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As a proud engineer, can't agree with you more. Wife laughed when she read your post. But.. there's something really exciting about spending a week and no plans. Do I sit on a beach? Do I just sit in a bar? Do I take a walk downtown? I love it. No plans usually lead to the best...

Dan, that was a wonderful, well worded, informative, and extremely wise post. Thanks!! Strange - my wife and I were discussing this exact subject before I checked the thread. I had made a statement that this was probably a matter of due preparation to minimize bad luck and the rest of the...

Just posted something similar to another thread, but thought this better served with a new one. My wife and I are cashing in on several years of business travel miles/points for a week in Nassau early August. She's a rather new diver who desires lower risk excursions. I'm an advanced diver...

My wife and I are planning a custom trip to Nassau in late July and have no idea where to start. Honestly, some of the comments and reviews I've seen for both operators are a little distressing. Yeah, some of them are unfounded gripes like "They didn't take care of my elderly mom on her first...

I never really gave up on some of the 80's. I have a real, working Atart Asteroids. It's still one of the hardest games in existance. :)

Yep. It looks like they use two bouys for a spherical solution to calculate the diver's range. I still think it can be done without a tether, though.

Ahh! Now you have something! You have solved the last variable. IF you can obtain a bearing (in either a boresight LOS, or Magnetic) from the "box" to the boat AND receive the boat's GPS position, AND obtain the point-point diver-boat distance (sonic transponder), you have everything you...

Chris, the big problem here is obviously getting around the water's inability to pass L-band RF - not to mention the host of decoding issues that would come with the water-air boundry :) I've seen another system that converts this over to what looks like a ~50 Khz sonic data medium that...

One problem here... If you are referring to a state tuition waiver program, citizenship requirements are pretty defined. States require citizenship because they pay the waiver bills. Just because a soldier goes on a training tour, doesn't mean they deserve the right to claim residency -...

Colin, I was a maintenance guy on the last OV-10's in the Air Force at Shaw AFB from 1990 to 1991. Our aircraft were from the late Vietnam era. Some still had ABDR patches over bullet holes. If your dad is still with us, please tell him I am envious and honored to have spent a small time...

Finishing year 15 - Air National Guard. Have about 6 years of prior Active Duty time in there... James

Hi Jan! September 6th :) Forgive me if I don't remember you :( But then again, there were about 30 people on the boat... I'm sure I will see you guys again.... James

Jason, Here's how I remember it from a "not done that" point of view. I showed up at the dock around 9 PM the night before. The directions and map they provide are a little tricky. The dock is behind the loud nightclub/grill. Take the walkway that leads behind it. After you unload...

I dove San Clemente last year on the Great Escape (Yes, all the way from Oklahoma) and loved it. It was my first ride ever on a boat like that and I will remember the weekend fondly. Wish I could go :( James

Wonderful picture! I showed my coworkers this picture when they asked what my dive trip was like at San Clemente Island.

What they usually don't tell you is the cost of hazerdous material cleanup required. Those things are saturated with everything from asbestos to oxydizer fluids. Yeah, I would trust the well water...NOT!

Thanks for the wonderful replies! 56 is definately a little cold for me, though. I have a hyperstretch 5 mil that I stack over a 3 mil shorty, along with the usual compliment of gloves, hood, 7 mil boots, ect... This works well for the lakes around here, but I'm not really sure if it is OK...

Just a real stupid question from the Midwest - what is the water temperature right now? (I might get to visit in about a month and am wondering if it is worth packing the gear)

"The other side is something like 6 or 700' deep. Hummmmm Nitrox at 3%? " God, what would be the deco obligation on THAT one - ouch...

Umm... Maybe it's just me, but the first thought I had was.. "Isn't 11 a bit young to be diving in this kind of method?"