OH NoNoNo! I just turned 43, I think George is around 47-48 Jim you are in 
your early thirties, but hell you look older than ME! I have yet to see any 
of you young guys dive as much as me or as long.

  At 08:50 AM 4/7/00 -0400, Jim Cobb wrote:
>I think you two are about the same age, but remember age is a state of
>mind... Which makes me about 18, woo woo!
>
>    Jim
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> > From: trey@ne*.co* (Trey)
> > Reply-To: trey@ne*.co*
> > Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 06:49:36 -0400
> > To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
> > Cc: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*>, techdiver@aquanaut.com,
> > vbtech@ci*.co*
> > Subject: Re: Dive trip report Morehead City, NC
> >
> > Jim, JT is not as old as I am , is he?
> >
> >
> > Jim Cobb wrote:
> >>
> >> Sounds like you had a good time, you old geezer! Is brooks still a
> >> pony-boy? Fighting sharks for your catch! Careful, you might give some
> >> stokes heart attacks!
> >>
> >> Happy Birthday!
> >>
> >> Jim
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> >> From: Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*>
> >> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:26:26 -0400
> >> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> >> Cc: vbtech@ci*.co*
> >> Subject: Dive trip report Morehead City, NC
> >>
> >> Hi all
> >> Went to Morehead City, NC to dive for my birthday this past
> >> weekend. Several friends joined me to dive the wrecks Schurz
> >> depth 110ft and Papoose 130ft. We dived on the dive boat
> >> "Diver Down" with Capt. Bobby Cox www.diverdownscubadiving.
> >> <http://www.diverdownscubadiving.com/> com
> >> <http://www.diverdownscubadiving.com/> .....
> >> On Saturday seas were a bit rough 4-5 ft, but that did not
> >> stop us from our goal of diving the Schurz a German built
> >> gunboat that sunk in 1918 after a collision with the SS
> >> Florida that sits 25 plus miles out.
> >> When I scootered down to the wreck it was plain to see that
> >> the wreck was covered with bait fish, during periods of the
> >> dive I could not see the wreck or determine where I was even
> >> as the vis was 60 ft and water temp 68 top- bottom. I found
> >> it best to move around the wreck by scootering above the
> >> bait fish and then going down into them where I wanted to
> >> look, I have the wreck well pictured in my mind. For those
> >> who like to spearfish the grouper are big this time of year
> >> and still very dumb. But this won't last long and I'd go
> >> again this month if that were my goal. I did a 60 min BT on
> >> 30% nitrox mix w/ 02 for deco and  used 1300psi out of my 95
> >> doubles. The dive was very relaxing for me, I had my
> >> gearline hung over the side and deployed my jonline for
> >> decoing. One poor guy forgot his jonline and had no gearline
> >> and I watched him get the shit kicked out of him on the
> >> anchor line by the boat going up and down. His arms are now
> >> 6 inches longer;-)).
> >> On Sunday we dived the Papoose 130ft a Tanker that was sunk
> >> by the U-124 in 1942. Once again vis was 60ft and the temp
> >> now 70 top-bottom with seas only 3 ft. Lots of large
> >> sandtiger sharks were on the wreck and I had plan to
> >> spearfish for grouper while using my scooter to hunt. LOTS
> >> of very large grouper were on the wreck, I had speared my
> >> first one in 5 mins into the dive, a 6- 8 lb one. I had to
> >> fight off a 6 ft shark to keep him and it was plain that the
> >> sharks were hungry.
> >> The wreck is turtled, but can be penetrated very easily (I
> >> do not recommend this without training). I have never hunted
> >> grouper before and was very surprised at how strong they are
> >> and go crazy trying to throw the spearshaft.
> >> I was caught off guard by one as I shot him (very large one)
> >> and he went into the wreck pulling me against the hole he
> >> went in and taking my gun with him. I used my light to see
> >> he had threw the shaft and the gun lay in the wreck. I also
> >> could see a larger place to enter and went there to go in
> >> and get my gun. I did this without any problems and took
> >> time to explore  the inside, I saw nothing worth staying in
> >> there for and went back to hunting. The score for the dive
> >> by me was grouper 6 / JT one. I did 50 mins BT , max depth
> >> 124ft , I used more gas on that dive as hunting causes you
> >> to breath more. (1600psi) You can see photos of the trip on
> >> my site in the photo gallery page http://www.capt-jt.com/
> >>
> >> Hope you enjoy
> >> Capt. JT
> >>
> >> "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you
> >> have to get in the water"
> >>
> >> Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more
> >> Web Site  http://www.capt-jt.com/
> >> Email     captjt@mi*.co*
> >
> >
> >

"You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the 
water"
Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more
  Web Site  http://www.capt-jt.com/
Email     captjt@mi*.co*


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