Crappy dive conditions??

[BusDiver]

Listen Crosseyed, You know the rules. There will be no breath holding over 50 feet on this dive. If you can't get your gear together then maybe we will have to replace you with a six pack of full beer and a twelve pack of empties (that's a $1.20 in returnables for anyone who is not from Michigan).

Freigthers are wild. In the St. Clair river the current will change direction when they come by. I have been artifact hunting and you begin to hear the "wo,wo,wo" of the blade, then the water and you begin to be pulled in a new direction. I usually grab on to a log and hold on till it passes. The only scarey thing we have with freighters is if they deviate their path. It has not happened with divers in the water but I have seen a few come way too close to shore. It could create an uncomfortable situation if it was to happen on a swim.

Now straighten up crosseyed and get your snorkel lengthened. I need you on this dive. A buck twenty is not going to cut it.

[crosseyed95]

Originally Posted by BusDiver

Listen Crosseyed, You know the rules. There will be no breath holding over 50 feet on this dive. If you can't get your gear together then maybe we will have to replace you with a six pack of full beer and a twelve pack of empties (that's a $1.20 in returnables for anyone who is not from Michigan).

Freigthers are wild. In the St. Clair river the current will change direction when they come by. I have been artifact hunting and you begin to hear the "wo,wo,wo" of the blade, then the water and you begin to be pulled in a new direction. I usually grab on to a log and hold on till it passes. The only scarey thing we have with freighters is if they deviate their path. It has not happened with divers in the water but I have seen a few come way too close to shore. It could create an uncomfortable situation if it was to happen on a swim.

Now straighten up crosseyed and get your snorkel lengthened. I need you on this dive. A buck twenty is not going to cut it.

Houston, we have a problem. Live to close to Wisconsin to have the returnable thing so I don't have any laying around. However, you know I'm from the U.P. so you knoooow I have far more than a six-pack laying around.

The current from the freighters sounds kinda cool and crappy at the same time. A challenge to the routine dive. But then again, not having dove it before, maybe it's just crappy. I dive the local river once and awhile just for a challenge with the current. So cough it up - is it crappy or kinda cool? I imagine both sides of that story and maybe it depends upon how close the props sound.

We have freighters around here but they really aren't an issue since they are few and far between and don't even think about getting close to shore. I have been on the boat when fog rolled in and that was in the back of my mind. Big freighter - small boat.

P.S. Given up on the snorkel. Using the non-returnables to make midget-sub.