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Charles; That must have been some sight...must have looked like a '40' ford in a china shop. Good point, more is very rarely better! Being streamlined is important in almost all forms of diving both from being able to move efficiently as well as remaining as snag free as possible. Question: did the lights attached to his helmet still have the handles attached? If so what direction? Yes, we see some perfectly hysterical configs at times. Tony Profera MR CHARLES BADOIAN wrote: > > Bad Configuration Example: > > It was a dive on the Chester Polin in Gloucester Harbor in > Massachusets. The dive is a costal oil tanker that split in half in > 1976. She lies in 100 ft water, with the deck being at 80 ft. > > Two dive boats on site, ours and a local cattle boat. I look over to > the other boat, and notice this weird shape. A diver was on the > other boat wearing a helmet. On top of this helmet were TWO HUGE 8 D > CELL lights. I was still laughing when I hit the bottom. The guy > looked like an alien. > > The Why: > > First of all just the visual image is bad. Second helmets mean you > plan on banging into things. No one should be banging into things on > a wreck, imagine the silt created (not a single hole existed on that > dive that was not silted out). Third these things were Line traps, > the biggest I have ever seen. Fourth, if the dude looked at you he > would blind you. Fifth . . . your turn . . . > > -Charles > > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ > Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com > Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com > +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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