-> Last summer a group of us did a skippered bare boat out of Tortola,
-> just sailin and occasional dives.  I buddied twice with our skipper,
-> Cpt. Kinroi.  He was a native of Grenada and had been diving since he
-> was twelve with his brothers lobster operation but no formal
-> training.  I really think what I viewed as a wonderful tour though
-> exotic coral he viewed more like a trip through a Food Lion.  Me:
-> "Wow! Beautiful!" Kinroi: "Mighty tasty!".
-> I don't think I ever saw the man move except to point something out
-> or to harvest.  It was like watching a giant black trumpet fish, he
-> just sort of glided with no motion.  Just following him the dive
-> seemed to take a different perspective, somewhere from
-> tourist/observer towards inhabitant/participant. Time slowed down and
-> my air consumption dropped.
-> I learned quite a bit from somewone with no training.
Change that to no formal training and we can agree.
Actually, it's foolish, and with tank filling regulations everywhere,
very difficult to start diving with no training.  Even those who learned
by experience got information on tables, depths, decompression, etc.
somewhere.  Reading and experience are training also, just not formal
training which results in a certification card.  This, by the way, is
how the discussion started, no card does not equate to no knowledge.
Lee
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