If you have to hang on to the line, you hang on to the line. DIR divers are thinking divers right? Better than drifting deco in perfect trim all the way to Halifax..........
If the current is that ****ty, and it if the odds are strong that you are going to get blown of the wreck, and you know this is at the beginning of the dive...........don't do the dive. Dive another day. This is all recreational stuff right? Remember Rule #3 "nothing underwater is worth dying for".........
If the scooter is the only thing keeping you from getting chopped into crab bait in the props of a freighter.......you might want to question your decision to do this dive also. Who has a scooter and has not had it fail for no particular reason? Sounds like putting all your eggs in one basket that was made by someone with parts from the lowest bidder......
Reg, when ever you ask these questions, think about it from a common sense application before you question "whether it is DIR or not". It is a good thing that you are asking the questions but if the party line seems to fly in the face of that common sense...............One of the best things about DIR is that 99.9 percent of this approach to diving "makes sense". That being said, there will always be situations where you need to ask yourself, "does this make sense" from your actual, on the spot perspective of where "the rubber hits the road". What does your common sense tell you about diving in a ripping current where the downside is getting chopped up by props? How would you weigh your deco obligations against getting blown off an upline in fog? These questions are best pondered on the surface, rather than in the water. Remember rule 3 above. We recently were planning a dive on a great wreck that has notarious current flucuations. When we arrived at the site, their was too much fog in our estimation to complete the dive safely if the current started acting up, a scooter died, or somebody blew off the line. Drifting on the ocean in strong current in fog? Google that one and you will find some "interesting" stories.
In any case, your personal risk assessment is for sure different than mine. If you don't think something can be accomplished safely, don't do it, regardless of the "party line".
If the current is that ****ty, and it if the odds are strong that you are going to get blown of the wreck, and you know this is at the beginning of the dive...........don't do the dive. Dive another day. This is all recreational stuff right? Remember Rule #3 "nothing underwater is worth dying for".........
If the scooter is the only thing keeping you from getting chopped into crab bait in the props of a freighter.......you might want to question your decision to do this dive also. Who has a scooter and has not had it fail for no particular reason? Sounds like putting all your eggs in one basket that was made by someone with parts from the lowest bidder......
Reg, when ever you ask these questions, think about it from a common sense application before you question "whether it is DIR or not". It is a good thing that you are asking the questions but if the party line seems to fly in the face of that common sense...............One of the best things about DIR is that 99.9 percent of this approach to diving "makes sense". That being said, there will always be situations where you need to ask yourself, "does this make sense" from your actual, on the spot perspective of where "the rubber hits the road". What does your common sense tell you about diving in a ripping current where the downside is getting chopped up by props? How would you weigh your deco obligations against getting blown off an upline in fog? These questions are best pondered on the surface, rather than in the water. Remember rule 3 above. We recently were planning a dive on a great wreck that has notarious current flucuations. When we arrived at the site, their was too much fog in our estimation to complete the dive safely if the current started acting up, a scooter died, or somebody blew off the line. Drifting on the ocean in strong current in fog? Google that one and you will find some "interesting" stories.
In any case, your personal risk assessment is for sure different than mine. If you don't think something can be accomplished safely, don't do it, regardless of the "party line".
