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fourtune and glory from the gulf of mexico...and the adventures of the pursuit.
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- Drift Pin
- wild eyed, idealist, living the dream of a sailor. wanting more out of life than is usually given.
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Vernacular, or what is he talking about?
- adc (american diving contractors)- group of diving contractors in the GOM that regulate diving down here
- bail out- bottle of air worn by diver if air from surfaces fails to make its way down
- chamber/pot- see hyperbaric chamber
- deco stop- decompression stop in water, usually at 10 or 30 depending on depth or time
- dive school- waste of money
- GOM- Gulf of Mexico
- hammer wrench- wrench with large end that can be help or striked to turn botls
- hat- diving helmet, not the baseball type.
- hyperbaric chamber- used to help diver decompress on surface, this alows the diver to be safe on the surface instead of staying in the water for decompression
- Marlin Spike/Drift Pin-large metal spike, used to make leverage or line up peices to be bolted together
- NDT- nondestructive testing, this is used to test structual integerty of metals and welds
- red hat-a new guy aka fng (fucking new guy)
- Spud Wrench-wrench with the handle cut off and marline spike welded to it
- umbilicle- group of hoses that provide air, communications, and hot water from surface
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