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it was some kind of bird skull or something that I guess just happened to fall down to the wreck. > > Yes diving up north is never as easy as it is talking about it on the net. > > > 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. > > There are no skulls left, I got the last one 2 months ago, it had > a hatchet > stuck in it. <G> > Lucky Pina found that one , I knew she puked up everything she ate in the > last month, but I didn't think she lost her head too. > > > > 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, > > Yeah, I saw that,I still break out laughing when I think about it. ;-) > > >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. > > That's how I nav. it , its pretty easy when you know those 4 points. > > > > 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. > > Don't like deep air, was it really only 12ft vis? > > > > 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. > > They were coming to have JJ show them, that private email you sent turn > them away. One of those guys you cc have never even heard of you and did > not know what you were talking about and doesn't want to come now. You > happy now? > > > > 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. > > I'd rather see you do it with one bullet, for up to 6 tries, that > way I can > watch you sweat more. :-) > > > > > > > > >-- > >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'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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