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Hi George As there is always some truth and logic to your post, usually twisted but there, I will answer this one only and then no more. Yes, a RB would be the best gear for that dive. I do not use one because there is not one available that cannot be linked to a death as the most likely cause. Until one is made that is to my liking I don't want one, I'll let others buy them and wait to see what happens, I feel very comfortable on OC and believe in most problems I can solve on them, but out of gas is dead and at best it is a risk. So all on this list do not try and do what I have just done. I have no depth preoccupation, it is a dive addiction with adventure to it. Just so everyone understands that dive was at the extreme mental end of what I think I can take at this time, very few will ever know what a free descent to that depth feels like. Thanks for the offer to work with your Dad and Chris, I already know how to weld and that is real work, no fun involved. Just like you, I have no interest in real work. I have too much fun to let work get in my way. Thanks for the concern JT At 06:29 AM 3/5/01 -0500, Trey wrote: >JT, don't press the bet with the wrong gear. Your life is worth more than >that. Been there, done that. Take it or leave it. > >This depth preoccupation is a bad thing. Learn to weld and I can get you in >on some 1000 foot dives with my dad's operation in the Gulf, or see Chris >Werner of WKPP - he works for Schlumberger as a geologist on offshore rigs - >he can get you some deep dives. Bring your tools. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Capt JT [mailto:captjt@mi*.co*] >Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 10:47 AM >To: vbtech@ci*.co* >Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: RE: Deep wreck in FL > > >I just got home, a bit tired from the drive. Will try to write my report >later today after some sleep. In it you will find we covered everything you >said here and more, we had every local expert we needed/wanted available to >pull it off safely and we did. > >At 07:03 AM 3/3/01 -0500, Trey wrote: > > >JT, these things are hard to hit due to the top current which usually only > >extends down 150 feet, but can be up to 3 knots. We use 130 pound test > >dacron with a monel leader and a giant grouper ball to mark the wreck, and > >then put a freediving float at the other end and scooter from the float > >down. Fisherman can put a bait on an exact spot in any depth here or they > >don't catch. > > > >Trying to drift these things is a nightmare due to guessing the depth of >the > >current and the stress of a fast ascent. We do not do it that way unless it > >is a must, and then we back off after the first 150 feet and go slow, but > >that 2 or three minutes has to be exactly gauged relative to the drift. We > >use a GPS handheld and check it several times before dropping for real when > >we do it that way. > > > >500 foot wreck dives need to be done with a rebreather, not open circuit. > >We've done some 450's open, but it was pain in the ass gas wise and if we > >had got hung up, it would be all over. With even my rb, which is semi > >closed, I turn double 80's into 1600 cubic feet of gas. > > > >JJ and I have decided not to do this shit on oc anymore . Sure, we pulled >it > >off for years on wreck and cave, and JJ did penetration filming dives on >the > >Britannic at 400 odd feet, but then Dale Earnhardt is my age and had a half > >lap to go at Daytona. No thanks, my dick is already big enough. > > > >You guys are asking for that last half lap with this kind of thing. I know > >it is real adventurous, but it is also not too smart. Save your money and > >buy a rebreather. I do not want to read about your dead ass. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Capt JT [mailto:captjt@mi*.co*] > >Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 9:00 PM > >To: vbtech@ci*.co* > >Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com > >Subject: Deep wreck in FL > > > > > >Hi All > >Just a short note to let everyone who knew about the unknown wreck that > >Rick Atkins and myself were going to dive turned out safe with the support > >of the VBtech team. The wreck which sits in nearly 500fsw was too small for > >the drop, we dropped up current of the wreck which has a small profile. A > >small object to hit at that extreme depth in strong current . We spent 8 > >mins at 490ft looking for the wreck, we had missed it. I will give a > >complete report when I get back home. > > > >JT > > > > > > > > > >-- > >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'. > >"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'. "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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