Boat lost divers -- recovered

[maniago]

SMBs should be mandatory on all boat dives

+1. Should be personal mandatory for ocean diving period, same as diving with a BCD and tanks (ie duh)

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Nautilus Lifeline...don't be this person:
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huh? you don't agree with having a Nautilus? Why? Personal experience?

 

[billt4sf]

Strange that the boat didn't have a "granny line" (a line running along the boat, to allow divers to pull themselves to the bow). That's been pretty standard on all the boats I've dived that do anchored dives in current-sensitive areas.

Yes, that's what was missing.

 

[AfterDark]

The people who were drifting did carry a whistle and blew it but no one ever heard it.

Say what you will about how it was their own fault but all they did was fail to catch a line after jumping in. Note to self: observe current carefully before jumping in.

Bill

Be sure you can do whatever it is you need to do. Last weekend we rolled off the boat ONTO the line that led to the anchor line so as not to miss it. One guy got it on his valve but a turn in the right direction and the current swept him right out from under it while he held onto to the line. If not I was next and ready to free it for him.