Hi everyone --
I'm a novice recreational diver who hasn't gone out in a decade. I'm also a novelist, and my protagonist works in salvage. She's trying to being a large (6x6x6) safe out of a recently sunken megayacht without anyone knowing what she's doing, so she has to do it all clandestinely. The boat's in about 130 feet of water, and I'm wondering how long she would need to wait between her dives. Could she do them on consecutive days? I figure she's got about 10 minutes of bottom time each dive without decompressing stops, so it'll take a several dives to attach the flotation devices.
Also, if anyone knows, I'm thinking of her killing the bad guys in the end by attaching one of those flotation devices to them at 130 or so feet and inflating them -- sending them up fast. My thinking i that if someone went up that fast without a stop, they'd either get the bends bad (in open water, with a cut on their leg, so sharks) or an embolism. But that's not crucial yet -- I can find another way to kill them -- but I thought that might be cool.
Any information or advice anyone can offer I'd sure appreciate. Thanks
I'm a novice recreational diver who hasn't gone out in a decade. I'm also a novelist, and my protagonist works in salvage. She's trying to being a large (6x6x6) safe out of a recently sunken megayacht without anyone knowing what she's doing, so she has to do it all clandestinely. The boat's in about 130 feet of water, and I'm wondering how long she would need to wait between her dives. Could she do them on consecutive days? I figure she's got about 10 minutes of bottom time each dive without decompressing stops, so it'll take a several dives to attach the flotation devices.
Also, if anyone knows, I'm thinking of her killing the bad guys in the end by attaching one of those flotation devices to them at 130 or so feet and inflating them -- sending them up fast. My thinking i that if someone went up that fast without a stop, they'd either get the bends bad (in open water, with a cut on their leg, so sharks) or an embolism. But that's not crucial yet -- I can find another way to kill them -- but I thought that might be cool.
Any information or advice anyone can offer I'd sure appreciate. Thanks