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I wonder how they 'get orientation'. I would say that they need to be SHOWN how to read tide tables, gear up on boats etc.
I have seen St Abbs, but never dived there. What local info is posted re tides? Or does everyone have to do a web search to get info? I know there is some good stuff online, but a new diver still needs to know what he/she should be looking for.
Preaching to the converted here methinks.
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Gavin started this thread by reporting some comments made by the RNLI in St Abbs, and a response from PADI. It seems to me that Gavin responded to our replies as if we were shooting the messenger. On 21 June I noticed that Gavin had deleted his initial posting and the subsequent posts within the thread. This should explain why this thread appears to read strangely.
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Adrian
Nice get out of jail free card there, Gavin[b said:Quote[/b] (Gavin Yates @ June 17 2003,08:21)]"We train our divers to get orientation in local conditions."
I wonder how they 'get orientation'. I would say that they need to be SHOWN how to read tide tables, gear up on boats etc.
I have seen St Abbs, but never dived there. What local info is posted re tides? Or does everyone have to do a web search to get info? I know there is some good stuff online, but a new diver still needs to know what he/she should be looking for.
Preaching to the converted here methinks.
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Gavin started this thread by reporting some comments made by the RNLI in St Abbs, and a response from PADI. It seems to me that Gavin responded to our replies as if we were shooting the messenger. On 21 June I noticed that Gavin had deleted his initial posting and the subsequent posts within the thread. This should explain why this thread appears to read strangely.
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Adrian