Mouth Breather
Contributor
BOB the Bail-Out-Bottle aka Pony is my new best friend. I completed the SDI solo course last weekend, having already done quite a few solos. Even if I'm with someone, BOB and my training give me piece of mind that if something happens I can be self-reliant.
I'd like to take BOB with me on most boat dives, do you all do this? I bet the cattle boats won't like it, but they're the ones that had a part in driving me to solo in the first place. It seems to be my fate that I get stuck with the insta-buddy that's been "diving since 2001" having amassed 10 whole dives the last of which was 4 years ago.
Speaking of the insta-buddy, do you wave buh-bye when they thumb your dive after 1/2 hour on a 50ft reef? I had an instructor tell me they do this, but what if they have an "event" between you and the surface? As solo divers, do you still feel an obligation to stick with an insta-buddy until the bitter end?
I'd like to take BOB with me on most boat dives, do you all do this? I bet the cattle boats won't like it, but they're the ones that had a part in driving me to solo in the first place. It seems to be my fate that I get stuck with the insta-buddy that's been "diving since 2001" having amassed 10 whole dives the last of which was 4 years ago.
Speaking of the insta-buddy, do you wave buh-bye when they thumb your dive after 1/2 hour on a 50ft reef? I had an instructor tell me they do this, but what if they have an "event" between you and the surface? As solo divers, do you still feel an obligation to stick with an insta-buddy until the bitter end?