ScubaSteve
Wow.....what a DB
To steal Cave Diver's line: invoke the first rule of SCUBA!
Dive with a buddy???
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To steal Cave Diver's line: invoke the first rule of SCUBA!
Dive with a buddy???
no - don't hold your breath!
(It confused me, too, when CD posted it, because I learned the first rule to be, "always breath continuously on SCUBA".)
:joke:
It was a joke because someone recently changed it so their first rule was dive with a buddy (even though they themselves claimed to solo dive).
Same experience here, Don. I was on Blackbeards a few years ago and they have the same set up, names on the board and you move your name from one board to the other when you're off and on the boat. All week it never worked. By day 4 the captain said this system works if everyone does their part. That's a big IF. IF it works on paper but doesn't work in practice, it doesn't work. Luckily we were all from the same dive shop and looked out for each other, so had no problems. But a verbal roll call would have been more effective.
Cruisin Home,
I personally forgot to turn on my tank once and giant strided in. You don't really want to know the feeling of being under water and not being able to breath your regulator. Its an experience you don't forget. NEVER be complacent! Always follow the buddy check list.
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I did that once. I turned my air on but when my buddy checked he turned it off and then back a smidge. I was able to get breath at surface.