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It's not provocative, IMO, but since this is a scuba board, with a freediving forum almost as an afterthought, it's to be expected that the emphasis is on scuba. Based on what I've read on other threads, I gather that basic water skills, like swimming and breath-hold, are not required for...

After my one week on the Lord Nelson, I was "land sick" (it felt like everything was moving) for a couple of months. I was afraid I had done permanent damage to my inner ear. Fortunately, it finally subsided and I was back to normal. Climbing the rigging was terrifying but fun. I had not yet...

I agree with the above. It's a little of everything.

Kwells is a lot more powerful than Bonine. I take Kwells (the same active ingredient as the Scopolamine patch, but in pill form) and if the sea is calm, I don't get sick enough to spoil the fun. But if the sea is rough, nothing will prevent my getting so sick I want to die. I love seeing all the...

I believe you about the diving. But you've just described 24 flying hours, not counting layovers, each way. And I can neither read nor sleep on the plane. At best I can doze for a few minutes at a time, listen to music, and watch the movie. If I had a girlfriend who wanted to go there, I'd buck...

The Dewi is a three-masted tall sailing ship (presumably with engines also), from the picture. This places it in the same category as the Lord Nelson, which I sailed in once. The Lord Nelson is not a dive boat; rather it's a ship where you pay to be crew and work. Great fun, except that I got so...

This is interesting. Maybe I was just lucky to have calm conditions on my trip??? The logic made sense: Have most of the floatation below most of the wave action; just as I feel okay once I'm 15 or 20 feet down but get seasick on the surface if there's a swell. I certainly do not remember any...

I'm not surprised. People go to Colorado for outdoor activities, and probably settle there to be near the same.

I was on the Nekton Pilot for my first liveaboard scuba trip. I really liked it. Since I get seasick easily, the stability was nice. I was a fairly new diver and I decided I was not going to exceed my OW certification of 60 fsw. As a result, none of the other guests would buddy with me. But...

Or maybe it's just a shift from big-box stores, that once upon a time were cheaper than smaller, more personalized stores, to on-line stores, that are cheaper yet because they don't have the overhead of a big building. I always prefer to shop at a locally-owned store with knowledgeable staff...

I suspect the same reasons apply. Maybe more so.

All my luggage has wheels. I still have to heft it into and out of my car, and onto the scale at the airport, and off the luggage conveyor, etc., and wrestle it around here and there. Again, if I wanted to dive badly enough, this would not stop me. But it's just one more difficulty related to...

The issue with my back is not in the water. In the water it's fine. It's carrying those heavy bags during travel. On my last trip I just brought my regulator and mask and fins, and I rented the wet suit and BC. But even just the reg and fins are heavy. And I was much less comfortable in the...

I'll offer my experience as one data point, as briefly as I can: I've always liked the water. I swam and snorkeled as a kid. My step-father was a scuba diver when Sea Hunt was originally being aired. I'd have been in my middle teens. Too much of a wimp to be willing to remove my mask under...

I don't think that's possible, since the active ingredient is not likely available in the U.S. But that won't be necessary if the place ships the Kwells without a prescription. And if they do, that's more convenient than trying to find a compounding pharmacy. (I didn't think there was such a...

Thanks for all the replies! When I used Google to find retail pharmacies on line in the UK and Australia, they all wanted a prescription for anything over 2 boxes. But when I went on eBay, as JohnN suggested, there didn't seem to be any requirement for a prescription. I'll wait and see if they...

I get very seasick, very easily. (I also get carsick and airsick, and I get motion sick on rocking chairs and porch swings.) I've tried all the "natural" remedies and they do nothing for me. Original Dramamine never did anything for me. Meclazine (Bonine, Dramamine II, etc.) helps a little, but...

In my opinion, an accidental disconnect of the inflator is a minor inconvenience, since I can inflate orally, and I don't have to inflate much in the course of a dive. And it's much easier to avoid sinking during the few moments it takes to inflate the BC orally than it is to avoid rising in the...

I was not there at the time of the incident. I am going by her relation of the story at the supper table that evening. I do not think she panicked, but apparently the idea of disconnecting the inflator hose did not occur to her. Anything other than what she told me would be speculation. For...

Thanks for all the replies! In future I'll make myself aware of inflator rate, and practice disconnecting the inflator. (Even though the incident didn't happen to me, I consider it a warning of an event that can happen.)