We lost a pair of glasses off the back of our boat while at our slip last night. We know the exact location that they fell. They fell straight down. Depth is around 20'. Does anyone know of a diver in the area?
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I do not reply to offer and immediate answer but as a open water cerfied diver myself. I would not dive into a slip or harbor to 20 feet. The risk would be hazordus. You need a trained diver and I would expect them to charge you around $1k to $2k. Are the glasses worth that much?
I recovered a Rolex watch in similar circumstances. The owner had it slip of his wrist as he boarded, he knew the exact spot. Depth was 15’ in salt water. Being careful not to disturb the silt on the bottom I dropped down head first and landed right on top of the watch. I did the recovery for free. Hopefully you can find somebody to recover it. Be wary of stray electrical current around docks!
which harbor? i used to be in burham, check with the harbor office they have a card of divers available.
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With the cost of a good pair of Oakleys, I'd be looking for a diver as well. Maybe a shot of good whisky or a bottle of wine might provide a fair reward. Diving in a marina is always a risky issue. Too bad there is no tide. At the fall low tide, my slip is only about 6 ft.
But with tide come more current I assume?
You crossed my mind when I was trying to think of divers but I couldn't remember you saying if you did diving or not. We have someone scheduled for tomorrow afternoon for a shockingly low rate. I believe he's working on a bunch of other boats as well. A dive shop quoted $300-450 which I thought was fair
I’m a bit late to this thread as I’m out of the country right now, but if you’re still in need of a diver or find yourself in need again in the future, this is your guy.
Yohei Yamada, Chicago Diver LLC
yamaday@gmail.com
312-890-3008
He is based in Burnham, but I know he will go to the any of the Chicago harbors.
Yohei Yamada, Chicago Diver LLC
yamaday@gmail.com
312-890-3008
He is based in Burnham, but I know he will go to the any of the Chicago harbors.
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You had sent me his info a while back. Unfortunately he is out of town at the moment. He seems to have a good reputation
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I'm also a certified diver, but don't understand why you think diving to 20' is dangerous. 20' is about the minimum I free dive to for spear fishing, and 50-70' isn't uncommon. 20' with an air supply for the 5min it would take to retrieve them has no danger associated with it at all (breathing as you ascend). Even the weak surface hookah gear is good for at least that depth.
This really doesn't need a professional diver. There is likely someone around who could just throw on a mask and fins and go get them. If one is near a yard, a lot of yard guys are good for a quick dive because they often are taking care of moorings and docks and the like. Also a bottom cleaner, who are usually hanging around marinas doing bottom jobs.
Mark
Asking out of ignorance as a mostly salt water sailor - is it common for divers to accept work in freshwater marinas, where electric shock drowning is a concern? Do the divers take any steps to avoid ESD that a non-professional might miss and put them at risk?
We had the same idea! We're not sure how much metal was in the frame since it's highly flexible. The diver is only charging us $110 since he's doing work on other boats in the marina
usually I just reply to original poster but if this is helpfull to reply. "(breathing as you ascend)" Obviously. That is the fundimentals of pressure and your lungs with compressed air. So everyone knows what that means. When you compress air it shrinks in volume. When it decompresses it uses up more volume. Your lungs can not take up more volume so they explode if you don't breath out air as you ascend.
But I'm not talking about pressure. I'm thinking what has already been said. Shore power run off. Hazards: wood, derelict anchors and wires. There are all sorts of things that could snare you on the bottom of a harbor. Even if your carefull. Next everyone who has offered to dive did not say they are diving with a buddy. A professional diver by himself isn't abnormal, but everyone else SHOULD dive with a buddy to watch out for them or offer them air if they experience a difficulty. That's why we dive with two resperators( Edit: I mean regulator), redundancy and to help a buddy.
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At 20', one will be surfaced before a buddy can get air to them. Buddies are not siamese twins inches apart. We are only talking 20' here. That's one kick of a fin to the surface. I've never seen a bottom cleaner dive with a buddy. This is pretty much in the realm of bottom cleaning, and not open water deep diving.
Marina slips shouldn't have wood, derelict anchors and wires under them. It would be a very poor marina that did. While shore power leakage is a potential issue, one simply disconnects if diving off the boat and there can be no problem. One should test and know if shore power leakage is a problem in general on their boat.
I'm laughing about the anchorage here. Everyone is in 20-30'. Almost daily there is a yell from a boat when something goes overboard, followed by someone putting on a mask and fins, jumping over and retrieving it. Sometimes that yell comes from our boat
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Mark
Marina slips shouldn't have wood, derelict anchors and wires under them. It would be a very poor marina that did. While shore power leakage is a potential issue, one simply disconnects if diving off the boat and there can be no problem. One should test and know if shore power leakage is a problem in general on their boat.
I'm laughing about the anchorage here. Everyone is in 20-30'. Almost daily there is a yell from a boat when something goes overboard, followed by someone putting on a mask and fins, jumping over and retrieving it. Sometimes that yell comes from our boat
.Mark
At 20', one will be surfaced before a buddy can get air to them. Buddies are not siamese twins inches apart. We are only talking 20' here. That's one kick of a fin to the surface. I've never seen a bottom cleaner dive with a buddy. This is pretty much in the realm of bottom cleaning, and not open water deep diving.
Marina slips shouldn't have wood, derelict anchors and wires under them. It would be a very poor marina that did. While shore power leakage is a potential issue, one simply disconnects if diving off the boat and there can be no problem. One should test and know if shore power leakage is a problem in general on their boat.
I'm laughing about the anchorage here. Everyone is in 20-30'. Almost daily there is a yell from a boat when something goes overboard, followed by someone putting on a mask and fins, jumping over and retrieving it. Sometimes that yell comes from our boat
Mark
I worry for you. You are very nieve. Shallow water does not mean low risk. In fact that is where a lot of new divers make mistakes. Fatal mistakes.
A master diver a.k.a an instructor should have told you about the many risk involved in scuba.
First thing I think of is a thermocline. Temperature change in water(sudden colder water) 4 to 10 feet even. And in the next week in Chicago it's going to get colder.
1. Free Flow. internal moisture can instantly freeze the first-stage or second-stage valve wide open (Thermocline).
2. High/Low hose pressure rupture.
3. O ring blow out.
4. silt and muck in your second regulator.
5. Much less likely: Some ruffian making waves knocking the boat above around as you surface.