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Hey, George, vis was 40' with your light is turned *on*, pointless around here to call it with the light off. I also have to apologize for whoever is was that ran the wreck reel, if I knew who that was I would have given them a ration of shit. Running a reel that day was ridiculous. And the water is not filthy, that shit in the water's called plankton. We love it, it's a great snack while you are decoing. Enjoyed diving with you guys, BTW we give *anybody* who has achieved a nice pastel pale green color a hard time, ask Neal. Actually we were being quite nice, nobody broke out a cigar or a can of dog food. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/ >> >> JT, we dove when it was our turn. We dive as teams >> as a matter of practice, unlike the New England tough >> guys. Pina and I swam together , JJ followed us with >> Kane's scooter. Pina found a skull, which we left >> alone - we do not strip the wreck , we leave stuff for >> others to see. >> >> I use a compass ( I am fairly sure the NE wreck >> divers could be taught to use these with a few years >> of schooling ), and it has N,S,E, and even West on it, >> and a little needle which tends to point to the North, >> and having not only been on boats for my entire life >> my father was one of the guys who started Hatteras >> Yacht Company which I used to deliver boats for as a >> teenager up and down the east coast ), and having >> worked in boat factories building boats, run and >> raced all kind of boats all over, been in the Navy >> during the Viet Nam War, and living boats as my family >> still owns yards all over this country,I have >> discovered that boats and ships have a Bow , a Stern, >> a Port side and a Starboard side, and that includes >> the skeleton of ships sunk during WWII like the >> Mexicana that you took us on. >> >> When I can't find an anchor line, can't find my >> entry point, can't get back to the surface to find the >> dive boat, can't find my way around a boat or a ship, >> I'll suck your dick. The problem is that water up >> there is filthy, and what you guys call 40 feet of vis >> is more like 12 feet, so the inability to navigate is >> a gig problem for the NE crowd. I am used to no clue >> navigation in caves and have yet to get lost. Ships >> are easy, but nothing is easy if you do it the NE way. >> That still is not a problem, as the bow stern etc. >> don't change unless one is diving air. >> >> I can not believe that the NE crowd, like >> Christina, not only do not get the bottle marking >> thing, they do not use compasses, none of them know >> what the word "buddy" means, and the NE crowd comes >> rigged for a clusterfuck , which is what they are used >> to dealing with in NE. >> >> JJ, Pina and I dive together for a reason - it >> is called Rule Number One. I'll will admit that when >> I am 60 miles off shore , I will do it my way or not >> at all, and at 48 I have come back from everything and >> things that you do not want to know about in your >> worst nightmares. When I start listening to NE wreck >> divers, other than for amusement like a Jerky Boys >> tape, hand me the gun with all six chambers full - a >> better bet. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >> Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > "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* > > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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