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joseph@sh*.sm*.co* (Joseph Crunk) Spake: > > > # Upon surfacing from the dive, the boat was nowhere in sight. On > # previous dives, the crew always followed our bubbles very cautiously. > # This time, probably due to the waves, they didn't :-( > > # It took us a while to spot the boat, again, due to the waves. Then > # we tried our whistles (attached to the inflator hose), not good > # enough. Visions of 3 divers floating to Cuba began to appear :-) > > > The dive master of a boat I was on in the Sea of Cortez last year told me > a story of three divers he had a couple months earlier. Seems these > divers > swam around a small island during the course of their dive. Out of air, > they surfaced and not seeing the boat, just sort of hung there. The > current > made friends with them in no time at all. The DM said they found the > three > about 3 to 4 miles away still drifting and chatting away. They never > keyed > into the seriousness of their situation. Whistles and flags wouldn't have > been of much use behind an obstruction. Flares maybe, presuming they knew > enough to help themselves. But if the boat is anchored close enough to an > obstruction (island) it's quite possible folks on board won't be able to > the flares. > > Don't know if it matters but they were from Texas. :) > > > -Joseph Crunk > joseph@sm*.co* > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@opal.com'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@opal.com'. Be nice Joseph, not all of us Texan divers forget where we left the boat. BTW did you get out of the M/V Fling this summer ? Its been a good summer for Gulf diving. Steve McConkey Steve=McConkey%EMC=Srvc%Eng=Hou@ba*.co*.co* COMPAQ Computer /// I don't have enough time for my own opinions, let alone Compaq's ///
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