Did a night scuba dive tonight off Key Largo with Silent World. When we surfaced about 50' behind the boat it was just in time to see him start the engines and take off! It was more than a little unnerving. I wasn't able to hail the boat with my Lifeline emergency radio, either.
Turns out the other buddy pair on the boat had signaled him they were in trouble so he went to rescue them. He had turned his radio down so he could better communicate with the distressed pair.
It wasn't long before he came back and got us. However, I lost my radio I thought I had clipped it back onto a D-RING with my suicide clip. Operator error, I suppose
The other buddy pair was fine, but there was quite a bit of current tonight. They had drifted way too far from the boat to get back to it.
Interesting end to an otherwise fun dive. I'm doing another night dive tomorrow night!
Lesson learned: Need to find a better way to secure the replacement when I get one.
Turns out the other buddy pair on the boat had signaled him they were in trouble so he went to rescue them. He had turned his radio down so he could better communicate with the distressed pair.
It wasn't long before he came back and got us. However, I lost my radio I thought I had clipped it back onto a D-RING with my suicide clip. Operator error, I suppose
The other buddy pair was fine, but there was quite a bit of current tonight. They had drifted way too far from the boat to get back to it.
Interesting end to an otherwise fun dive. I'm doing another night dive tomorrow night!
Lesson learned: Need to find a better way to secure the replacement when I get one.