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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 12:32:00 +0200
From: Peter Fjelsten <tek-dk@us*.ne*>
To: "David Shimell (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>
CC: Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Buddy Lines (was Pensacola Fl death)
David Shimell (shimell) wrote:

> All
>
> Within our club (a BSAC club) we use buddy lines if:
>
> 2.      on a drift dive (where the current would make it difficult or
impossible to
> return to an entangled buddy).

We don't even use lines on dives like this which may be good - or maybe bad. I
don't like
the idea of being tied to somebody - especially if I don't know the person VERY
well.
Maybe it's just my missing interest in bondage sex :)

> I have never seen "Europeans" diving with a buddy line as part of their SOP
for all
> dives.

Sorry for my ignorance, what is 'SOP'? Hey, David, you people ARE a member of
the EC now
(didn't you join when we did in '72?)! Stop being so insular - and start
driving in the
right (!) side :)

--
Hilsen (Regards),

Peter Fjelsten - "The Original TechnoDiver..."
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