Should there be an O2 set on Dive Charter Boats?

[Pretty Flowers]

Originally Posted by tom

Better to be publicly embarrassed than publicly bent! And remember denial is common among divers with DCS, you personally may not be the right one to decide whether you should go on 02 & the coastguard be informed.

I was just questioning the validity of divers breathing O2 "just because they feel like it..."

In my case, I wasn't really down long enough to get bent. There was a problem with the dump valve on my dry suit, which meant that it wouldn't auto dump. I was literally down long enough to get to depth and back up again...

I was more worried about the potential lung injuries I could have sustained.

[MATTBIN]

Andy
sorry mate it was off Dave's post not yours.

If the boat was licenced for 10 people i.e. 5 individual budyy pairs, would there be enough space on an all day out trip for an additional 5 02 cylinders lugged on-board by each buddy pair. Doesnt it make more logical sense to have one, provided by the skipper, in a known location rather than 5 seperate ones and the possible ruck over using one that wasnt your own?

Tom have to agree mate, any sign of a bend and I'm on the 02, bugger the embarrasement.

As for not paying for the dive and/or the 02 supplied, what's that all about.

Matt

[Angleseyskipper]

i understand were your coming skipper ,in this age covering your arse with someone else
making the decision is common sense.
i can tell you here that a call to the coast guard with the words "diver" and "02" will end up in 9 times out of 10 in an evacuation because they have to cover there arses.
i haven't got a problem with that but in the case of the guy i mentioned earlier who's just surfaced from a 16m dive for 18 mins had a bit of an uncontrolled ascent is calm showing no signs of DCS and is on 02 for 2hrs cos he obviously likes the stuff! do you think that warrants a 20k plus air vac?

i can remember a few years ago a local bsac club had a member choppered off from a local quarry for a fast ascent from 6m her max depth was 8m! surprise surprise nothing wrong with her .
back to your origional statment of it "would'nt happen to me because i inform the coastguard when i put someone on 02" isn,t really true cos if they didn't air vac you'd be stuck with him possibly looking for a second dive like the cheeky bugger i had.
cheers elfyn

[Allan Carr]

I wouldn't go on a boat which didn't have O2, especially with one of my sons having suffered a bend while well inside deco limits. Fortunately, I haven't been on a boat for years (at least in this country) which didn't have O2.

As for divers liking to have O2, our club had one prat of a DO who ended up using the emergency oxygen to help sober up before diving. Glad to say that he is no longer with us.

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Allan Carr

As for divers liking to have O2, our club had one prat of a DO who ended up using the emergency oxygen to help sober up before diving. Glad to say that he is no longer with us.

I have witnessed that on a boat , BUT not on mine.

[Juz]

Originally Posted by RubberBoy

pneumatically enhanced dolly birds in tight clothing

Now that's the sort of crew I'd approve of!

Juz
DO of Kinky Divers!

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by RubberBoy

OK I think a concensus has been reached that dive charter boats, although not obliged to do so by law, should carry O2.

Now I do think they should also carry pneumatically enhanced dolly birds in tight clothing to serve the tea and biscuits on nice china, proper choc biccies too! O2 is one ting but we need to get the priorities right
I am fed up with grotty old skippers bringing cracked mugs and soggy digestives out.
Rogering, sorry, Roger the cabin boy is just sooo 90's and not up to date enough anymore

pmsl

Trouble is , there isn't any GOOD dolly bird down here to take on that job ......

[Juz]

Originally Posted by Andy the Commie 2

there isn't any GOOD dolly bird down here to take on that job ......

That's lucky - we wanted the NAUGHTY ones anyway!

Pleeeeeeeeeeease can I take care of the recruitment!

Juz

[David Wallace]

Originally Posted by RubberBoy

OK I think a concensus has been reached that dive charter boats, although not obliged to do so by law, should carry O2.

Now I do think they should also carry pneumatically enhanced dolly birds in tight clothing to serve the tea and biscuits on nice china, proper choc biccies too! O2 is one ting but we need to get the priorities right

Have you met my crew