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  1. SkipperJohn

    what do you think?

    Thanks all for your feedback. It turns out I had the decision taken from my hands. 3 days before I was scheduled to leave the pain became suddenly unbearable and I was forced to have the root canal (my first). It turns out my tooth was aggressively building dentin and was closing off one of the...
  2. SkipperJohn

    Starting Master 100T Near Coastal

    Congrats! So do you have your license? What tonnage did they grant you? (it's usually based on the vessel you reference in your sea service form)
  3. SkipperJohn

    On becoming a Captain...

    I just read this, this is good stuff. Guys, I hold a 100 ton near coastal masters license. For those of you interested here is the sea service form http://www.uscg.mil/forms/cg/cg_719s.pdf Most of the forms can be found online. The drug tests have always perplexed me as I have renewed my license...
  4. SkipperJohn

    what do you think?

    Sure Sam... I've been away so long I forgot what the rest of scubaboard looks like...
  5. SkipperJohn

    what do you think?

    I am headed off to Aruba in less than a week. A month ago I developed a minor toothache. I saw the dentist and he couldn't find anything and told me what I wanted to hear "lets wait and see". Well, last night I saw a surgeon and he said I have a crack under a capped tooth (the reason why it was...
  6. SkipperJohn

    Drinking and well, whatever drinking!!!

    Single malt. My preference being Macallans 18 or cask strength or Oban 14, but I'll drink any single malt whisky (no e)
  7. SkipperJohn

    Happy Birthday, ScubaSteve!!!!!!!

    Habby Pirthday!
  8. SkipperJohn

    Sealife dc310 reefmaster (sl148)

    $80 and free ground shipping anywhere in the contenental US
  9. SkipperJohn

    Sealife dc310 reefmaster (sl148)

    SEALIFE DC310 REEFMASTER (SL148) $100 or best offer! I bought this somewhere around 2006 then after 2 years of use mostly snorkling in Aruba (for a total of less than 500 pictures in under 7 shallow dives) I was gifted a later model. This is a great little camera and I've taken great care of it...
  10. SkipperJohn

    The Big Apple checking in

    Hi & welcome. You're not too different from me and not much more advanced than I either. I look forward to reading your experiences and maybe diving with you one day as I'm not far at all from Brooklyn.
  11. SkipperJohn

    Happy Birthday, Henrikbp!!!!

    Have a very happy!
  12. SkipperJohn

    Congrats to ScubaSteve and Heather!!

    Congratulations!!
  13. SkipperJohn

    Aruba

    OK folks, I've been to Aruba many times and am quite intimate with the island, but not as a diver. I've dove there no more than 5 times and each time with USA-the same few sites, Molmok, Antilla and Pedernalis reef. This year I'm looking at JADS primarily cause I hear so many good things about...
  14. SkipperJohn

    Lightning question

    Most larger boats are fitted with something called a lightning arrestor. It is basically a grounding plate of modest size that, due to it's irregular surface, has a surface area of something several times the bottom of the boat. This coupled with a good grounding system enables a boat to be...
  15. SkipperJohn

    FCC requirements

    I have a license for my VHF, SSB & Radar. Aside from the SSB, nothing is required.
  16. SkipperJohn

    Securing tanks

    what size PVC did you use and where did you get it?
  17. SkipperJohn

    Painting a Tank

    Chris, it would be cool if you took progress pictures and posted them along the way...
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