Cape Town South Africa

[Lenny]

Hey capespearo, nice cracker, Where did you shoot that?
oh,..and nice to meet you

I'm not too clued up on those things, Miles or Bluecape should know.

[covert]

Originally Posted by Capespearo

Shouldn't all boats be buoyancy certified to float in the event of swamping according to the new laws ?
Especially a commercially used vessel !

even the titanic sank matey lol, ok this weekend looks pretty crappy but maybe a chance of a dive out rooi else way. wind and weather looks better on that side, well according to the websites anyway.

[deep thinker]

I got a few things to do this weekend so no diving for me, but next weekend Im on
Welcome home BTW how was your trip mate?

[Lenny]

Hey dude, Good to know you back. How was the snow?

[covert]

yeah was kinda wicked, went up the mount titlis met a dude with an extra set of snowboarding equipment, his buddy didnt show, and we freestyled down the mountain, I ended up fracturing a bone in my wrist and dislocating my shoulder, but hell it was fun now i need to go get some aqua therapy.

[capetownguy]

hey, im up for a sunday dive if its looking good......saturday im paintballing and saturday afternoon teaching some people to surf...
went last night to blouberg beach for an awesome surf, the waters been so warm the past 2 weeks, people are surfing in just their boardshorts! and the waves have been really big!

[capetownguy]

oh and i still got you sharkshield car charger! havnt forgotten!

[Capespearo]

Thanks capetownguy , got it at Gericke's Point about 3 years back.Was the first time I had dived out of Cape Town waters ! Shot with a Cavalero 90cm gun and a Coke bottle for a float

[miles]

Hiya

Shouldn't all boats be buoyancy certified to float in the event of swamping according to the new laws ?
Especially a commercially used vessel !

Yes, ALL vessels used MUST have a bouyancy certificate. I think that the boat must have a 60% bouyancy. What their aim with this is, is quite simple, should the boat capsize, or fill up with water, the boat should still be able to float, en-abling the crew to climb onto the hull or at least have a object to hold onto.

If your vessel has LESS than 60% bouyancy, you then HAVE to carry a life-raft as well as those circular bouyancy rings in addition to your life-jackets. Most bigger boats do not have the required bouyancy and thus carry life-rafts.

Here's a curveball for you, why is most ships made of metal, when metal sinks?? How do these ships actually manage to remain afloat??

[Faizy]

Uereka Miles!!!!!Archimedes principal of buoyancy
A body immerse in liquid receives a force upwards that is equal to the weight of the volume of liquid displaced
Guys Krief season is open!!!!!!!

[capetownguy]

woohoo! forgot about that! kreef for supper on sunday!!!!!!!!!!

[Lenny]

Yeeeeaaaaaaaaah!

If you guys go after 11, then I'm game for a sunday dive.

[Lenny]

Alright boys, My wife tells me that Melkbos is flat and clean (I hope she's right). So I thinking of making a kreefing mission after church tomorrow. Who's coming with me?

[capetownguy]

Dude, melkbos was brown the whole weekend! went for a surf at 6 saturday morning (before the wind came) and i couldnt see my feet when i was sitting on my board....
was getting cleaner yesterday but still really dirty!

[covert]

sorry gents my internet was down and my cell is all funny and I seem to have lost everyones numbers again except for henre, but in any event, headed out to millers on Sunday, wind was strong but see was flat and viz was great, A buddy of mine, headed off with his wife and kiddies, and we had a splash, as usual i didnt shave and my mask wasn't liking my beard, but not an issue, cause i shot a nice john brown and two lekka wildeperde, so all in all not a bad day, specially considering i didnt have to swim out more than 250 meters shot all three fish in a space of 5 minutes and then headed back to shore.