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exactly- while not for "compliance" only it is obviously not something they do hardly at all, and don't train to do quickly-i understand they use moorings, which is certainly commendable, but it sounds like anchoring is a fairly involved process on that boat, which means they only will do it in...

just wanted to add, because i dont want to be too harsh, anyone who has spent any amount of time at sea knows that "stuff happens"- was just pointing out that their ability to anchor is not very good- but bad stuff happens to good boats, good captains, and good companies...

they have an "anchor" but for rule compliance only...it cannot do the job and they never use it...not good

where is that?

ld- i get what you are saying- i have been on that boat(twice actually) and thought thats what you were talking about- i understand personal responsibility- but the company you are diving with and taking full responsibility for your own safety with has to be totally upfront and honest for that...

went with blackbeards many many times in the early/mid 90's- usually great trips- diving is good and weather is usually great this time of year- no matter how the diving turned out it was definitely always an adventure!

and papa bear -your sea gull analogy, once again is way off- if you are walking down a boardwalk, and the boardwalk owner has some device or attractor for seagulls and is puposely bringing them in, ...get it...you may have many dives, but let me ask you-have you ever actually worked in the...

papa bear- i have thousands of dives including 300 plus reef shark "feeding" dives and around 150 tiger and bull dives... i understand your point, but I don't think you are getting what i am saying- YES, personal responsibility is a must, and i don't believe you will find in any of my posts a...

arfy-i get what you are saying-and everything you said basically just refuted lousianadivers info and argument- i guess if you look at my past posts in this thread i was just asking or wondering what the "supervision" was doing during the incident or where it was= thats all...i know these are...

also- louisianadiver- you say these trips are nothing like stuart cove...exactly my point- diving with tigers is way different than with reef sharks- you cannot sit looking only out in front of you with tigers- if you do its only a matter of time until a bump or worse... with reefs you do not...

louisiana diver- i understand what you are saying and agree in theory- but his trips are not presented just the way you describe- he does not say "we're at the site now, the bait will be here. good luck" -it IS presented as supervised on many of the dives- and yes, he does get a lot of pros, but...

oops-just saw bonine mentioned as triptone in one of last posts- if ginger is not working, thats the best one...

well- here's one more remedy- although of all listed, if you can get by with ginger, that has the least negative side effects, I have not yet seen bonine listed, which seems to work well with little side effect.

re:sharkwater- is that available at blockbuster?

good post- but accountability for the operators too

for someone who doesn't want speculation i'd say you(papa bear) are speculating way more than anyone else by saying it could be an embolism...after autopsy coroner stated cause of death was loss of blood-i'm stating what was quoted in the paper and what came out of his mouth in the interview...

he bled out- but you can choose to believe whatever you want- you do your research- i'll listen to people who were there...as for me speculating, i guess i was just responding to the "he knew the risks, therefore whatever happens is just the way it is" attitude of some of the posts i've...

I would say once again, i don't know where you are getting the info, because a coroner's report is pretty much definitive unless they continue the investigation(i.e. a 2nd autopsy) but the cause of death was loss of blood...and i was told that not just from the newspaper... all you said about...

cause of death was stated as blood loss - not embolism- i did read that in the paper "coroner stated cause of death as blood loss" and as s. african stated, you do not have to be next to bait crate to get pictures of sharks 1-2 feet away- sharks will come in and out of divers on the way to and...

exactly- i have seen a lot of support on this and other boards for shark diving and the whole "we all know its a risky dive" attitude and i actually agree- only an idiot would not think of some risk in diving with baited bulls, tigers, reefs,etc...i agree- but there are some things that should...