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Divers drift for 20 hours
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28-05-2008, 09:32 AM
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
According to this report, they were diving off the Pacific Star:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story...52,00.html |
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28-05-2008, 10:44 AM
Post: #22
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
Call me a cynic but it mentions in one paragraph they used the 6m rope of the SMB to tie themselves together and then in another it mentions the weight belt. Also says that they waved said SMB at helicopters and the like to get their attention but with no joy.
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28-05-2008, 11:02 AM
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
vidiotic. Wrote:Call me a cynic but it mentions in one paragraph they used the 6m rope of the SMB to tie themselves together. I've found it quite common abroad for people to only have a 5 to 6m line (actually it is more like the sort of lanyard you sometimes see on ID cards for hanging around your neck) attached to the SMB. They obviously are only ever going to deploy it for safety stops. Hence the length of line being 5 to 6m. Possibly that is what is being referred to there. If you aren't living on the edge you are taking up too much space! |
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28-05-2008, 11:41 AM
Post: #24
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
My point was they claim to attached themselves together with the SMB line in one paragraph, then a weight belt in another. Seems like a bit of variation in their story.
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28-05-2008, 03:20 PM
Post: #25
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
Another report stated that they released their water belts and cylinders to make them float more in the water.... I think you can probably put down the discrepencies to inaccurate reporting!
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30-05-2008, 05:51 PM
Post: #26
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
wow scary stuff.....
Chuck norris can touch this |
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30-05-2008, 06:24 PM
Post: #27
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
shortcuts Wrote:I've found it quite common abroad for people to only have a 5 to 6m line (actually it is more like the sort of lanyard you sometimes see on ID cards for hanging around your neck) attached to the SMB. They obviously are only ever going to deploy it for safety stops. Hence the length of line being 5 to 6m. Possibly that is what is being referred to there. Certainly the method employed in the Maldives, they just laughed when i got out a 30M spool. Dive Plan: Go down, swim round a bit, come up, don't die |
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30-05-2008, 06:25 PM
Post: #28
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
This is all confusing... so many diffrent versions : )
...X... Aleia....X.... Mini Diver |
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30-05-2008, 09:09 PM
Post: #29
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
vidiotic. Wrote:The dive op is claiming that they choose to ignore basic safety guidelines. If it was my op I wouldn't have let them dive without a SMB and/or whistle. Report in my paper states form the divers that they had a whistle & SMB ... even showed a picture of it. So having these does not guarantee anything. Only 4.9% of the UK population live in Wales - the rest just wish they did. |
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30-05-2008, 09:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 30-05-2008 09:26 PM by Shoka.)
Post: #30
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RE: Divers drift for 20 hours
A 1.5M long SMB is a pretty paltry target to see from a helicopter, even in bright colours and being waved.
Dan offer something that looks bit more useful in those sort of conditions, a poly streamer 8M or so long. That seems similar to the technique that ditched military pilots use of staining the sea with fluorescent dye, with the advantage that it will not disperse over an hour or so as a pool of florescent dye does. Been considering buying one. Harry |
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