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Gumbo - 03 Sep 2004 00:18 GMT

Has anyone been to the Flower Gardens? I'm going next week and looking for
any advice, tips warnings.

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Jer - 03 Sep 2004 02:25 GMT

> Has anyone been to the Flower Gardens? I'm going next week and looking for
> any advice, tips warnings.

Been there several times. I hope your diving EAN, because you'll need
it. If you dive on a rig, WATCH YOUR DEPTH, it's easy to over do it if
you're not paying attention. I used a .5 mil shorty and was fine. I've
always went on the MV Spree or MV Fling, the food wasn't five star but
there's plenty of it - lotsa carbs.

Enjoy

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Jer - 03 Sep 2004 02:27 GMT

> Has anyone been to the Flower Gardens? I'm going next week and looking for
> any advice, tips warnings.

Oh, one other thing... if Frances blows through Florida and into the
gulf, the trip will most likely be scrubbed and rescheduled.

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Dillon Pyron - 03 Sep 2004 18:11 GMT

>Has anyone been to the Flower Gardens? I'm going next week and looking for
>any advice, tips warnings.

Never been. Tried 3 times, always scrubbed because of weather. They
seem eager to cancel any time seas get over 4 feet.

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Jer - 04 Sep 2004 00:50 GMT

>>Has anyone been to the Flower Gardens? I'm going next week and looking for
>>any advice, tips warnings.
>
> Never been. Tried 3 times, always scrubbed because of weather. They
> seem eager to cancel any time seas get over 4 feet.

Once I had the latter half of a trip scrubbed when weather abruptly
turned. 6-8' waves and 40 mph blowing rain is not fun. It was the only
time I've felt a 110' boot twist 30 deg off the beam when it arrived on
top of a wave. Surface radar looked like pea soup and we were still six
hours from port. Scrubbing a trip to stay out of that is no problem.

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