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Trey, thats funny, not only do you do it right , you kinda did it just like us. As for Cobb , those guys have no idea how big he is. Even if they get a lucky punch and knock him out they better hope he doesn't fall forward and crush them. At 08:01 PM 3/10/00 -0500, Trey wrote: >Jim , thanks for what you said and what you did not say. Now we will >come up there and have some fun with you guys. You can just answer one >question for me , Jim, do I "do it right" or what. Just a "yes" or a >"no" will do. > >By the way, all of you who have been sending the "fuck yous" and such to >Cobb, he is a very big boy. He is Mr Cobb from now on. You can take your >chances with me, but I would skip getting in Cobb's face. He looks like >Dick Butkus. > > >Cobber wrote: > > > > A bunch of us Virginia Beach tech divers headed south on a trip > > master-minded by Capt. JT Barker. JT got the boats and hotel rooms all > > lined up and Rick Atkins provided the logistical support with his "diveshop > > on wheels" providing 02 and He fills to both us and FL divers. > > Me, JT, Rick, Ike, Dave, Bill and Brad did a overnight non-stop road > trip to > > Boynton Beach and departed on the Deeper with our doubles, stages and 7 > > scooters. Capt. Leo Sands was at the helm with the Little Deeper following > > in support. We did a dive on the Sky Cliff and we all got introduced to Fl > > style diving. Allen Pelstring was there to go diving with us, thanks Alan > > for your support and I enjoyed talking with you, see you when you come up. > > > > This involves being dropped upstream from the wreck and then head to the > > bottom with your scooter wide open and your ass is on fire and hope the > > current did not whip you past the wreck. Ike and I were a bit too > > enthusiastic on our decent and wound up on the sand at 200', but we headed > > downstream and the Sky Cliff loomed out at us. FL wrecks are pretty sterile > > as most are artificial reefs but at least they are more or less in one > piece > > and are fun to explore. > > > > After we were done we unhooked an upline and did a drifting deco. As we did > > not pull the anchor off the bottom we wound up deploying the jon lines > > anyway. I was done with my deco first and it was weird feeling to come to > > the surface and see no boat in sight. Soon the Little Deeper found us > and we > > got out. > > > > The next dive was a wild drift dive along the "Hole in the wall". The > > current was doing maybe 2 knots or so and we whistled along at 140' next to > > this ridge. There were dozens of lobsters in every nook and cranney, > morays, > > sharks and other cool stuff. Dan Volker was with us and let me tell you > guys > > he really can out-swim a scooter. He's also a really nice guy and we > enjoyed > > diving with him. > > > > For this dive one person shot his bag and the rest of us attempted to keep > > our buoyancy during our deco, floating with the one person. Well it did not > > take more than this dive for us to realize that this pretty much sucks. So > > on the Budvar and subsequent dives we used our own bags. > > Next we tried Jim Abernathy's boats and did the "Lucerne" (I think) a very > > large bulk freighter again at 200'. This time we were with The Man himself, > > George, and got to dive with him and Dan on this big wreck. I will attest > > that George dives his cave rig on the wrecks just like he says. Heck we > were > > all in drysuits using steel tanks and aluminum stages. > > > > It was good to meet George in person for the first time, he really does not > > have horns on his head, a forked tail or hobnailed boots. George is a nice > > guy and we all went out to a pub to have some chow after the dive. > > > > So it is possible to tech dive properly in South Florida. The Dive Shop II > > gassed us up and did not hassle us at all for topping our mixes. They > really > > provided great service and I recommend them and Capt. Sands if you want to > > do some serious diving in Boynton Beach. > > > > Thanks again to all the hard work and planning of JT and Rick, thanks > to the > > hospitality of Alan, Dan & George and the rest of the FL gang. We look > > forward to diving with the FL gang up in the Great White North East, where > > the water is murky and the pizza is hot. > > > > Jim > > > > -- > > 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'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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