ah147 said:
Why not try posting on the CDG forum and see if anyone will go dive it for you?
I have just done that, thank you for the suggestion.
alastairgott said:
Maybe give tony seddon a shout. He's a diver and a friend of you guys, so may be able to help?
I forgot about this, but I am not sure he wants to do the long crawl though. Will give it a go if I cannot find anyone to dive it out for me...
mudman said:
How about a few rare earth magnets on the end of a length of cord and then go fishing?
Was thinking about this :-\ but would rather not do this until I definitely couldn't find someone for a small dive
Fulk said:
mudman's idea might work ? there's an online outfit called 'First 4magnets' who sell . . . . errrr . . . magnets; evidently you can buy one with a 20-kg pull for ?5?38p, so if everything in your kit is clipped together, it should be a usable technique. (My daughter lives on a canal boat and she and her partner keep a powerful magnet on the end of a bit of cord handy for such emergencies.)
Although my kit is not clipped together, they are all in a yellow medium size tackle bag attached to a sling with a krab (not steel though). The bobbin of the stop and the jammer would not help as they are all in a bag which will be hard to attract to the magnet...
Long Drop said:
Thom, Gareth Davies of Welsh Section CDG is probably your best bet - he is in and out of DyO with diving gear from time to time. You might be able to come to some arrangement as Gareth is frequently on the hunt for sherpas*...
I'll point him at this thread.
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Many thanks. I have also posted on CDG asking for him.
mudman said:
How deep is the Green Canal?
It seems not very deep. I was thinking to take my wet suit, wet socks, diving gloves, a neoprene hood and a goggle, and do a simple dive just like in a swimming pool. However, it is very silty at the bottom, so doesn't want to trap myself. This may be the only way if I cannot find anyone to fish the kit out for me.