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No entering Ports for me at night

Man oh man. I started to head into LocH Ewe at night and I could not see a darn thing underwater to find the nets, it was too black.
Rob

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Originally Posted by robj250

Man oh man. I started to head into LocH Ewe at night and I could not see a darn thing underwater to find the nets, it was too black.
Rob

Use that mod metion about more light because the night is to dark in GWX.

You shouldnt be able to see underwater at night :roll:

Did you take the lens off of the periscope? :p

Edit: Er, lens cap. That's what I get for trying to be witty while I'm sick. ;)

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Originally Posted by Chaotic42

Did you take the lens off of the periscope? :p

:rotfl: :rotfl:

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Originally Posted by Chaotic42

Did you take the lens off of the periscope? :p

That...would explain alot :rotfl:

Bernard hung his watch cap over the lens the last time he was on lookout :rotfl:

As a diver, I can tell you one thing:

We went out to a night dive once, in a coastal area. It was a quite shallow one though, about 15 meters max depth.

And believe me: without your Floodlight you were NOT be able to see ANYTHING down there. ;) I'm talking about your Hand in front of your face for example.

What I would love is to have dynamic shine in SH3, so that DC explosions light up the ocean and the exterior of your boat at night for a short time.

@MRV

I agree with you there because as the Director of the Search and Rescue Team in Brantford, be have had to make many dives at night and in murky waters when you could not see your hand in front of your face, and believe me, a flashlight doesn't help much in murky water. You have to hope that you bump into the body we were going after. Believe me, it scares the S%&T out of when it happens and sometimes a diver will puke into his breather and that's not pleasant.
Rob

Sounds like a lot of fun :roll:

I've had all my night dives so far in areas with good visibility (about 10 - 15 meters), what was my point is that without a light it changes nothing being in shallow waters, where you would think its not that dark.

OT question: do the pros like you have some kind of rope or something between the divers to prevent to loose the group in poor visibility? When I have been in such murky water (2 meters max vis) half of the group surfaced whereever because they have lost sight on the rest of us.

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Originally Posted by MRV

Yes, all the divers, that are searching for something were tethered by two ropes, one to hold them and the other for communication. On recreation dives, I did not require the divers to be tethered.

We had an excellent record, we recovered everything we were sent after, even in dangerous waters. Then the OPP (Ontario Provincial Police) organized their own search and rescue units, so we disbanded our unit and become recreational divers unless we were called.