Recovery diver

[lowthreeohz]

Met a dude teaching a scuba class i took.. i think his website was txfirediver or something similar.

[Binky]

Its not depth, its other crap. There are a ton of hazards and vis is nil. I'd be interested In knowing more but recovery isnt guaranteed. What kinda items are they looking to get?

[hotrod66stang]

Why pass?

I just got done diving Lake Worth, I'm going on vacation to dive Cozumel in a week, and I don't have the time or a boat to use as a dive platform at the moment.

I always wonder what kind of shit is on the bottom of a lake like that.

Cars, trucks, boats, trailers, guns, christmas trees and other artificial habitats for fishing, LOTS of sunglasses, and lots and lots of trash.

advanced open water certified

I'm not sure that means what y'all think it means. I'm not knocking the guy, and I'm sure he's a good diver, but anyone can get that cert and very easily. It's the first cert. past Basic Open Water and only requires 6 dives to complete it. There are separate courses/certs for salvage or recovery. That task is complicated greatly in zero vis conditions.

40 feet doesn't seem to far down. What would it take to raise it?

A few lift bags. Take them down, fill with air, the boat "floats" again. Again, not an easy/safe task in zero vis.

Met a dude teaching a scuba class i took.. i think his website was txfirediver or something similar.

Was it the link I posted earlier? Firefight Recovery?

Its not depth, its other crap.

Yep, the hazards and fact that everything that was in the boat drifted off as it sank are the biggest obstacles. I would assume they're just wanting to see if someone could locate belongings. Lifting a boat is pretty pricy, I believe.

[motoman]

Anyone here want to dive Lake Ray Hubbard to retrieve items from a recently sunken boat. Apparently some of my wife's friends sunk their boat yesterday in the storm and need someone to get shit from it. Anyone wanna make some money?

Contact Dave O'Neal, he's the owner of Blackwatch Recovery & Salvage on Lake Grapevine. He's spent more time in the air on the way down to the water than most people have spent under water. (817) 296-0130

[Z06killinsbf]

Damn. sunk a boat? How did that happen?

It was a speed boat and someone hit them while they were hiding under the bridge to ride out the storm. I also think they had some heavy waves and they just came over the side.

I know they have all their personal shit stored in the boat. I bet they'd like to recover the boat seeing as this was the first time on the water since buying it

[Kyle]

All I'm getting at is that chris has experience in depths ranging 60-100 ft. If I'm correct the advanced course requires the deeper dives to get certified. My dives in two weeks will be a max of 30 ft or at least that's what I was told.

[JC316]

All I'm getting at is that chris has experience in depths ranging 60-100 ft. If I'm correct the advanced course requires the deeper dives to get certified. My dives in two weeks will be a max of 30 ft or at least that's what I was told.

Clear Spring is shallow, unless you enter the silo. The silo goes down to 60 feet. Technically you need to be certified to go beyond 63 feet, but there are no scuba police to stop you. The biggest risk is nitrogen narcosis.

[Txstang1]

It was a speed boat and someone hit them while they were hiding under the bridge to ride out the storm. I also think they had some heavy waves and they just came over the side.

I know they have all their personal shit stored in the boat. I bet they'd like to recover the boat seeing as this was the first time on the water since buying it

Wow this was their first time out on the boat ? Brutal.

[mschmoyer]

It would take more than a typical scuba diver to dive down in zero vis and rummage around for belongings that probably floated off anyways. Seems like the boat itself is the only thing that would be worth any money so I don't see the point. Doubt the boat is worth much either.
No uninsured boaterist insurance?

[lowthreeohz]

uninsured boaterist insurance?

hehe

[Txstang1]

Ironically , today I'm filming a deposition in a case where a cigarette boat barrell rolled at lake ray Hubbard in 09 during a poker run. . He was going 100+ mph.

[motoman]

Ironically , today I'm filing a deposition in a case where a cigarette boat barrell rolled at lake ray Hubbard in 09 during a poker run. . He was going 100+ mph.

Was there a fatality in that wreck?

[Txstang1]

Was there a fatality in that wreck?

Edited from "filing" to "filming"

No one was killed.

[Lethal Injection]

Ironically , today I'm filming a deposition in a case where a cigarette boat barrell rolled at lake ray Hubbard in 09 during a poker run. . He was going 100+ mph.

Glenn Thurrman?

[Z06killinsbf]

Wow this was their first time out on the boat ? Brutal.

Yup

It was an older '98-99 model so I doubt it's worth much.