sparkyjames
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this is site is a park with set boundries
do a a ferry that crosses next to the site
Hi Guys:
I just thought Id relate the experience that my dive buddy Tim Murphy and I this weekend at Alki Cove two. Tim and I camped out at the KOA camp grounds in Kent
for the holiday weekend and did a lot of diving in the Seattle area, dive reports to come soon as I have time to post them.
But on Saturday 5/30/04, Jay and I decided we would take advantage of the low visibility of late and do a navigation dive at Alki Cove Two, No sooner had we found a parking space and walked to the railing in order to show Jay how the Park was laid out.
I explained to him about the Water Taxi lane and pointed out the boundaries to him.
When Jay pointed to the spot where the Taxi ties up to the dock and ask me then I take it those two divers are out of the park. I told him that was the exact spot the taxi tied up,
it seems two divers had managed to wind up in front of the dock. I turned to another diver there and said to him look at these two. He told me his instructor I did not get the name of the instructor was on his way over to say some thing to them.
when the two lost divers came ashore at the entry point I went over and as politely as I could ask them. what had gone wrong with there dive that they had wound up deploying there lift bags in the Taxi lane?
Before I give you there answer let me tell you what I seen .
both divers were using what I will classify as advanced diving setups ( lift bags back plate and wings hell one of these clowns was using doubles ) It was plane to see these were either Tech or want to be tech divers.
So any way after asking what had gone wrong on there dive that they wound up so far off course they smiled at each other and one of them replied to me and I quote him here psssst like it was nothing to worry about. I actual got the impression that that rule about staying in the park did not apply to him or so he thought.
and then to rub salt in the wound I swear it was not ten minutes latter when Jay and I seen two other divers float lift bags in the Taxi lane and hang out long enough to do there safety stops then swim back in to the park.
So here is my thought on this I will be kind to these 4 jerks and assume they are in-fact
trained Tech Divers and know what they are doing.
I would strongly suggest that they go back to there teachers and ask for a refresher course,
Here is why,
#1 plan your dive.
If this was not part of your dive plan then you did some-thing wrong.
#2 Dive your plan.
As I said above was entering the Taxi lane part of the dive plan ?
And if so why for what purpose?
#3 Was a safety stop in the water column necessary?
And If so why did you not ask for help when that instructor came over to the dock to speak to you ?
I had though of taking a picture of the truck they were in and posting it on the web sites I visit with this post but for some reason changed my mind.
then after thinking the hole thing over I now wish I did so,
Consider your self warned if this was you or your friends next time you pull this stunt while I am at the park your photo and truck photo and plate number will be all over the internet. As soon, as get home.
and here is why as I had said, Jay and I had planned to do a low visibility dive.
our Dive profile was this.
#1
to swim under water from shore to the white buoy after finding the anchor chain,
#2
we would turn and swim under water to the lone pilling that sticks out of the water,
#3
at the base of the pilling we would head on a course that ran parallel to shore.
( I should note here that at this point if we did not pay close attention to where we were it would have been easy for us to end up in the Taxi lane as well. )
My point is this I am only a open water cert diver and have less the 50 dives and we never left the park. and I was dong the Navigation while Jay monitored our depth,
I am not saying I am a better diver then these jamokes but I am apparently a better navigator. As we ended our dive with in about 20 feet of our planned exit.
with our maximum visibility reaching about 10 feet to maybe 15 feet.
We had better do some thing about these BAD DIVERS using our dive sites
and fast when Jay and I came up at the end of our dive there was two police boats
working the Taxi Lane .
I give these Jerks one year and they will have us run out of Alki Cove 2.
unless we ban together and act now.
I think my first step will be to call 911 next time I see this happen.
at least the paper might report that the stray divers were reported by a concerned diver
that did not want to see the park and the divers that use it held accountable.
I am sorry I went on so long but as you may be able to tell Im pissed.
Sparky
this is site is a park with set boundries
do a a ferry that crosses next to the site
Hi Guys:
I just thought Id relate the experience that my dive buddy Tim Murphy and I this weekend at Alki Cove two. Tim and I camped out at the KOA camp grounds in Kent
for the holiday weekend and did a lot of diving in the Seattle area, dive reports to come soon as I have time to post them.
But on Saturday 5/30/04, Jay and I decided we would take advantage of the low visibility of late and do a navigation dive at Alki Cove Two, No sooner had we found a parking space and walked to the railing in order to show Jay how the Park was laid out.
I explained to him about the Water Taxi lane and pointed out the boundaries to him.
When Jay pointed to the spot where the Taxi ties up to the dock and ask me then I take it those two divers are out of the park. I told him that was the exact spot the taxi tied up,
it seems two divers had managed to wind up in front of the dock. I turned to another diver there and said to him look at these two. He told me his instructor I did not get the name of the instructor was on his way over to say some thing to them.
when the two lost divers came ashore at the entry point I went over and as politely as I could ask them. what had gone wrong with there dive that they had wound up deploying there lift bags in the Taxi lane?
Before I give you there answer let me tell you what I seen .
both divers were using what I will classify as advanced diving setups ( lift bags back plate and wings hell one of these clowns was using doubles ) It was plane to see these were either Tech or want to be tech divers.
So any way after asking what had gone wrong on there dive that they wound up so far off course they smiled at each other and one of them replied to me and I quote him here psssst like it was nothing to worry about. I actual got the impression that that rule about staying in the park did not apply to him or so he thought.
and then to rub salt in the wound I swear it was not ten minutes latter when Jay and I seen two other divers float lift bags in the Taxi lane and hang out long enough to do there safety stops then swim back in to the park.
So here is my thought on this I will be kind to these 4 jerks and assume they are in-fact
trained Tech Divers and know what they are doing.
I would strongly suggest that they go back to there teachers and ask for a refresher course,
Here is why,
#1 plan your dive.
If this was not part of your dive plan then you did some-thing wrong.
#2 Dive your plan.
As I said above was entering the Taxi lane part of the dive plan ?
And if so why for what purpose?
#3 Was a safety stop in the water column necessary?
And If so why did you not ask for help when that instructor came over to the dock to speak to you ?
I had though of taking a picture of the truck they were in and posting it on the web sites I visit with this post but for some reason changed my mind.
then after thinking the hole thing over I now wish I did so,
Consider your self warned if this was you or your friends next time you pull this stunt while I am at the park your photo and truck photo and plate number will be all over the internet. As soon, as get home.
and here is why as I had said, Jay and I had planned to do a low visibility dive.
our Dive profile was this.
#1
to swim under water from shore to the white buoy after finding the anchor chain,
#2
we would turn and swim under water to the lone pilling that sticks out of the water,
#3
at the base of the pilling we would head on a course that ran parallel to shore.
( I should note here that at this point if we did not pay close attention to where we were it would have been easy for us to end up in the Taxi lane as well. )
My point is this I am only a open water cert diver and have less the 50 dives and we never left the park. and I was dong the Navigation while Jay monitored our depth,
I am not saying I am a better diver then these jamokes but I am apparently a better navigator. As we ended our dive with in about 20 feet of our planned exit.
with our maximum visibility reaching about 10 feet to maybe 15 feet.
We had better do some thing about these BAD DIVERS using our dive sites
and fast when Jay and I came up at the end of our dive there was two police boats
working the Taxi Lane .
I give these Jerks one year and they will have us run out of Alki Cove 2.
unless we ban together and act now.
I think my first step will be to call 911 next time I see this happen.
at least the paper might report that the stray divers were reported by a concerned diver
that did not want to see the park and the divers that use it held accountable.
I am sorry I went on so long but as you may be able to tell Im pissed.
Sparky
