Peacie
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Just curious- would you all feel the same if they were only going for a swim?
Lesson learned, potential mishap avoided? What's your opinion.
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Ana
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Very true.
People throw x knots of current in dive reports like they come in six-packs, in reality a no kidding 1 knot current measured with an ADCP or similar device is not chopped liver.
Looking at the GPS of the boat only gives a combination of surface current with wind.
In any case, even with out any current, unless you can easily swim to shore it isn't the wisest decision to leave a disabled vessel. Wait until Tow Boat shows up see how they fix it and then go do your dive.
Very risky
... One more point to consider ... what if one or more divers need help, maybe a chamber .. your stuck right there until help arrives, there's no chance of the boat getting the divers closer to help
... One more point to consider ... what if one or more divers need help, maybe a chamber .. your stuck right there until help arrives, there's no chance of the boat getting the divers closer to help
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Sounds careless to me. If it were my family, I'd go with them - but not to sea on a one engine boat.
Well, I don't dive off an unattended boat in current, and a boat that can't move is equivalent to an unattended boat in my book (no one can come and get you). So I wouldn't have gotten in the water in that situation, and I don't think OW students should, either.
Ana
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It is actually worse than if it was an unattended boat, because a working boat "temporary" unattended could easily become a manned boat good to go.
Granted the transition time could be the golden difference, but there is a lot more potential with a working vessel.
A boat dead in the water, is like an empty fire extinguisher or a dull knife, pretty useless.
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