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Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:41:25 -0500
From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
To: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*>
CC: Cobber <cobber@ci*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: North Meets South
What do you guys do about getting him in the car and such? Is that what
you had the trailer for? I know about the "just like us". The only way I
could tell you from us was the pony tail and the sharks chasing it.

Capt JT wrote:
> 
> 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
> > >
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