Quote: (Originally Posted by
netmage)
Adrian - Don't you still have offboard options for both Dil and Inflation...?
Tim, as I indicated, yes, I had my 80cf bailout that had a low pressure inflator hose that I could have connected to either the dil intake or the wing inflator; however, if you are not aware that you are out of dil and it catches you by suprise, completing that task could take more time than you may comfortably have available, and we all know how long something takes to complete when it is attempted under stress. Plus, what if I would have run out of dil at depth and needed to perform a dil flush? Sure, I could have bailed out, but monitoring my dil would allow me to deal with that situation before I got to a critical moment. I was ok, because I never got to the point where I ran out of gas, but I was VERY VERY close, but fortunately I was already near the surface.
Quote: (Originally Posted by
netmage)
Some tech charters we'll jump w/ a chain, some the captaon hooks the wreck, either way it has to be unfouled.
Yep, this charter just hooked it from above, which works just fine, sometimes, but it's not uncommon for the captain to ask the person w/ the longest run time to unhook the anchor for him. Sometimes unhooking the anchor is a peice of cake and sometimes it can take alot of work, but the point is, when diving cc, you need to think about how your approach to completing that task is going to affect your work load and your gas supply. Even though I made an effort to pace myself when dealing with the anchor, I did so a small amount of huffing and puffing at the time, fortunately I'm in good shape and that didn't get to a point where it affected my scrubbers ability to handle the load, but look what inflating my wing did to my dil supply!