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I don't think Tony built that rig for the San Diego. If you read this was the first time in the water with it. He was trying it out. Would you do a long deco dive on a new rig? I certainly would not. Seems to me Tony did the only smart thing, do a no deco dive with the new rig. In case the shit hits the fan he's at the surface with no deco obligation. Tony routinely dives the dives the Doria each year. I would suspect that's the reason for the rig. Never have too much gas in my opinion. Tony, like many divers (me included) dive the same rig all the time. I personally don't like changing configuration or changing the characteristics of my rig. I'm routinely in zero viz. and I like everything to be in the same place and feel the same way all the time. Why would I dive a single on a 100-foot dive then switch to doubles for 250? If I'm on an 80-foot air dive or 250 foot mix dive, the configurations the same with the inclusion of an intermediate stage bottle and argon. If I had a smaller argon bottle I'd probably make that standard too. That way the configuration stays the same as much as possible. Who cares if I come up with 3/4 of my gas left after a shallow dive...? I wouldn't worry about Tony influencing anyone to run out and dive the same rig. For one the cost is prohibitive for most. Tony's not in the business of building dive gear. It took him a long time to build this new one, I doubt he'd build one for someone else. I've been on boats many times with Tony and I've never heard him telling anyone that they should dive anything even remotely similar to his rig. Art. -----Original Message----- From: Christian Gerzner [SMTP:christiang@pi*.co*.au*] Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 6:54 AM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Cc: Scaleworks@ao*.co* Subject: Re: ABC on Diving the San Diego - COKE ALERT Scaleworks@ao*.co* wrote: > Guys, (big snips) > And please give me a break, no one is going to be showing up with a knockoff > Tony Maffatone Rig on a dive boat. Pick on TDI or someone killing students, > this great perceived threat Tony poses to the tec business is laughable. Tony > loves what he does, and does it for himself, so what, what is the problem? A good point, provided he only kills himself. The problem is that that rig would probably (I'm guessing it's weighty) give me a broken back and I'm not small. The problem is that I consider that rig extreme overkill for a 111 ft (or whatever) dive (I make no comment other than possible weight on the rig itself). Equally I consider that the other photos of other divers in their multitank configurations are overkill for that dive. I repeat, FOR THAT DIVE. My guess is that this was a "pretend" tech dive for purpose (it would seem) of the article and the publicity. Hell's teeth, 111 ft? Even 130 ft? With twins at least? Yes, I know, DIR sort of requires twins. Nevertheless. > The general public looks at Tony, they probably think he looks cool, big > deal. The general public could give a crap about tec diving, so don't worry > about your public image, you don't have one. Tec diving to the public is > "Death on the Doria" , "Nobel Laureate Dies", glamour sells, face the facts, > gotta have good copy you know. Mabel in Minnesota doesn't care about a cave > or Billy Mitchells Fleet, it is not news. The general public IS NOT the problem. The novice, easily influenced, diver who looks at and reads this, and perhaps considers this "way cool", IS the problem. Christian -- 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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