Dan,
I did a 60' dive by Cozumel with my lighter in my pocket. Had to send
the lighter back to Colibri. :-(
Paul


Dan Krueger wrote:
Class ring is about it for me. I was dumb enough to jump into a lake
once wearing my pager (remember those?). It survived with a new battery
and plenty of time to air dry.

Dan

JimH wrote:

So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of
wax and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal
items (if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office
had, a large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with
that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses
were never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?

"JimH" wrote in message
...
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax
and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items
(if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a
large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a
boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were
never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?

Let me see...well to start me...four times I think. Recovered every time.
Once well dressed in front of 100 people.

My dog...has hit the drink at least 7 or 8 times. 3 times when it was a
pain. Came up out of the cockpit to bark someone up and would trip himself
on the last step...splash. Also could not judge distance to the dock coming
in for the morning walk Had an 8 foot range on a good day but would try
from 15. Dog was also recovered every time.

Cell phone 40 miles off the coast of Oregon while moving a boat to San
Francisco.

Nice watch...Caught it on a cabin fitting and it flipped right off into the
drink.

Wallet..fell out docking a dinghy in Avalon on Catalina. Returned by a
tourist who found it floating in the surf.

Wife (than SO) Slipped climbing on board. Challenging rescue.

Content of wife's purse. When she went into the drink so did everything in
her purse. Got all the floaters quick. Dove the next morning and recovered
glasses and some cosmetics including some she swore not hers. Recovered
1941 50 calibre round from the muck.

Shopping carts filled with supplies twice. Once in Newport Harbor..Once in
Long Beach. Long Beach involved really hard effort to recover package of
clams that were attempting to escape during the confusion. Caught them 50
yards down channel barely floating.

Eyeglass lense. Got whacked by wife's elbow. Lens popped out and went into
drink. Saw it go and dived after it. Caught it at about 6 or 7 feet.

Boat hooks, Lost at least two and recovered four or five.

Dish clothes, swim suits, shoes, swimming masks and other miscellaneous
items. Use to dive under the boat before leaving Catalina. Found something
of ours half the time. Actually better it sunk. Floating stuff would get
away.

Was in a party that lost 5 or 6 paving blocks into the surf on Catalina.
Dove and recovered them. It takes a lot of doing to get paving blocks to an
isolated cove on Catalina.

Also lost three spare airs over the years...but that was while diving not
from the boat.

Jim Donohue

"Jim Donohue" wrote in message
news:bHn5e.134$%c1.82@fed1read05...

"JimH" wrote in message
...
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax
and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items
(if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a
large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a
boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were
never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?

Let me see...well to start me...four times I think. Recovered every time.
Once well dressed in front of 100 people.

My dog...has hit the drink at least 7 or 8 times. 3 times when it was a
pain. Came up out of the cockpit to bark someone up and would trip
himself on the last step...splash. Also could not judge distance to the
dock coming in for the morning walk Had an 8 foot range on a good day but
would try from 15. Dog was also recovered every time.

Cell phone 40 miles off the coast of Oregon while moving a boat to San
Francisco.

Nice watch...Caught it on a cabin fitting and it flipped right off into
the drink.

Wallet..fell out docking a dinghy in Avalon on Catalina. Returned by a
tourist who found it floating in the surf.

Wife (than SO) Slipped climbing on board. Challenging rescue.

Content of wife's purse. When she went into the drink so did everything
in her purse. Got all the floaters quick. Dove the next morning and
recovered glasses and some cosmetics including some she swore not hers.
Recovered 1941 50 calibre round from the muck.

Shopping carts filled with supplies twice. Once in Newport Harbor..Once
in Long Beach. Long Beach involved really hard effort to recover package
of clams that were attempting to escape during the confusion. Caught them
50 yards down channel barely floating.

Eyeglass lense. Got whacked by wife's elbow. Lens popped out and went
into drink. Saw it go and dived after it. Caught it at about 6 or 7
feet.

Boat hooks, Lost at least two and recovered four or five.

Dish clothes, swim suits, shoes, swimming masks and other miscellaneous
items. Use to dive under the boat before leaving Catalina. Found
something of ours half the time. Actually better it sunk. Floating stuff
would get away.

Was in a party that lost 5 or 6 paving blocks into the surf on Catalina.
Dove and recovered them. It takes a lot of doing to get paving blocks to
an isolated cove on Catalina.

Also lost three spare airs over the years...but that was while diving not
from the boat.

Jim Donohue


I fell in once, as did my daughter and son. I also had to fish a couple of
people out after they fell in . Most of them were drunk. Thank goodness
for swim platforms.

My wife never fell in, even when her muscle disorder started to get worse.
Go figure. ;-)

"JimH" wrote in message
...

"Jim Donohue" wrote in message
news:bHn5e.134$%c1.82@fed1read05...

"JimH" wrote in message
...
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax
and a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items
(if they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a
large fish net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a
boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and
forgot they were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were
never to be seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related and not OT....eh?

Let me see...well to start me...four times I think. Recovered every
time. Once well dressed in front of 100 people.

My dog...has hit the drink at least 7 or 8 times. 3 times when it was a
pain. Came up out of the cockpit to bark someone up and would trip
himself on the last step...splash. Also could not judge distance to the
dock coming in for the morning walk Had an 8 foot range on a good day
but would try from 15. Dog was also recovered every time.

Cell phone 40 miles off the coast of Oregon while moving a boat to San
Francisco.

Nice watch...Caught it on a cabin fitting and it flipped right off into
the drink.

Wallet..fell out docking a dinghy in Avalon on Catalina. Returned by a
tourist who found it floating in the surf.

Wife (than SO) Slipped climbing on board. Challenging rescue.

Content of wife's purse. When she went into the drink so did everything
in her purse. Got all the floaters quick. Dove the next morning and
recovered glasses and some cosmetics including some she swore not hers.
Recovered 1941 50 calibre round from the muck.

Shopping carts filled with supplies twice. Once in Newport Harbor..Once
in Long Beach. Long Beach involved really hard effort to recover package
of clams that were attempting to escape during the confusion. Caught
them 50 yards down channel barely floating.

Eyeglass lense. Got whacked by wife's elbow. Lens popped out and went
into drink. Saw it go and dived after it. Caught it at about 6 or 7
feet.

Boat hooks, Lost at least two and recovered four or five.

Dish clothes, swim suits, shoes, swimming masks and other miscellaneous
items. Use to dive under the boat before leaving Catalina. Found
something of ours half the time. Actually better it sunk. Floating
stuff would get away.

Was in a party that lost 5 or 6 paving blocks into the surf on Catalina.
Dove and recovered them. It takes a lot of doing to get paving blocks to
an isolated cove on Catalina.

Also lost three spare airs over the years...but that was while diving not
from the boat.

Jim Donohue


I fell in once, as did my daughter and son. I also had to fish a couple
of people out after they fell in . Most of them were drunk. Thank
goodness for swim platforms.

When someone falls in at the marina......the no swimming signs and police
"Do not cross" tape mysteriously appear the next day around their boat. :-)


My wife never fell in, even when her muscle disorder started to get worse.
Go figure. ;-)

My dad went through the ice once while bottom painting a boat in a covered
well.........thankfully the water was only about 3 ft deep under the ice.

"JimH" wrote in message
...
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax
and
a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if
they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large
fish
net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a
pair
of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot
they
were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be
seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating
related
and not OT....eh?

Not recovered...

$150 pair of sunglasses.

$350 air compressor (don't ask)

My wallet ($100)

2 watches ($25 & $100)

3 sets of ski gloves ($25 ea.)

1 set of keys. ($30)

Recovered...

1 set of keys

1 shoe

Ratchet/socket

1 watch

Been pretty luck over the years considering. I also lost a pair of
sandals...left them on the bow of the boat, when trailering home.

--
-Netsock

"It's just about going fast...that's all..."
http://home.columbus.rr.com/ckg/

Hats, hats and more hats. Every summer the lake takes a least 4 hats.
Two cheap watches. Several tools. Lost count of the number of sunglasses.

Stella

On 4/8/2005 10:06 AM, Black Dog wrote:

Hats, hats and more hats. Every summer the lake takes a least 4 hats.

Several hats of mine have gone swimming, thanks to rough-ish water and
my head bouncing up into the airstream, but I've been able to retrieve
all of them before they sank, only a little saltier for the experience.
Last one was last summer up in Cowichan Bay, BC.

Never lost a pair of glasses since I always use a strap, but I have lost
several small hand tools.

One boat hook when I was about 6 or 7 (Hey, I had heard that they
floated. Nobody told me that particular style had to be *extended* to
float!).

Myself, once, when I gave an inexperienced moron a helping push off the
end of the local launch's float. Shoved just a little too hard, and
suddenly *I* was also off the end of the local launch's float.
Thankfully, it was a *really* low tide and there was only about 2 feet
of water at that spot.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

I have had many hats blown into the water while underway, but I am very fast
with a boat hook, and I don't believe I actually lost any.


"Garth Almgren" wrote in message
...
On 4/8/2005 10:06 AM, Black Dog wrote:

Hats, hats and more hats. Every summer the lake takes a least 4 hats.

Several hats of mine have gone swimming, thanks to rough-ish water and my
head bouncing up into the airstream, but I've been able to retrieve all of
them before they sank, only a little saltier for the experience. Last one
was last summer up in Cowichan Bay, BC.

Never lost a pair of glasses since I always use a strap, but I have lost
several small hand tools.

One boat hook when I was about 6 or 7 (Hey, I had heard that they floated.
Nobody told me that particular style had to be *extended* to float!).

Myself, once, when I gave an inexperienced moron a helping push off the
end of the local launch's float. Shoved just a little too hard, and
suddenly *I* was also off the end of the local launch's float.
Thankfully, it was a *really* low tide and there was only about 2 feet of
water at that spot.


--
~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat"
"There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing
as simply messing about in boats."
-Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

JimH wrote:
So what have you dropped in the water from your boat or dock?

For me....tools, hardware, a boat brush, a fishing rod/reel, cans of wax and
a set of keys.. I was successful retrieving most of the metal items (if
they were worth it) using a large magnet the marina office had, a large fish
net with extension pole (retrieved the keys with that) or a boat hook.

Never lost my cell phone or expensive sunglasses, although I did put a pair
of fairly decent sunglasses on the hardtop of a friends boat and forgot they
were there until we arrived at his dock. Those glasses were never to be
seen again.

How about you? ;-)

BTW: I admit this is fluff, but who the hell cares....it is boating related
and not OT....eh?


A cheap ($15) pair of binoculars. "I" didn't lose them but they were
lost while I was aboard our friends' party-barge. That's why the good
binoculars stay in the truck !


--
G.D.Smith
Harpers Ferry, WV

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Glenn S. wrote:


A cheap ($15) pair of binoculars. "I" didn't lose them but they were
lost while I was aboard our friends' party-barge. That's why the good
binoculars stay in the truck !


A couple of years ago while crewing on a friends Mirage 33, I got it
into my head to find out why his Scotty anchor light didn't work. This
was the model with the mercury and photoelectric switches and took at
least 4 'D' sized batteries. I took the thing apart at his slip, using
the boat deck as my worktable. I disassembled it, turned around to get
my battery tester as the whole unit rolled off the boat into about 8
feet of water. I found a long boat hook and got everything back but the
mercury switch. A quick trip to the Binnacle and $ 20.00 took care of
that. I cleaned the unit up, installed the new switch and fresh
batteries and it worked perfectly.