A day in the life!

[MMM]

Funny you should post that. Just today I asked Jeremy about how best to measure oneself in current for the purpose of performing navigational squares etc. (I'm retired and think up lots of goofy questions in my down time.) Since I figured current would mess up nearly everything! His answer was a review of my AOW which I took years ago. Arm spans were what we came up with. Everything else (outside of a tethered line) was FUBAR.

 

[mjatkins]

Funny you should post that. Just today I asked Jeremy about how best to measure oneself in current for the purpose of performing navigational squares etc. (I'm retired and think up lots of goofy questions in my down time.) Since I figured current would mess up nearly everything! His answer was a review of my AOW which I took years ago. Arm spans were what we came up with. Everything else (outside of a tethered line) was FUBAR.

I completely agree. In the Nav course, and the Nav adventure dive for Advanced I do the estimated time and fin cycles swim to meet the standards. We do it across the current which should have the least amount of impact on their accuracy. Then we redo the swim using arm spans. That's what I have the students use to perform the rest of the tasks. I also teach a point to point method of compass use. Find the heading and locate a point on the heading a short distance (20 ft) away. swim to that point while counting arm spans. Re take the heading and find the next point, etc. With this method, anyone can make a great square, or follow a course even in the current.

 

[Dhboner]

I'm really enjoying your stories...I'll be in Cozumel on January 23rd for a week so your blog is getting me primed!

Thanks very much.

Bob (Toronto)

 

[mjatkins]

I'm really enjoying your stories...I'll be in Cozumel on January 23rd for a week so your blog is getting me primed!

Thanks very much.

Bob (Toronto)

Hi Bob, thanks for reading. I hope you have a great time while you are here. I promise the weather is better here than it is in the centre of the universe : )

 

[mjatkins]

Took a refreshing sip of the cool-aid today. Taught an enriched air course, and had a good back and forth with one of PADI's education consultants. I know some people find PADI to be a big, scary, evil place, but I don't think many of them actually talk to the PADI folks. I was once again struck by how helpful, prompt, and professional he was.

 

[MMM]

know some people find PADI to be a big, scary, evil place, but I don't think many of them actually talk to the PADI folks. I was once again struck by how helpful, prompt, and professional he was.

What did they have to say about that new lionfish hunting cert that appeared here recently? Did they think it was a useful cert? Well worth the money?

 

[mjatkins]

What did they have to say about that new lionfish hunting cert that appeared here recently? Did they think it was a useful cert? Well worth the money?

Marg,
I'm not familiar with the course. It's obviously a "distinctive specialty" designed by a local instructor. What's the outline look like? Do you know who wrote it?

 

[MMM]

Marg,
I'm not familiar with the course. It's obviously a "distinctive specialty" designed by a local instructor. What's the outline look like? Do you know who wrote it?

No sorry I don't have any more information than what is in the thread under the advertisements/upcoming events section above.

 

[mjatkins]

The port is closed today, no chance of getting in and working on the navigation skills. But I can still work on the classroom portion of the rescue course with my students. Might as well be working instead of sitting staring at the waves.

 

[Frank Storms]

The port is closed today, no chance of getting in and working on the navigation skills. But I can still work on the classroom portion of the rescue course with my students. Might as well be working instead of sitting staring at the waves.

No more construction jobs around the hotel?