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[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by StephenT

Ye, Deep Blue is about 10 minutes walk from my house. Not used the rib yet, will this summer w/o doubt.

I might come across as abit Anti-Padi during my posts. This is mainly due to a dive incident that occured whilst i was in the dominican. The buddy i was with completely panicked whilst we had decended 30+ metres. I felt i was totally incapable of handling the situation with my current training, (thank god we were both doing cert dives). I left with the feeling PADI(and similar) training isn't adequite to dive safely. I'm therefore trying to pursue a more dir based training approach.

Welcome to the boards, with little experience but enough to know that PADI can't teach safe diving you'll be welcome here (just what we need, another one)

Ian

[sch]

Originally Posted by StephenT

Ye, Deep Blue is about 10 minutes walk from my house. Not used the rib yet, will this summer w/o doubt.

I might come across as abit Anti-Padi during my posts. This is mainly due to a dive incident that occured whilst i was in the dominican. The buddy i was with completely panicked whilst we had decended 30+ metres. I felt i was totally incapable of handling the situation with my current training, (thank god we were both doing cert dives). I left with the feeling PADI(and similar) training isn't adequite to dive safely. I'm therefore trying to pursue a more dir based training approach.

Stephen,
hi - just a point regarding your comment about the incident that occurred. I'm guessing from the dive details that you've posted that you're probably qualified to Advanced Open Water? At this point, PADI haven't taught any Rescue Skills other than a few basic self-rescue skills such as dealing with out of air emergencies, weight and buoyancy problems. Its really recommended that within the PADI environment that people should try and progress to Rescue Diver which is where the rescue skills are taught.

Without trying to make it sound like an advert for PADI & the Rescue course, I think you'll find that the course is regarded as one of the best PADI courses available even by the other diving agencies.

Of course, other agencies may have different teaching methods and would include rescue skills earlier in diver education, and their methods are equally valid!

Simon

[StephenT]

I'm under the impression that the PADI rescue course is indeed a very good course, and yes it has been regarded as a very good course by a great many people to me. My main beef is, i personally don't believe i should of been even certified to of been diving unsupervised without the knowledge i'd need to deal with this problem, the saving grace being that we were with an instructor.

Ofcourse this has probably been brought up NUMEROUS times before, so i'm not even trying to start a flame war, it's more personal than anything else.

[KeyLimePie]

Hi Stephen,

Good to see you posting to YD after Sunday. Any news re your watch? I'm going back over on Friday so will ask in the shop for you. I'll also have another look about if you haven't been lucky.

Hope you enjoyed your dives with Rich, I know I did.

If you fancy another trip out sometime, and want to save your dad some driving send me a PM. Anyway, why not sign up for the St Abbs trip here

Cheers,

Dave

[StephenT]

Ofcourse i happy to go diving anytime, and will pay for the petrol for the trip :] (the problem with my dad is i don't want him to take me but, also too lazy to learn to drive). Rich was brilliant and very helpful. I've kinda given up hope on the watch, it's only a watch :]. Already thinking about going to Abs with DB, on the 25th.3rd , the week after would be good too though.

Just let me know if/when you want to do the fundies.

[Narked@50]

Originally Posted by StephenT

I'm under the impression that the PADI rescue course is indeed a very good course, and yes it has been regarded as a very good course by a great many people to me. My main beef is, i personally don't believe i should of been even certified to of been diving unsupervised without the knowledge i'd need to deal with this problem, the saving grace being that we were with an instructor.

Ofcourse this has probably been brought up NUMEROUS times before, so i'm not even trying to start a flame war, it's more personal than anything else.

Hi Stephen

I understand your frustration, and agree you should not have been there, but diving abroad is a little less legislated than in this country where the teaching standards are generaly, but not always, better. It is very much down to your instructor, and there are poor ones everywhere, that's one of the beauties of YD - it's good to talk .

Hope you have a good time here and get the training you are looking for.

James