David, the DIR question was a joke between me and Cobb. That was a fun
weekend . You guys should have stayed for the Wilkesbarre - we had no
current, great vis, good sharks and other life.

David B. Widen wrote:
> 
> I just got back from a 2.5 hours out, 2.5 hours back 44 degrees on the
> bottom and 46 degrees on the hang with ~15 feet of viz at the John Morgan.
> Gee it wasn't that last week.
> 
> I would like to thanks both dive operations and the groups involved in our
> visit last week. I was a great meeting of the groups. It has guven all of us
> a better insight to the challenges at hand. George have provided a great
> insight/definitionto DIR the answer is "YES".
> 
> Oh by the way Cobber has two smaller visions of him that are growing now. I
> believe some day I will be looking up at the as many of us do with Jim.
> 
> Dan V. we are working on the other discussions, Ike should be calling next
> week.
> 
> We are looking forward to your visit up here.
> 
> David
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Trey [mailto:trey@ne*.co*]
> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:02 PM
> > To: Cobber
> > Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > Subject: Re: North Meets South
> >
> >
> > 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
> > >
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