| In Club diving a trio is usually a pair and a solo diver, i personally hate it, but we put trio's in on occasion 'cos we have an odd number.
Also this single file stuff is pants, swim next to each other at the same depth then you can see each other with ease and both enjoy the dive.
Formation diving may work for those that enjoy that sort of thing, but i and most of my club are there to enjoy the dive while keeping a loose eye on each other.
Every trio dive i have done with YD has resulted in us loosing members at various stages, which if you follow a quick look then surface policy would have ruined most dives for no reason. This has included loosing some very experienced divers like Chasey, Janos, The Dude, Blanaid, Lou and Fiona. In every dive as a pair we have maintained contact except for the odd very short period and on the Ramsgarth dive in my signature.
In poor viz one other diver is more than enough to keep an eye on.
Please also note the Lyme Bay incident of a few years ago when 2 divers were involved in an AAS assent and lost the third a young lady of about 23, who they could see was in difficulty but could do nothing to assist her, i think her body is still out there.
__________________ Paul Oliver Canterbury Divers DUE - Dover Underwater Explorers
2 Rules - 1. You books you pays. 2. Always return to the shot 
Last edited by Paul Oliver : 21-05-06 at 09:04 PM.
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