Re: What is wrong with a snokel I reckon they are great

"Chris Guynn" <chris.guynn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Lee Bell" <pleebell@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Chris Guynn wrote
>>
>> > Personally, I prefer to do my half mile swims in a boat.
>>
>> Good idea, usually. The instance that comes to mind is when Limey Dave,
>> Curtis and I swam out to the buoys off Lauderdale by the Sea. The half
> mile
>> part is just a guess. Curtis or Dave may have a different opinion on
the
>> distance. It was not the easiest of swims thanks to north bound (as I
>> recall) currents, but it wasn't all that hard either.  We picked up
three
>> lobster on the dive.
>>
>> A boat would have been easier, except for a few issues. First, there
was
> no
>> boat ramp nearby and second, there was no boat nearby either . . .
well,
>> Dave's was nearby, but I think he was still working on it at the time. 
>> The
>> nearest boat was mine, probably 10 miles as the crow flies. Boats do go

>> as
>> the crow files. Figure 15 miles each way, 5 miles of which is no wake
> zone.
>> So, that's about 3 hours travel time. We swam out and back faster than
> that.
>> Did I mention that my boat gets one mile to the gallon on high test? At
>> $4.50 a gallon, which is about what high test costs at the marine pumps
>> these days, that's about $135 in fuel alone. Kind of expensive for a
dive
> we
>> could swim to.
>>
>> We swam.
>>
>> Lee
>
> That's where the YMMV part kicks in.

I wish my mileage would vary.