While on Vacation, Why don't u like other people changin your tank?

[NorthWoodsDiver]

Typically in resort locations the DM looks at my BP/W, hog harness, 7' hose, drysuit inflator, and canister light, and simply move on to the next passenger...

exactly

and in the case of horses, I can't comment because I thought all they were good for was eating...

 

[HJeffreyM]

And once again, the maniacs pevail.

Anyone want to comment on the very rational theory that A) letting the boat crew do the initial setup and then having you AND your buddy check it might actually be SAFER than setting it up yourself, or B) that 15 divers setting up their own gear on a moving, rolling boat might actually be the CAUSE of injuries?

There are reasons the boat crew would PREFER (I've never seen one insist) to setup the gear and let you check it after.

Walter, folks like you and Thalassamania obviously have way too much free time and are the kind of know-it-alls that actually discourage new divers with your attitude. If only 1% of divers belong to SB, it's got to be the 1% that lives to tell the other 99% what we're all doing wrong.

Dude, it IS the instructor, not the agency.

 

[muddiver]

Full face masks, multiple regulators and tanks will cause the same effect.

 

[Sloth]

What possible reason could there be for requiring divers not set up their own gear?

Extremely rough conditions. The last thing you want is 10+ people with no sea legs on a pitching deck trying to move 25+ lbs tanks around. Lets be honest the majority of tourist divers aren't exactly fitness studs. Last thing you want to see is a bunch of out of shape divers bouncing off of each other trying to show how good independent divers they are by changing their gear out.

Let the crew do their job, their is nothing you cant fix in a minute if they don't do something to your personal liking. It's nothing personal, no one is making a statement that you dont know how to set up your own gear. Sometimes it really is safer for the crew to do it.

 

[Kingpatzer]

Let the crew do their job, their is nothing you cant fix in a minute if they don't do something to your personal liking

Last time I let a crew set up my gear (which will be hte last time I ever do it) they dropped MY tank, broke the handle on the pillar valve, and lost half my air. It was a smaller boat, they had no extra DIN tanks, and no ability to fill a tank.

How do I replace half my air in a few minutes? I've been told I'm full of hot air, but I didn't have a connector.

 

[Sloth]

Last time I let a crew set up my gear (which will be hte last time I ever do it) they dropped MY tank, broke the handle on the pillar valve, and lost half my air. It was a smaller boat, they had no extra DIN tanks, and no ability to fill a tank.

How do I replace half my air in a few minutes? I've been told I'm full of hot air, but I didn't have a connector.

I'm sorry to hear that, I'm sure it was rather frustrating but for every example like this I can probably give an example of divers on dive boat hurting themselves or someone else or breaking their or someones gear simple from not being use to being on a boat.

A boat capt is always going to want his crew to take risk instead of paying customers.

 

[Walter]

Extremely rough conditions.

If it's too rough for me to set up my gear, it's too rough for the crew to set up their gear. It's also too rough to be at sea. Got a reason that doesn't keep us in port?

Let the crew do their job

It's not their job.

 

[Sloth]

If it's too rough for me to set up my gear, it's too rough for the crew to set up their gear. It's also too rough to be at sea. Got a reason that doesn't keep us in port?



It's not their job.

We might be talking around each other. I am referring to changing out tanks in between dives. I thought people where on their soap box about crew touching their gear at anytime, not just in port.

Keeping customers safe is absolutely their job.

 

[rongoodman]

I've only done half a dozen trips, but it's never come up as an issue--I've always set up my own gear, have never even seen a DM try to do it.

 

[Walter]

I am referring to changing out tanks in between dives.

I know. If it's too rough for me to set up my gear, it's too rough for the crew to set up their gear. If it's that rough, I'm not going out.

I thought people where on their soap box about crew touching their gear at anytime, not just in port.

We are.