Newly qualified diver saying hello!

> On a bad day then you might ascend with it but the idea is not to (due
> to a rapid accent possibly causing pressure injuries or DCS)

I figured as much.

> There seems to be a bit of mystique about DSMBs and their use but they are
> pretty easy with a bit of practice. That being said, I'm sure everyone has
at
> least one story of having a reel jam and loosing their blob only to find
that
> they've left their spare reel in the car and now have to do a 15 minute
deco
> stop in free water. (Not naming any names there, of course).

I couldn't imagine it being much more than that, just really wanted to
check.

> The best way of learning to use one is having someone show you how and
practice
> a lot or cheat and get one with a crank bottle

Aye, once I get myself sorted, and get a buddy who also wants to practice,
or doesn't mind hanging about whilst I do, I imagine i'll spend a lot of
time in muddy lakes doing that kind of thing.

G.

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 21:31:35 -0000, "Gavin Carey"
<gicarey@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> That's one way. You can also deploy it from mid-water. If you
>> don't want to use a reel attach 10m of string to the DSMB, wrap it
>> round a weight (or coil it into a weighted tube). Drop the weight
>> (or tube), inflate the DSMB, Robert is your relative.
>
>Ahh, i getcha
>
>> Isn't all this info in one of the FAQ pages somewhere?
>
>I read my way through just about everything on the UKRS site, didnt come
>across this info. Guess not, or i'm looking in the wrong place.

Do a search on google or Yahoo for DSMB deployment but restrict the
search to the UK - you'll get loads of matches

Pete
diving 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

Gavin Carey <gicarey@hotmail.com> writes:

>Unless you enjoy waiting for the boat I suppose

The tides here are somewhat stronger than on the GBR. You can drift
a long way on a 3-minute safety stop. If the boat doesn't know where
you are going to surface, you might have a longer wait than you were
expecting.

Pete

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> The tides here are somewhat stronger than on the GBR. You can drift
> a long way on a 3-minute safety stop. If the boat doesn't know where
> you are going to surface, you might have a longer wait than you were
> expecting.

So, i'll be needing a 16m tall (D)SMB then? :)

"Gavin Carey" <gicarey@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bu6hua$nv3$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > The tides here are somewhat stronger than on the GBR. You can drift
> > a long way on a 3-minute safety stop. If the boat doesn't know where
> > you are going to surface, you might have a longer wait than you were
> > expecting.
>
> So, i'll be needing a 16m tall (D)SMB then? :)
>
yep

http://www.dolphinsac.org.uk/diving/...rTraining/view -
see Thursday

"Nigel Hewitt" <nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote

> UK diving is masses of fun. We are a belligerent lot the English, and we
are
> normally at war with somebody so all round our shores is littered our, and
> other peoples, naval history. You can never exhaust it.
>
> nigelH

You rule the deeps? I thought it was the waves!!
;)

rhys
>

"Keith Manning" wrote

> I do use a rather powerful one for driving my airboat at night. It's an
aircraft landing
> > light hooked into the boat's battery and mounted on a hard hat. It does
not
> > take long to learn not to look directly at anybody. Good thing since
> > we're pretty much always armed while running airboats at night.

> Lee, are you shooting a new series of Miami Vice??

No, but I often share the swamps that could inspire one.
The camp I used to be part of is 16 miles out in the Everglades. Most
often, if we're there, one or the other hunting season is open. Neither I,
nor most of those I know, are likely to leave guns unprotected in camp and,
rather than count on somebody else to look after them, we carry them, even
at night.

That's the logical response, true as far as it goes. The whole truth is
that it's legal to carry guns, it makes us feel good to carry guns, so we
do.

Lee

"rnf2" <rnf2@NOSPAMwaikato.ac.nz> wrote in message
news:4009931b$1@news.iconz.co.nz...
>
> "Nigel Hewitt" <nigelh@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote
>
> > UK diving is masses of fun. We are a belligerent lot the English, and we
> are
> > normally at war with somebody so all round our shores is littered our,
and
> > other peoples, naval history. You can never exhaust it.
> >
> > nigelH
>
> You rule the deeps? I thought it was the waves!!
> ;)
>

I have found that the average British diver is one that winges if they don't
get something for nothing.

Steve (British Diver) hehe