Mailing List Archive Mailing List Archive
It resembled JT - maybe a relative. The pony tail was missing. >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'.
Navigate by Author:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject:
[Previous]
[Next]
[Subject Search Index]
[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]
[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]