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One of the problems is the fact that we spend days on the wrecks up here. The divers deploy what is known as a gearline / equipment line, they are secured at several points around the boat (never off the bow, the up and down from seas is too much there). The divers will leave the anchor line and move to their gear lines to deco on, this really works very well for deco, stages and other gear can be removed and left on the line to be pulled up later, this reduces stress of climbing up the latter after a long dive with all that stuff, everyone is not bunched up on the anchor line (which is a tough place to deco on near the surface in rough seas or big swells), this prevents just putting a float ball on the anchor and going after the lost diver, tell me why a boat must desert everyone because one did something wrong, if he is floating on the surface and needs help that is different, if he is just drifting away you go get him after the others are on board. In the real world each case is handled different, depends on what's happening. Sometimes we are able to get another line to him by swimming it. We have a chase boat and have had to use it, the crew takes a Handheld GPS and VHF with them so the main boat can be found or we find them. I usually take the divers photo and place it on my site for all to see who the dumb ass was, you will find these shots on several pages in the photo gallery with the chase boat going to get them. Now that I do that the things dumb shit divers do has been reduced, they do not liked being exposed as a dumb ass and tend to be more careful. I do it in fun as a kind of "gotcha" thing. Also being the finger pointer I am, puts me in the spot of having to always be perfect on my dives, I must not ever have a bad day or do anything wrong, able to solve all problems, I must be as tough as hell in all conditions, and able to do everything I preach. I always have a boat load of divers waiting to get something on me and their still waiting. At 07:40 AM 6/6/01 +0200, you wrote: >JT, >If you still can spot the lost group, a helpful practice is to tie a big >buoy to the anchorline ( divers would guess something's happened when >they come up, and no boat shows) and the boat is free to go to help the >lost diver/ group of divers ( in case you would want to balance going/ >not going for help). > >A backcall signal can be applied to cal the other divers back sooner. > >Matthias > > > > > >Capt JT schrieb: > > If the boat is tied into the wreck it is a problem, very seldom do we > > have current strong enough to keep us from tieing into the wrecks, but > > some current is always there, to free ascent means you will drift away > > during deco, if the dive boat does not have a chase boat YOU ARE > > FUCKED, the boat will not leave other divers in the water that did > > nothing wrong to go save one dumb ass. If the liftbag has a problem > > with depth, get a different lift bag. > > > > > > > > ss > > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: NyWrecker@ao*.co* > > >> To: se2schul@st*.ma*.uw*.ca* ; joe@po*.co* ; > > >> gert.je@wo*.nl* ; techdiver@aquanaut.com > > >> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 8:15 AM > > >> Subject: Re: Surface Markers > > >> > > >> In a message dated 6/3/2001 6:46:22 PM Central Daylight Time, > > >> se2schul@st*.ma*.uw*.ca* writes: > > >> > > >> > > >> > If one takes a GUE course, he or she would know that GUE > > >> > advocates deploying > > >> > the lift bag once you arrive at 70', not at 275'. I'm unaware of > > >> > problems > > >> > when one deploys the bag properly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Ok i see why it would be a problem shooting one from depth due to > > >> the air > > >> expanding.In a course i took that was'nt GUE- may have been > > >> wreck,we were > > >> told in an emergency shoot the bag,, tie it off and assend on > > >> it.And yes it > > >> was a Jersey reel too but thats un-important now.What do you do if > > >> your at > > >> depth then???Say between 100' and 200. Im ready :-) > > >> Ed > > >> > > > > > > > "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* "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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