Ahoy! Ya know your machine could be used like this?

marielouise · Post by **marielouise** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 6:38 pm

Did ya know your machine could be used for this?
Me daughter works on the harbor. The lad had an opportunity to begin making extra loot aside from her regular job. It began with doin' a bottom job for a gentleman o' fortune. The vessel was not scheduled to be dry docked. She had no scuba gear and the water was… Well… Not clear!
This was not a job for the lily- livered. Not having the best working conditions she had to improvise, knowing she could not hold her breath for long, swim down with brushes & scrub she called me. Together we devised a plan…:idea:
She would use my cpap machine with several hoses attached, engineer a snorkeling mouth piece that attached to the hose, clip it to her clothes, clip her nose, put on fins and goggles and make darn sure there was no way she would be electrocuted.
Welll it did NOT go as smoothly as planned. Just dodging nasty barnacles on the pier is bad enough. As murky as it is goggles do absolutely no nay ne'er! Ye have no sight what so ever and have to go by feel. EEEEeee. She had air alright, but was unable to breathe against it and thought she just may go to the fiddlers green! We did not think of a weight belt so even when she was able to work her way down (now minus the cpap), staying down was not possible.
She did not complete the bottom job quite as planned but still came out sittin’ pretty. Since underwater is a nightmare and not an adventure for the lass, she found a matey that was certified with his own air supplies. He got paid. While she also got paid to sit on the dock sipping ‘er grog watching him do the job.
Moral of this story? Have the proper tools for the job and happily watch someone else do the work while getting paid yourself! Be weary of sprogs! Also… Be a captain and stay in the vessel or berth not under it, leave Davy Jones Locker alone!
We did find yet another unique use for cpap machines but it’s not nearly as adventuresome as that.

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:56 am

Why do you call your daughter a 'lad'?

deerslayer · Post by **deerslayer** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:15 am

dagum, 2 words TANK...REGULATOR

marielouise · Post by **marielouise** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:13 am

Aye, now I stand corrected. Should be Lass, young beauty or lass. Lad,is an informal reference t' a boy. I'll be aye t' fix that.
I thought about puttin' t' subject title "Well Blow me down" but thought maybe that might not be s good idea.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:44 pm

Is it Talk Like a Pirate Day already????

http://www.talklikeapirate.com

ARRRGH!!!!!
B.

Bearded_One · Post by **Bearded_One** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:39 pm

It will only provide air down to whatever the pressure is set to. 20 cmh2o is about 8 inches, give or take.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:58 pm

When ya live on an island and be surrounded by sea lovin' people it's just a way o' life. Talk like a pirate day be just somethin' that's come up recently matey. Means nothin' t' salties. But that's somethin' land lubbers just wouldn't understand but if that not be t' case and ya don't understand ya jus' may be washed ashore too long or been hittin' t' rum too much.

marielouise · Post by **marielouise** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 3:25 pm

Actually we more prefer privateeries than pirates (Gee; is that a real word? What the heck sounds good to me!) But on second thought if me maties have too many cases o' apnias anight thar be no tellin' what they may resort to. Arrrr !

Now Bearded One, Please further explain. I know she was getting air. How much.. ? I think about 3 or 4 hoses attached I'm thinking she may have even used part of anouther kind of hose for a second try but now sure. From my recollection twas too much for her and she couldn't breath against it.
Diving obviously just isn't her or my thing so improvising with no idea about tanks and regulators didn't inter the equation. Gotta hand it to her for trin'. Ask her to tie a knot or anything learned in Seamanship training or Sea School and she'll blow you away.

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Bearded_One · Post by **Bearded_One** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:21 pm

The CPAP pressure will only blow air as deep as it is set for, in other words it won't provide enough pressure to use it any more than about 8" (or less) below the surface of the water. She could probably suck some air through the hose, but the CPAP pressure wasn't helping much, if any. As she found out, she had to exhale against the pressure from the CPAP machine.

The biggest problem would be co2 venting; when you use a CPAP machine the co2 is blown out through the vent holes in the mask. With a SCUBA regulator the exhaled air is exhausted. If she was just breathing through the hose, she was re-breathing the same air in the hose.

What she was doing was quite dangerous, she could have became hypoxic and killed herself.

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DreamDiver · Post by **DreamDiver** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:52 pm

R!

I can sell you a special keyboard set just for write-like-a-pirate.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:34 pm

Well blow me down ! Twat will they come up with next?

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