Dizzi Lizzi
Contributor
First I want to thank the experienced divers for all your advice. We especially liked the What if…series. It helped us remember that there are several solutions to a problem sometimes, and to take the time to really think it out. We are purchasing a few more safety items that we thought we did not need yet… for those just in case moments. It has also helped us develop a safer dive plan!
2nd I want to thank everyone who has posted a lesson learned. I’ve learned from all of them. I will be posting mine soon.
My question today is how do you know a boat is safe. This stems from the incident in California. I suppose I can google each boat to see if there is a history I’m not comfortable with. Even saying that I admit I’m a “lightning won’t strike twice” type person and would have expected that a boat with a prior incident would be safer as the crew/owner/captain/company would never subject their self to that kind of stress (guilt) again. Whether or not the boat left a diver behind I suppose remains to be seen, but the writing is on the wall. Anyway any advice you have would be appreciated. I would not trust anything like yelp type reviews, too open to tampering in both directions. Also, if we board a boat where it seems like everything is lax, what would you do????
2nd I want to thank everyone who has posted a lesson learned. I’ve learned from all of them. I will be posting mine soon.
My question today is how do you know a boat is safe. This stems from the incident in California. I suppose I can google each boat to see if there is a history I’m not comfortable with. Even saying that I admit I’m a “lightning won’t strike twice” type person and would have expected that a boat with a prior incident would be safer as the crew/owner/captain/company would never subject their self to that kind of stress (guilt) again. Whether or not the boat left a diver behind I suppose remains to be seen, but the writing is on the wall. Anyway any advice you have would be appreciated. I would not trust anything like yelp type reviews, too open to tampering in both directions. Also, if we board a boat where it seems like everything is lax, what would you do????