brought up.....
:-)

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Wahoojan@ao*.co* [mailto:Wahoojan@ao*.co*]
		Sent:	Monday, August 30, 1999 11:54 AM
		To:	kirvine@sa*.ne*; Scaleworks@ao*.co*
ststev@un*.co*; Paltz, Art; techdiver@aquanaut.com
		Subject:	surface support  and up lines 

		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. 
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