Jim Cobb wrote:
> 
> It truly pains me to see this sort of infighting going on between
> friends.

I agree.

> If you felt that there was a chance things were going to go south on a,
> for chirsts sake, 70' vis Eureka weenie dive, then you should have had
> the goddamn zodiac in the water, gassed up and running before anybody
> even jumps in the water. 

There are, we all know that who have read this and associated threads,
a lot of things that could, should, might have been done however the
above statement  bears comment.

> (For those who don't know it's a real bitch to launch the zodiac on the ML,
>  and even then it is doubtful the motor will start).

Really? REALLY?

Jim, I don't know what laws apply in your neck of the woods but that,
to me, is plain stupid, as in criminally stupid. It's about as useful
as not having the bloody thing along at all and it smacks of blatant
incompetence on the part of the crew/management, EVEN IF it is NOT an
item required by law.

1) You have a safety boat and it works, at best, sometimes?

2) It's difficult to launch?

Bluddy hell!!! Are the first time passenger/divers boarding (in this
example) the ML going to ask questions along these lines? Is this,
should this be, part of "their ass" strategy? Where does it all stop?
Should they now inspect the engine room? Ask the Captain for his papers?

Or are they entitled to assume that the boat, as well as the crew, is
competent? I know, I know, competence is in the eyes of the beholder
and I don't even know whether commercial dive boats in your neck of
the woods need to be licensed (here in Oz, they certainly do although
whether that, in itself, is necessarily a good thing is yet another question).

This boat, to my eyes, appears incompetent, according to what you have
said above.

Cheers,

Christian
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