Your a joke, if it wasn't for all the baby sitting being done for you on a 
dive, you would probably drift away on a dive, sorry I'm too late with this 
post........



At 07:56 PM 7/24/02 -0700, dmdalton wrote:
>Oh great wise one (that's jt) you know all and see
>all.  I don't recall saying the current was
>sooooooooooooooo bad, that's more jt spin.  It was
>just about the same as in NC this year when you
>couldn't get to your O2 because you hung it instead of
>carrying it with you!  Bright, real bright!  As I
>recall, you told us in your infinite wisdom, as you
>puked your guts out, that you just did double your
>normal 02 deco on your back gas and that gave you the
>same effect. Yeah, chief, right!  Too bad you were to
>sick (bent?) to do another dive that day. It was
>great! But hen I'm not a "real wreck diver" so what
>would I know?
>
>Dave
>
>
>--- Capt JT <captjt@mi*.co*> wrote:
> > I have done it every way there is, asked yourself
> > this.........if the
> > current was sooooooooo bad, why did only 2 divers
> > out of 17 have a problem
> > with it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   At 11:05 PM 7/23/02 -0400, Doug Chapman wrote:
> > >Just for thought:
> > >Upline with sufficient but not exceessive scope,
> > redundant surface floats,
> > >and bottom chain with snap/hook. Down rig with
> > divers is dropped ahead of
> > >wreck to drift into wreck (one diver in team drops
> > with the chain end). On
> > >end of dive last divers detach chain from wreck and
> > toss into sand.
> > >Proceed up line. Now the line is drifting with the
> > current with a slight
> > >bottom drag from the chain. No flag flying. No
> > issues. Relaxing. The boat
> > >is always free to maneuver. If too crowded on line,
> > you can hover
> > >alongside or pop a lift bag nearby. Will still
> > drift the same as main
> > >upline with a slight backpeddle to compensate for
> > chain drag on main
> > >upline. The captain on the boat knows where
> > everyone is; can drop a safety
> > >diver on you if appropriate and recover used
> > stages. Its a piece of cake
> > >and works well in raging currents like we can have
> > in the gulf stream (and
> > >with close to shore shipping as well). A slight mod
> > on deep stuff (350+)
> > >though, and you need a captain with a clue.
> > >
> > >My two cents,
> > >Doug
> > >
> >
> >
> > "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*
> >
> >
>
>
>
>=====
>Dave Dalton
>
>"You just can't show up for "Game Day" and expect to win.
>   You've got to go to practice if you want to be ready!"
>
>      http://home.earthlink.net/~toddclagett/NovaTech/
>
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"You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the 
water"
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