NOAA divers and their track record.

[cornfed]

DROP IT!!! Soggy... Cincy...

 

[ChrisM]

And here is the kicker...They dive the short hose configuration with full face half the time.

Sheesh, we are back to this again??

Well, at least I can't argue with that logic.

So let's see if I can apply it to another scenario....

I dive only air. I have never been bent.

Conclusion - you cannot get bent on air


Cool

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

Soggy once bubbled...


Jeez, CBF.

GET OVER IT.


....oh....and I know a NOAA diver who uses a long hose....he's on this board.

Get over what?

You know a NOAA diver that uses the 7' hose when working for NOAA???

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

ChrisM once bubbled...


Sheesh, we are back to this again??

Well, at least I can't argue with that logic.

So let's see if I can apply it to another scenario....

I dive only air. I have never been bent.

Conclusion - you cannot get bent on air


Cool

Is this how it works??? COOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!

 

[Karl_in_Calif]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...


Get over what?

You know a NOAA diver that uses the 7' hose when working for NOAA???

I thought we demonstrated that the 7 ft hose is a viable alternative, when appropriate, and that other shorter lengths were obsolete equipment? And that any arguments contrary to this were all ad hominem.

Whats wrong with wearing a 7 ft hose when appropriate?

Would a 7 ft hose be appropriate for a basic OW class?? Heck no, in my opinion.

Do all OW instructors have the same opinions? Heck no: fact.

 

[Soggy]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
You know a NOAA diver that uses the 7' hose when working for NOAA???

Yes. He even did his NOAA checkout dives with it to the best of my knowledge.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

Soggy once bubbled...


Yes. He even did his NOAA checkout dives with it to the best of my knowledge.

No kidding. Where did he do his NOAA checkout dives? Was he already a federal employee or in the military or what?

 

[Spectre]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
And here is the kicker...They dive the short hose configuration with full face half the time.

http://www.ndc.noaa.gov/videos/index.html

Funny... if you look close, you might see a few of those long hosers there.

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

Okay, where????

 

[Soggy]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
No kidding. Where did he do his NOAA checkout dives? Was he already a federal employee or in the military or what?

He did his checkout dives in Scituate, MA, I believe. I don't believe he was a federal employee.