Diver dies on French Reef (Keys)
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bigken462
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I guess if your BC failed you could use it as a make shift lift bag of some sort. Short of cinching it over one's head and pulling the strings to entertain the fish i'm at loss. One puffer fish say's to the other - look there's a puffer diver.
Ok, back on topic.
Kenny
Ok, back on topic.
Kenny
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A BIG white object next to you can't hurt with someone (overhead) spotting you vs blue water all around you......(It's for observers to help spot you 'drifting along')----folded up to about a 4"X4" square takes up next to no room in a pocket & adds very little (+) bouyancy to your rig......
bigken462
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Good point bud.
Kenny
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I was recently told and i don't know if this is true, although if someone here knows please confirm this that you should always carry a light and that at least one person on the boat should know you have it ,because if it come to the point that you need the coast guard to come get you they will not do a night search if you do not have a light on you if anyone can confirm this it would be great thanks
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Like most of my best ideas, I stole that one - here on A&I. See this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/accidents-incidents/212059-missing-divers-found-safe-sound.html post 16 where the boat operator and husband of one of the missing divers suggests them.In fact, thanks to DD, I now carry one of these in a BC pocket-----can't hurt & is VERY cheap insurance, if it works...lol...
One fits in the tiny pocket on my Oceanic Probe BC too small for hardly anything else, but can be inflated at night like a white SMB with dive light shinning into or just allowed to float aside you in day for a plane to see. As cheap and sturday as they are, carry one for a trip - then use it for dirty clothes packing or as a kitchen trash bag when you get home. I carry it in addition to the orange sausage, not instead of.
GLENFWB
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Actually, the bags greatest value is at night. So many of our signaling devices are dependant upon daylight. Small flash lights get lost in the sea like SMB's do in waves. BUT, put a little air in the bag and shine your light at the bottom of it....you have just increased your light profile by huge amounts with one small light and a plastic bag.
(DandyDon and I posted at the same time)
(DandyDon and I posted at the same time)
widget
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Any fatality is one too many in my opinion, but there really dos appear to be a series of issues here, the biggest been they surfaced downcurrent and seemingly no body on board saw them.
I think we can safely assume their physical fitness levels were not sufficient for the difficult activity of swimming upcurrent and these facts coupled with an almost certain high level of anxiety or outright panic could only cause the incident to spiral out of control.
I think we can safely assume their physical fitness levels were not sufficient for the difficult activity of swimming upcurrent and these facts coupled with an almost certain high level of anxiety or outright panic could only cause the incident to spiral out of control.
DD - I will be adding a bag to my BCD pocket - what a great idea. I learn something new every time I am on here...
adurso
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CG/other rescue services searches are not dependent upon knowledge that the missing party has a light, they will still look for you...
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