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Jack, but the NE wreck divers are tough guys who
don't use the obvious tools or common sense - that
is why the dumb fucks have such an abysmal track
record. They are  idiots and their logic and
knowledge of the sea and diving is piss poor. The
only thing these dopes know is what to strip off of
a shipwreck to put in their junkpile at home -
totally useless people in every respect.

Then the assholes are all surprised when the bodies
start stacking up. I'd be dead if I had to go
through the stress of diviong the way these morons
dive or with the huge clusterfuck they stage for a
dive.



>>>orientation? to what? all the other large hunks
of
>>metal?
>>>I was always taught < boy scouts, military, then
>>scuba> to take a bearing on
>>>an object in the distance and navigate to it. You
>>just cant do that in three
>>>ft vis, like on the Tiger that night, unless all
you
>>intend on doing is
>>>shooting azmiuths especially when the vis is bad
in
>>the entire water column<
>>>which does happen> and you cant rise above it.
>
>Al,not wishing to ruffle any feathers here  but, G
eorge is right (as
>usual). You descend on the wreck(dive site), vis is
shit, maybe 3ft/10ft.
>First, orientate yourself and buddy. Take a bearing
from compass, lets say
>its 090 degrees, which means you are heading
east.Now before the dive you
>already know the lie of the wreck, i.e. east/west,
north/south etc.So its
>easy to corellate the reading on compass to true.So
you head off on your
>bearing, checking direction as you go, time as
well.Return on reciprocal
>bearing, 270 degrees ,adjusting as you return.
>In shit vis you should be reeled off on shot line
as well,your compass is
>your back up.Always take a bearing in case your
line breaks/gets severed on
>sharp edges.
>Change in bearing should be timed off and return in
elapsed time on
>reciprocal bearing to pick up original bearing,
allowing for current run
>etc.Guys sail around the  world using these gizmos,
been doing it for
>hundreds of years now, still works regardless.
Best, Jack.
>
>

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