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JT, I knew you would come up with this, and you are right in most aspects, especially when writing each case is different. Of course, there are undeserved hits, like material failure ( one guy had a broken seam on his drysuit boot in cold water), or things developing to the worse. A diver may panick because of feeling lost, get seasick, and else. Had that times and again. Mostly unexperienced divers get lost underwater, and try a free ascent. But quite a few instructors got their marks on owing a bottle of calvados to the boat crew for being fetched by chase boat taxi. The worst case I experienced was when a group of 3, a CMAS *** instructor, his buddy and a 65 year old ex -Instructor got up behind. In their efforts to reach the boat upcurrent, they left the old one behind. We were ready to act, and the old guy was near panic, at least deeply exasperated, when I arrived with the rib. Capt JT schrieb: > 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 part. snipped Hm, this can put you in quite a predicament, can't it ? Matthias : > 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. > 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'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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