To that moment, all the underwater opera-
tions with divers (underwater engineering,
works under the hulls, etc.) required above
the water safety leash. Rembisz had to get
approval for change in the regulations, so
the diver buddy teams could work under-
water
Another problem was the equipment. There
were only open-circuit breathing apparatus
available and the suits which were com-
pletely useless for combat divers. Divers
had to invent their own gear. First Rem-
bisz's wetsuit was sewn by his wife. Anoth-
er suit he built himself to show the tailors
how the proper suit should look like. There
were some R&D works launched, unfortu-
nately mostly without success. One of the
projects was the "Blotniak" underwater
vehicle developed for Formoza in the Naval
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