Rototillers, Dredgers and Excavators... Oh My!

[Uncle Pug]

I am sure that some of those dear folks who destroy the viz with their bottom churning antics have no more clue as to the devastation they leave behind than the Bayliner driver who passed me close to starboard at maximum wake angle in Deception Pass.

Those Rototillers, Dredgers and Excavators who swim in circles (and most of them do) are always unfortunate enough to dive on a day and in a place where the viz is truely terrible... even if it was 100' before they arrived.... but they have no clue as to why that is their lot in life.

Gentle, loving and kind... I always try to point out the reason for the crappy viz. I get their attention and then point to the blown out bottom and then point at them. Then I shake my finger back and forth in front of their face. If this doesn't work I cut their air hose and stab them in both thighs... not just kidding... I don't cut their air hose.

How do you deal with Rototillers, Dredgers and Excavators?

 

[Spectre]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...
If this doesn't work I cut their air hose and stab them in both thighs... not just kidding... I don't cut their air hose.

Hmm... Perhaps a bottle of valium in your save-a-dive kit?

One thing I've noticed about Dredgers is they have a tendancy to be almost hyperactive as they drag their bodies along the bottom!

I'm trying to picture an excavator without much luck!

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

If they are in my group I do exactly what you just described. If they are not in my group I still try to point it out to my group. Other than that, if it's not in my group I just mind my own business and let it go. I'm tired of hearing other divers talk about how good they are and how awful some others are. I just so Oh Well and go on to a hopeful joyful day.

 

[Uncle Pug]

CincyBengalsFan once bubbled...
If they are in my group I do exactly what you just described.

I was just kidding... I really don't stab them....

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Does this attract sharks? (land or sea)

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

Shoot, Stab'em next time.

 

[Cave Diver]

Funny you should ask this...

I was tagging along with an instructor yesterday while he did a checkout dive for a student. After doing the skills in our lovely 5ft viz water, they took a leisurely tour of the lake.

The instructor led, the student followed and I brought up the rear. The student was both a rototiller and a dredge all rolled up in one.

When we got back to the surface the student had like about 5lb of grass hanging off all his danglies.

Both the instructor and I addressed this with him and suggested ways he could improve and demonstrated his technique vs. correct one.

Of course it is a lot easier to do this with a student you are training rather than just some diver you run across. Kinda likin the knife in the thigh idea tho...

 

[Ontario Diver]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...

I was just kidding... I really don't stab them....

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Does this attract sharks? (land or sea)

On the sea, it attracts sharks.

On land, much much worse....

It has been known to attract LAWYERS! :sharky:


(Gentle persuasion seem to work best.)

 

[jepuskar]

Someone please describe these to me....Rototillers, Dredgers and Excavators

Are there special techniques involved in becoming labeled as one of these and how do I avoid it. :mean:

 

[Se7en]

Uncle Pug once bubbled...

How do you deal with Rototillers, Dredgers and Excavators?

Easy - Stay up current.

I have sat and watched someone create a bubble storm with a dangling console complete with cage wedged between rocks. You could see the dark cloud extending downcurrent and spreading out.

Must have got free eventually, cause there was nothing there when I went back for the gear...

Mike

 

[neil]

I like to get them in a tank straddle and beat them about the head and face. Then you can hogtie them so all they can do is some wierd modified frog kick. Buwahahahahahah!!!!

Neil

PS. If this offends, I'm sorry (actually not). I had a really stupid day of scuba instruction today. This is only what I WANT to do.