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Whatever yo are dong, Jan, the point is to be able to check your divers and keep track of them. If the boat were hooked in one spot and the jersey jerk reels were deployed everywhere , you have a tough job accounting for them and knowing if indeed they are there or not there. The "personal preference" needs to be replaced with intelligent dive planning, consideration for everyone, and good forthought. The strokes need to be sent packing . You saw how easy it is to dive with me the way we do it. Wahoojan@ao*.co* wrote: > > 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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