Re: Anchor System for P15 - Currents in keys and safety lines

SolarFry@aol.com
Sat, 30 Oct 1999 20:39:38 EDT


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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In a message dated 10/30/99 8:57:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
GUNWALES@aol.com writes:

<< If you are serious about diving, the commercial
trips have been all but ruined for me as liability has driven then to
require
wearing or dragging a PFD. The scuba trips don't. Apparent assumption is
that
snorkle people are amateurs. It is true that the scuba users have passed
certification. >>

Currents at reefs are usually 2 Knots or more. Dragging a ski line that
floats 100' behind boats is a safety measure you should observe. Many
snorkeler and diver has been lost when swimming with current he has gone to
far from support vessel to be seen or recovered.

SF