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Thought surface-supplied air was overkill for shallow dock work until a 22 ft job in Bay City
For years I figured a hookah rig was plenty for anything under 30 ft, since most of my work is marina and dock repair anyway. Then last spring a piling job on the Saginaw River put me in a spot where a hose wrapped the wrong way and I lost air for maybe 4 seconds, which is plenty long when the water's 22 ft and cold. The old hand running the job told me "your lungs don't care that the job's shallow," and I heard him. I moved to a surface-supplied setup with check valves and haven't had a single scare since. It costs more up front and the deck gets cluttered, but my wife sleeps better. Who else made the switch this late, and did you keep the hookah around for small stuff?
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