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Cobb, now that I know how nuts you really are, I will be expecting some really funny stuff from you on here. You have me laughing without you even saying anything now. Jim Cobb wrote: > > George, those weren't bondage wings that's for sure! heheheh- > > Jim > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > > > From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey) > > Reply-To: trey@ne*.co* > > Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 20:01:30 -0500 > > To: Cobber <cobber@ci*.co*> > > 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 > >> > >> -- > >> 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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