So im running a dive boat today to help a friend out who wanted to jump out of a perfectly good airplane for his Bday as opposed to jumping off a perfectly good boat.
The first dive was a nightmare! Boats lined up for the moorings everywhere. We finaly find and empty one and get tied off. 8 divers including 2 DM/Inst. First one guy can't get down as his inflator was stuck open and he was blowing air. I get him back out and fixed up and back into the water. ABout 15 minutes into a 85 foot dive, I have someone on the surface. He gets on board and tells me his reg is breathing hard. I point out that may be becouse his SPG says 0! Turns out it was breathing hard too even with air in a new tank. Right behind him is another on the surfaace. He had a panic attack. Near 500 dives and he lost it! Now two more are at the surface one with 200 lbs of air. I finaly get everyone back onboard. I had to ask, "who has the bananna?" One guy fessed up to a bananna peel and one to having two bannanas on board. Over they went, not the divers. We then went on to two awsome dives with no problems.
Hate to sound superstitious (sp, ya I know I cant spell) but Im telling ya, it's true, no banannas on boats, it's just bad. I can't even eat one before going fishing or I get skunked and that never happens.
The first dive was a nightmare! Boats lined up for the moorings everywhere. We finaly find and empty one and get tied off. 8 divers including 2 DM/Inst. First one guy can't get down as his inflator was stuck open and he was blowing air. I get him back out and fixed up and back into the water. ABout 15 minutes into a 85 foot dive, I have someone on the surface. He gets on board and tells me his reg is breathing hard. I point out that may be becouse his SPG says 0! Turns out it was breathing hard too even with air in a new tank. Right behind him is another on the surfaace. He had a panic attack. Near 500 dives and he lost it! Now two more are at the surface one with 200 lbs of air. I finaly get everyone back onboard. I had to ask, "who has the bananna?" One guy fessed up to a bananna peel and one to having two bannanas on board. Over they went, not the divers. We then went on to two awsome dives with no problems.
Hate to sound superstitious (sp, ya I know I cant spell) but Im telling ya, it's true, no banannas on boats, it's just bad. I can't even eat one before going fishing or I get skunked and that never happens.
