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Scuba Forum / General / October 2006Did anyone see this? (Marine animal related)
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 Just thought I'd post something moderately scuba related to see what would happen. I hope I don't kill the internet. >http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > >Just thought I'd post something moderately scuba related to see what would happen. I hope I don't >kill the internet. I liked the flash 'er a.s, I mean, flasher wrasse. --- Mike from Ottawa > >http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > > > >Just thought I'd post something moderately scuba related to see what would happen. I hope I don't > >kill the internet. > > I liked the flash 'er a.s, I mean, flasher wrasse. What was that about skin mags... Imagine! Posting something scuba-related instead of political, racist, partisan, xenophobic, anti-whatever! Will wonders never cease. Thanks for the real post! > http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > > Just thought I'd post something moderately scuba related to see what would > happen. I hope I don't > kill the internet. > http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > Just thought I'd post something moderately scuba related to see what would happen. I hope I don't > kill the internet. After I win the lottery, I am going to charter a boat and take us all there for a month of diving. > > http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > After I win the lottery, I am going to charter a boat and take us all there > for a month of diving. Thanks Scott! Cam >> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > there > for a month of diving. I'll buy the boat and fly you all in via its helicopter. > >> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I'll buy the boat and fly you all in via its helicopter. Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the deck too high off the water? > Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the deck too high off the water? As is usual, our Marine Corps is on top of the job; http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lha-1.htm > > Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the > deck too high off the water? > > As is usual, our Marine Corps is on top of the job; > > http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lha-1.htm How damaging to the coral would the anchor on that thing be? > > > Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the > > deck too high off the water? [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How damaging to the coral would the anchor on that thing be? We'd live boat it, and drop off/pickup by helicopter, RIB or LVT. > Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the deck too high off the water? It'd make a fabulous wreck, but a lousy dive boat. The impact from the water after your giant stride off the flight deck would probably pull your BC crotch strap somewhere around the top of your liver. They have water activated life preservers for flight deck crew to prevent such pains. Your other option is a May West and a retaining line. I actually got in trouble over this specific issue while I was in the Navy. I had a guy ask a question of the saftey officer about which life vests were appropriate for flight deck watches. The Navy has regulations on that. My chief at the time was a spastic screamer, and went ape sh.t about "the chain of command" and wrote him up. Dumb bastard didn't know the Navy also has standing orders about contacting the safety officer regarding any safety questions. When it came to my guy's XOI, I showed up and explained what happened. So then I got on the dumb bastard's sh.t list. > It'd make a fabulous wreck, but a lousy dive boat. The impact from > the water after your giant stride off the flight deck would probably > pull your BC crotch strap somewhere around the top of your liver. A good reason not to wear one, not that it would matter much. The tank would surely crush the back of your head or break your back on impact. Lee > > It'd make a fabulous wreck, but a lousy dive boat. The impact from > > the water after your giant stride off the flight deck would probably > > pull your BC crotch strap somewhere around the top of your liver. > > A good reason not to wear one, not that it would matter much. The tank > would surely crush the back of your head or break your back on impact. Excellent point. For those of us in drysuits, it would also be a bit of a ball breaker. I used to dive off a boat that had about a 6 or 7 foot drop from the dive platform to the water. Even that would sometimes contact nads on landing. We would take extra care to squeeze as much air out of the suit as possible. You could always tell the new guys on the boat by the massive ejection of air from their neck seals, and that painfull "just took a shot to the jewels" look in their eye. >> >> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 >> > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the deck too high off the water? That's one f.ck of a giant stride.  Signaturedillon If you can't figure out how to unmunge my address, email me and I'll explain it. > >> >> http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > >> > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > That's one f.ck of a giant stride. I was thinking much the same thing... You could fit a hell of a lot of divers on it though. >>Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the >>deck too high off the water? > You could fit a hell of a lot of divers on it though. The ultimate cattle boat. Just think, you could put enough divers on a reef to trash it in a single trip. It would have to be one of the outside reefs, though. Carriers draw something like 30 or more feet. Lee > >>Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the > >>deck too high off the water? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lee If you're trashing the coral anyway... > Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the deck too high off the water? About 85 ft from the flight deck to the water... From the hangar deck, it's perhaps 55 ft... It should make for an interesting giant stride... Seriously though, there are other ways to get to the water without having to jump off the hangar or flight decks... I can remember not being able to pull into port, so we had landing craft ferrying us back and forth to the dock... >> Would an aircraft carrier make a reasonably decent dive boat, or is the > deck too high off the water? [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > into port, so we had landing craft ferrying us back and forth to the > dock... Lot of place to put your gear though, on the flight deck. Maybe only for "tdeck-divers"? lol. Maybe ad the 85 ft to your max depth. Looks good in your logbook. And striding of a deck 85ft above water should about imply the same extra risk as going down an extra 85ft under you max safe depth. Frank >Grumman-581" <grumman581@DIE-SPAMMER-SCUM@gmail.com> wrote in message >news:O3mUg.1566$5o5.1553@tornado.texas.rr.com... [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > into port, so we had landing craft ferrying us back and forth to the > dock... Minor modification to the port elevator. > > http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14834763/?GT1=8506?GT1=8506 > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > After I win the lottery, I am going to charter a boat and take us all there > for a month of diving. I'll start making mass quantities of mead for the trip. By the time you win the lottery, it should be well aged. :-) |
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