scuba on board

[marcot]

anyone has a scuba tank on board for emergengy? 5lit or more? or less?

 

[Deleted member 478]

Yes, with a regulator with a 40ft hose, which meant the tank could stay on deck.

 

[Iliade]

Yes, 2 x 5 L. Far too small for anything serious.

 

[Clancy Moped]

Had a Mini B set up won at Barcelona Boat Show..

 

[Skylark]

What sort of emergency do you envisage?

I don’t keep dive gear permanently on board but quite often bring it on a particular trip. I’m UK waters so the kit includes dry suit, 12l cylinder plus 3 litre pony.

Boarding a yacht, even with my drop-down transom, universally praised by many forumites, isn’t easy in anything other than calm seas so I always pay attention to diving rule number 1:- “before getting it, ensure you know how you’ll get back out again safely”

 

[Graham376]

Yes, 5L single and twin 10's. Our transom ladder extends into water far enough for boarding but easier with fins off.

 

[TeamSpirit]

Dependent on planned trip may make a single 12ltr and a 10 ltr bail out, drysuit and kit as contingency but always have dive mask and snorkel to hand.

 

[geem]

Two full dive set ups with 12L tanks plus a hookah running from a small diaphragm pump with 60 foot of hose. We use the hookah to clean the bottom about once a month.

 

[marcot]

boat in Greece. fouled prop + cleaning it. fouled anchor.

 

[RupertW]

Yes, a 12l tank and one full set of kit onboard. Haven’t used it yet except for a 15min test.

 

[Farmer Piles]

Snorkel and dive knife all the time. 7 litre bottle and reg if I go on a trip. It will give me a good 30-40 minutes in shallow water or enough for a hull scrub. Normally summer time i just use a shorty wetsuit.

 

[roaringgirl]

What sort of emergency do you envisage?

I don’t keep dive gear permanently on board but quite often bring it on a particular trip. I’m UK waters so the kit includes dry suit, 12l cylinder plus 3 litre pony.

Boarding a yacht, even with my drop-down transom, universally praised by many forumites, isn’t easy in anything other than calm seas so I always pay attention to diving rule number 1:- “before getting it, ensure you know how you’ll get back out again safely”

Inflate the BCD and tie into a rope trailed from the cockpit into the water. Take off BCD and tank and leave floating in the water so you can climb out. Use rope to pull BCD and tank up once you are safely on board.

 

[cmedsailor]

Not permanently on board but on some trips especially during the summer. Wet suit, long or short, (I am in the Med), 12l cylinder, BCD, regulator etc. I wish I had a smaller cylinder because a 12lt steel tank is too heavy for an emergency short dive (fouled anchor, propeller etc).

 

[diverd]

2 x full set ups, 2 x 12lts, a 5ltr for pottering about, 2 x dry suits and full cold water gear. I have gear lines i drop over, with good carabiners to attach to the BCD, so i can remove it for boarding.

I can clean the hull, change anodes, remove any entanglements and even perhaps enjoy a dive!

 

[HappyAfloat]

10ltr on a backplate no bcd, set of regs, wet suit. So far only used to check/change anodes. Also, have a skateboard/cycle-style helmet if the conditions are less than ideal under the hull.

 

[lustyd]

10ltr on a backplate no bcd, set of regs, wet suit. So far only used to check/change anodes. Also, have a skateboard/cycle-style helmet if the conditions are less than ideal under the hull.

Careful, I was recently lambasted for daring to enter the water without a BCD by people very keen on telling me their certifications.