RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] SCUBA Limits

[MerlinSub@t-online.de]

The only killer for a psubs is:  routine.. 

But this is also true for expierence scuba divers.. 

;-) Carsten 


"Jay K. Jeffries" <bottomgun@mindspring.com> schrieb:
> Mark,
> 
> If you were to review the safety record of tech divers, you would find that
> for hours on the bottom, a PSUB is much safer.  There actually are a lot
> fewer things to go wrong and if something does, you are in a safer position
> in a sub.
> 
>  
> 
> In addition, if you add up the cost of all of the equipment and supplies
> necessary to be a successful tech diver (high powered scooter, one or more
> rebreathers, mixed gas deco computer, CF200 DUI drysuit, gases, scrubber
> material, etc.), a PSUB is actually more economical.especially when you
> consider the amount of time you can spend on the bottom (with no lengthy
> deco).  And with tech diving, you don't get the pleasure of building the
> equipment yourself.
> 
>  
> 
> I look at a PSUB as a means to conduct a lengthy reconnoiter safely for a
> later, very directed tech dive to accomplish my objective.
> 
> R/Jay
> 
>  
> 
> Respectfully,
> 
> Jay K. Jeffries
> 
> Andros Is., Bahamas
> 
>  
> 
> A skimmer afloat is but a submarine, so poorly built it will not plunge.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts -
> Harbortronics
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:21 PM
> To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] SCUBA Limits
> 
>  
> 
> Surely you don't think that using a homemade psub is going to have a better 
> 
> safety record than scuba?  Perhaps there haven't been enough psub's about to
> 
> 
> glean statistically significant data (i.e. # of dives, # of hours 
> 
> submerged), but there certainly is more to go wrong.
> 
>  
> 
> I agree with you though, that diving isn't as easy as it used to be when I 
> 
> was 20 years younger, but then, we aren't exactly going to having a picnic 
> 
> with a psub in several knots of current either :)   Walking into the surf 
> 
> with 65 lbs of gear (yeah, pacific northwest) is a heck of a lot simpler 
> 
> than launching a whale from the beach.
> 
>  
> 
> I still don't think that putting years of ones life and earnings into a 
> 
> scuba depth vehicle can be rationalized from a 'rational' perspective. That 
> 
> doesn't mean I don't crave the time, money, and shop space to make one 
> 
> myself!  until then, I'm dreaming I'll find a deep-worker sitting at a 
> 
> garage sale someday :)
> 
>  
> 
> m
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>  
> 
> *
> 
> 





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