Kimsey0
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Hahaha, you guys aren't going to believe this, (or maybe you will, it's not too hard to, when all's said and done) But just after reading this one vintage divers thread:
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/vintage-equipment-diving/305612-scuba-police-vintage-diver.html
I had the exact same thing happen to me;
Annnyway, testing out the Lambertsen was starting to resemble work too much, so I took a break and broke out my vintage open circuit rig (sea hunt basket harness/conshelf XIV) had to tinker with the conshelf a bit because it always leaked just a tiny bit of air, constantly. While I was working on it, some divers backed in with trucks into the quarry area. They got out all their gear, and went in, looked like an instructor and some students. I went to the shallow 5' or so end to test out the reg and see how it did. When I got in, the instructor was hovering around the shallow end with his students:
Instructor:Is that a backplate?
Me:Nah, just a bunch of webbing. It's an old 50's basket harness.
Me:So what buoyancy compensator is that? A BP&W?
Instructor:It's a backplate.
At this time, I submerged, the idea striking me as somewhat strange he owns a BP&W and has never heard of that acronym... maybe it's just an internet thing?
When I submerged the conshelf had a few problems, taking on a bit of water every breath, and the purge wouldn't work, so I resurfaced to fix it, mumbling something about "regulator's taking on water..."
I then heard a voice say "High pressure port is loose."
I looked around for a moment and spotted the instructor about 20' away from me, I thought he was talking to a student, but he was addressing me, surprisingly enough. Shrugging it off, I backed up to a rock for a moment to sit on it, and think about the adjustments I made to the reg that could cause these issues. At that moment, my mother, who was diving with me, emerged near the instructor to address her newbie issues, like mask fog, weighting, buoyancy, etc.
Instructor: You know that regulator you're using is 30 years old.
Me: Yeah... I know, but I'm working on it.
Instructor: Who trained you to work on those?
Me: Well.... nobody but me, and the manuals, really.
Instuctor:WHAT?!?!?!!
Instuctor: Have you been certified?
Me: Yeah...
Instructor: I can't let you dive here!
Mom (to instructor):... who are you supposed to be?
Instructor: I'm an INSTRRUUUCTOOOR! (Theme from Conan the Destroyer plays)
Instructor: (going off on a tangent) He has no secondary air source, no Buoyancy compensator....
Me:Afraid I'm not very much interested in your lectures, mister.
Instructor:I'M CALLING MIKE RIGHT NOW!
Me: (getting off rock, shaking head while heading out of the water to work on reg)
Instructor: (continuing to go off on tangent, about no alternative this, that, blah, blah, blah)
Me:Mister, this might come as a surprise to you, but divers were around before all that crap even existed...
Anyway, I was working on my reg at the table, them mom came up; basically from what I gleaned from her, he was too cowardly for her to even get his name, she had to drag it out of him, barely audible. She ranted about how he ruined her day, and didn't want to dive anymore that day. I told her not to create a scene, because I was nervous enough as it is between that instructor, and trying to troubleshoot my gear. I was going to go back in the quarry to dive a quick session before we left, now that my reg was resolved, and working perfectly, but she talked me out of it.
This guy was at least in his 50's, can't believe he hasn't at least *heard* of the concept of diving with no bc, and/or diving with no alt air. He must not have been diving too long.
(he was an instructor, so that was probably the case
)
You can get your instructor's license with what? 100 dives or less total? H*ll, I have 81 dives under my belt, and I still feel like a newbie.
Geez, I'd trust you guys on here instructing me, (who aren't even instructors) who've been diving since the 50's/60's to instruct me before I'd trust him.
Anway, I'll post about the Lambertsent trials in a bit, got to go do something right now.
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/vintage-equipment-diving/305612-scuba-police-vintage-diver.html
I had the exact same thing happen to me;
Annnyway, testing out the Lambertsen was starting to resemble work too much, so I took a break and broke out my vintage open circuit rig (sea hunt basket harness/conshelf XIV) had to tinker with the conshelf a bit because it always leaked just a tiny bit of air, constantly. While I was working on it, some divers backed in with trucks into the quarry area. They got out all their gear, and went in, looked like an instructor and some students. I went to the shallow 5' or so end to test out the reg and see how it did. When I got in, the instructor was hovering around the shallow end with his students:
Instructor:Is that a backplate?
Me:Nah, just a bunch of webbing. It's an old 50's basket harness.
Me:So what buoyancy compensator is that? A BP&W?
Instructor:It's a backplate.
At this time, I submerged, the idea striking me as somewhat strange he owns a BP&W and has never heard of that acronym... maybe it's just an internet thing?
When I submerged the conshelf had a few problems, taking on a bit of water every breath, and the purge wouldn't work, so I resurfaced to fix it, mumbling something about "regulator's taking on water..."
I then heard a voice say "High pressure port is loose."
I looked around for a moment and spotted the instructor about 20' away from me, I thought he was talking to a student, but he was addressing me, surprisingly enough. Shrugging it off, I backed up to a rock for a moment to sit on it, and think about the adjustments I made to the reg that could cause these issues. At that moment, my mother, who was diving with me, emerged near the instructor to address her newbie issues, like mask fog, weighting, buoyancy, etc.
Instructor: You know that regulator you're using is 30 years old.
Me: Yeah... I know, but I'm working on it.
Instructor: Who trained you to work on those?
Me: Well.... nobody but me, and the manuals, really.
Instuctor:WHAT?!?!?!!
Instuctor: Have you been certified?
Me: Yeah...
Instructor: I can't let you dive here!
Mom (to instructor):... who are you supposed to be?
Instructor: I'm an INSTRRUUUCTOOOR! (Theme from Conan the Destroyer plays)
Instructor: (going off on a tangent) He has no secondary air source, no Buoyancy compensator....
Me:Afraid I'm not very much interested in your lectures, mister.
Instructor:I'M CALLING MIKE RIGHT NOW!
Me: (getting off rock, shaking head while heading out of the water to work on reg)
Instructor: (continuing to go off on tangent, about no alternative this, that, blah, blah, blah)
Me:Mister, this might come as a surprise to you, but divers were around before all that crap even existed...
Anyway, I was working on my reg at the table, them mom came up; basically from what I gleaned from her, he was too cowardly for her to even get his name, she had to drag it out of him, barely audible. She ranted about how he ruined her day, and didn't want to dive anymore that day. I told her not to create a scene, because I was nervous enough as it is between that instructor, and trying to troubleshoot my gear. I was going to go back in the quarry to dive a quick session before we left, now that my reg was resolved, and working perfectly, but she talked me out of it.
This guy was at least in his 50's, can't believe he hasn't at least *heard* of the concept of diving with no bc, and/or diving with no alt air. He must not have been diving too long.
(he was an instructor, so that was probably the case
)You can get your instructor's license with what? 100 dives or less total? H*ll, I have 81 dives under my belt, and I still feel like a newbie.
Geez, I'd trust you guys on here instructing me, (who aren't even instructors) who've been diving since the 50's/60's to instruct me before I'd trust him.
Anway, I'll post about the Lambertsent trials in a bit, got to go do something right now.
