Posts tagged ‘dive’

Simon’s Project…

By christo.wolfaardt, 9 January, 2010, No Comment

Every now and then a new project starts around Davy Jones’ Locker.  As some of you might know, we not only have a very successful dive school, but we also have a very pleasant bar.  The project is to change the look of the bar by informing  travellers  how to get around Thailand and also around Koh Tao.  Bar Simon is leading the way by building a new section in the bar with a map of Thailand on the top of the table.  Here travellers can sit and plan their next trip in Thailand while enjoying an ice cold beer.  All the required information will also appear on this masterpiece.  All the staff at DJL are awaiting the end product knowing full well the creative brilliance of the man the legend called Bar Simon.

A man on a mission. Bar Simon!

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Search and Recovery

By christo.wolfaardt, 8 December, 2009, No Comment

I have recently been on a excursion to recover an anchor from the bottom of the ocean in Koh Tao.  On the South West side of the island is a place called Sai Nuan beach, and this was the location of the anchor.  The ojective of the recovery operation was to use certain search patterns to locate the anchor and bring it up to the surface.  My trusty comrade Hektor accompanied me on this dive to make sure that we could handle any problems that might occur.   We got dropped off and made our descent into the blue.  When we located the anchor it seemed to be stuck in some fishing net and it was entangled quite badly.  I always wondered why I would ever need to use my dive knife, but on this day it was certainly needed.  It took us no longer than 8 minutes to untangle the anchor and bring it to the surface.  Search and Recovery is certainly an interesting part of diving.  You learn how to tie certain knots like the bowline, two half hitches and the Sheet Bend.  Very cool!  You also learn how to bring objects up to the surface with lift-bags.  Also very cool!!

I highly recommend the Search and Recovery Speciality course and you can  give it a go here at Davey Jones’ Locker. See you soon…

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