Rainer
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Yeah, this suggestion that you're "easily" going to squeeze in seven dives per full day on these charters is rather ridiculous. I think six is pushing it, and five is really a practical daily maximum.
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I've never seen anyone do 7 dives on any trip. You have to remember that the crew does not get paid extra for night dives and their usual day is tending to divers for 4 dives. So it's somewhat rude to ask them to perform the extra work for 3 more dives. The night dive is expected and if you go on it then you should be adding a little extra into the tip jar along with tipping for 2 days not just one.
I'm not sure what boats your going on but I've never been on one thats run out of snacks/food.
Billy
Yeah, this suggestion that you're "easily" going to squeeze in seven dives per full day on these charters is rather ridiculous. I think six is pushing it, and five is really a practical daily maximum.
I've been on the Peace, numerous times. These trips are usually four day dives and a single night dive (5 max / day). I don't tend to do shorter dives like you, however, so that might be the difference.
Just because you've never done it or never seen it done, that doesn't mean it hadn't happened. I'm sorry, but there are a lot of SoCal diving that doesn't include you.
You still sore about the Raptor discussion from last year? Is that why you kept going out of your way to take pot shot at me? Let it go, dude. It was just an internet discussion.
The smiley tends to denote a comment made in jest. Surely somebody with as much internet forum experience as you are would know the basic meanings behind the more mundane emoticons. Like this one
Sorry to burst your bubble Skippy but you posted something ridiculous and I responded. When did I say it's never been done? Thank you for pointing out that I'm not at every single dive that every single diver has ever gone on or will go on. My quest for knowledge has now come to an end.
Just so I understand, when someone puts a smiley at the end of their post it is supposed to be received as the entire post is sarcastic?
Billy
You guys need to start thinking outside of the box. It's very easy to get in a huge number of dives if all you're interested in quantity. Just make your dives last only about 10-20 minutes and only go down to about 25 ft. I bet I could easily get 10 dives in a day that way. LOL. .
When I posted something ridiculous? Once again, let me say it verrrryyyyy slowllllly. Just because YOU haven't done it, or have seen it been done, it doesn't mean that it hadn't been done.
If you ever were to have taken a multi-day trip on the Peace boat with the dive shop called Ocean Adventures in Santa Monica/Venice, then you would know that those people are a hardy bunch of divers. 6-dives on the first day, 4-dives on the second day was a matter of course.