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Hmmm....Lets see.... The cost of the cert is what...$100? So, the extra safety isn't worth $100? What about the extra knowledge, the flexibility, etc. I guess you can tell that I prefer extra knowledge and the flexibility that comes with it. Get the training...

Pay attention to the statute of limitations for contract actions...It may just be a year... You miss that, and you are screwed...Ask your attorney friend who sent the letters (presuming he knows).

ROFLOL!! :banana:

I think you hit one nail on the head in the last sentence of your first paragraph...But I see it differently than you do. Getting sued at all, whether you are going to win, is a bad thing, and can be quite costly... If the cost of getting sued and winning exceeds the insurance cost...

Hey stranger...Long time no hear! I hope down under is treating you well. I hope to get there someday... As for my experience, I like the GTI model. It is purely for fun rec dives, and certainly is not to be confused with serious scooters used by the cave crowd... However, I've gotten...

I've always wanted to call a boat "No clue", but wondered if that might give the CG a bit of concern....LOL

If you come up to dive Monterey, give a shout...I'll try to get my now 16 yr old to dive...He was certified as a 13 yr old, but only goes a few times a year now that he drives...LOL

Dead horses are all around, in this thread...heh

I have the GTI version, and it does just fine with someone close to 200lbs...I've had a great deal of fun with it...Have pulled myself and my buddy a bit (it doesn't do very well in that role, but worked better than I thought it would...). Two speeds....

I took a class at University of Calif. at San Diego in the early 80's that was called "underwater basketweaving"...I kid you not...Look it up in the archives, and in the Alumni mag, it was in the Alumni mag several months ago.)..LOL You had to....weave a basket underwater... It was one...

I guess I'll be the first to say this is a crazy Idea...heh With a cast, and a damaged limb, do you feel you'll be able to get out of an emergency underwater? Will you be able to don and doff your gear without further injuring your hand? Can you help a buddy if they have problems? I have...

Any reason?

I'm not, er....a female.....but have a thought on this issue... Go around the neighborhood and offer your services as cat sitter/dog sitter while folks go away on vacations...My 12 yr old gets $20-30 each time, for one animal, some plant watering, etc. Word got around fast, and he has to...

Something like..."I was going to buy it from your store, but you talked me out of it..." comes to mind.

Which is what I said...although less directly...I was responding to a guy who said the ins. co. would be named.

I am not so sure that the ins. co. would be a named party...The insurance company merely assumes the liability...It is the parties that go through trial... I've been a named party in a lawsuit involving a car accident, and my ins. provided the settlement...but the ins. co. was not named...

If the count had been done correctly and accurately, the lawsuit wouldn't exist, and neither would this thread...Or so I presume. :)

My understanding is that the dive shop provided the DM...Not sure if that means the captain hired them, as you discuss.... I wonder if the Captain received a specific affirmation from the DM in charge that day that everyone was aboard...

I didn't say all...Far from it...In fact, I specifically limited my observation to what a captain might think as to DM's they had not personally worked with before... And I was talking about the lesson to the captain, which means he will not easily trust any DM he doesn't already know...

Indeed...I am quite surprised that nobody he was diving with noticed he was missing... I haven't paid attention to the facts...Was he a local? Were others on the boat friends of his? (You need not tell me, because these details are likely posted elsewhere...)