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I'm easy to handle, just throw a raw steak wherever it is you want me to go and I will follow it... Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ > From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey) > Reply-To: trey@ne*.co* > Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 21:41:25 -0500 > 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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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