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| Originally Posted by MATTBIN The way I see it is that individual divers carry their own gas reserves but if a real big failure hits one of the team then they have enough between them to bail out the oog member, which surely is another good thing. |
There it is again
TEAM bloody word.
So, if another group was diving on that wreck from another boat, and one of thier divers had a problem and you needed / asked to help .. would you ? as he is not your TEAM member.. think not some how,,,,, ask Fiona.
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| Originally Posted by MATTBIN SMB etc is spread around the group (better word?) to avoid un-necessary clutter, another good thing(?) unfortunately sometimes sh1t happens and the policy/procedure breaks down |
95 % of all the diver i carry, fire thier own blobs... It's better for me that WAY which i perfer , as i then now how many divers are ok and on thier way up and can place the boat occordinly. With diving in a 3 man group and only ONE blob comes up, you don't know what the hell is happening from the skippers side of things.
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| Originally Posted by MATTBIN however in the case you quoted the diver managed to do a free ascent including his deco etc and still get picked up, seems to me to show good skills and a sound policy. |
Yep, he was a well switched on chap with only 40 sea dives to his name, mind you he was a ex memebr of the HM Forces, so did what he was told , when he was told.
It's a same that the instructor afterwards didn't share my comments and let me explain more in detail,,,,,,, he chose not to instruct again and limit his diving to overseas in pretty waters .
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| Originally Posted by MATTBIN I accept he could have been swept away and who knows maybe next time he'll adopt Gledders policy and duplicate everything. |
Only if the equipment is worth having , and this has been around a long time..It's common sense, not Gledders policy , Matt.......... More to the point , that when this matter arises , I always refer to people to look on YD at any of Chasey's threads on renduncy.