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If you have to move the boat for any reason while anchored and there are divers below, how about putting a buoy ball on the line?
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That works for me or I guess I could put a marker out before we start the dive. Thanks
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From diverchet:
What should the boat tender do if the anchor line breaks or if they need to move the boat with divers underwater? On a windy day on big water staying close to the dive site and not hitting surfacing divers is my worry. 
whatever you do ;; never, never, never....start the engine on a dive site !
if you are worried about BREAKING the anchor rode, you should inspect the ENTIRE line before deployment. a bouy ball will help, but I would hope that you set up a drift line , off aft with a bouy ball. if you do break off a mooring - drift away from the divesite , when you see ALL divers up top-fire up the engine come around to the high side of the wind/waves... and DRIFT into the site for pick up...
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The boat and all lines and accessories are brand new including the nondivers we’ll be using for boat tenders. You’re info is most appricated as I want everyone involved on the same page at all times. I’m also thinking of using 3 hits on the ladder repeated to call all divers back to the boat. I don’t recall any charter I’ve been on covering this. Florida West did have an uw pa system.
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do you remember the series-FLIPPER
j c whitney still sells the old hand activated oooohhgggaaa horn...
now theres a good recall signal. if it calls dolphins it should work for divers .... lol
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We’re mostly diving shipwrecks in SW Lake Michigan I’ve only found sandy bottom when leaving a wreck. I don’t think any drift diving is done here.
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