At 20/06/02  19:54 -0500, Crusty wrote:

>For the record, Danna and I required NO assistance back to the
>boat...however, the during the long swim back, I determined that it was
>a perfect opportunity for Danna to brush up her OOA skills by sharing
>her long hose.  :-)

NO assistance?  So who was that sitting in the boat of shame?  :-)


>To your credit as a teacher of UW navigation skills, never once during
>the trip did Huw get back on the wrong boat.

I can testify that Huw did great.  Especially on that famous "nasty
little  current" dive.  I was ready to surface and peek (which at least one
of the members did - and I am not giving names :-)  ) when Huw did some
calculations and pointed in a direction that seemed good enough for me.  So
I joined him and he was right.  Of course I had enough gas left not because
I am not a heavy breather (which I am ) but due to better gas management :-)

>   However his skills as a DPV operator, zooming across the reef
> terrorizing both diver and fish, were wanting!  :-)

Well, he had the good scooter (as I did).  Unlike Andy who "pulled the
short straw" and his scooter died after 35 minutes.  Lucky enough for him,
Huw decided to quit (some ear problems) so he traded with Andy and the
latter continued harassing the poor sting ray :-)


Regards

                       Kuty