Andy M Johnson wrote:

> Was the diver blind, deaf, stupid or a combination of all three ? Or did I
> just misread this (always possible). Did he really surface under the boat
> or was he surfacing when the boat hit him ?

Aquanuts frequently does "hot drops" over dive sites where there is current
running.  Divers assemble in groups of four on the swim platform and giant
stride together on the divemaster's cue as the boat passes close by the
mooring buoy.  Divers are supposed to grab the buoy line and descend, before
the current carries them past the buoy line.

If I remember this particular incident, the injured diver had an equipment
problem while descending and he re-surfaced as the boat was coming by for the
next hot drop.  He and the prop made contact.  Fortunately (?) the props were
at dead slow at the time, else the consequences could have been severe.

-Dave safe [\],
-Dave


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