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I had good luck with washing the suit a couple of times in a big tub with some shampoo in it.

Unfortunately, he isn't a diver. :( The way I figure it, any of those places have to be better diving than at home (warmer, clearer, different fish). The travel agent I spoke to on the phone was a diver, and I had asked him about diving at both places, and he mentioned that he dived (dove?) at...

I was looking for a 4 day inclusive resort somewhere in the bahamas and found viva fortuna. My coworker went there last year but when I tried to book it, I had trouble with available dates/airfare, so I wound up booking a trip to Montego Bay Jamaica instead. Back to the part that's pertinent to...

I have an Aquaflite (www.aquaflite.com) and my dive buddy has the Henderson Gold Core. There isn't much difference between the two suits, (other than price obviously). Henderson doesn't make their neoprene and neither does aquaflite. Both have that slick lining which unlike titanium really does...

My brother is short & stocky too. For wetsuits, he found he could get away with a mismatched Farmer John, with the top one size and the bottom another. He went custom for the dry suit. I'm pretty much a medium so an off the rack aquaflite fit me just fine. I saw your username - any chance you...

It seems that logging would be a good thing, especially for a DM if you were to move to another dive shop at some point. I log just to keep a record, but then I keep my pay stubs and bills all year too. If you were never going to go past OW or AOW and you had been diving for years, maybe you...

Another Massachusetts diver over here, just north of Boston.

I'll admit it. I like having the same name on different boards, and jbowker was sometimes taken, so in an effort to not overtax my little brain I went with my first and middle initials, j o and my last name. Not very imaginative, and some people assume my first name is joe (rather than jim) but...

So do we all more or less agree on some points here? 1)Everybody gets narced at some depth, but to varying degrees 2)Some people are more conscious of this than others, for whatever reason 3)Some people either don't admit it or jsut don't notice it, like the jerk who swears he's fine to drive...

Weezle brought up a very good point. When the water is shocking cold (like diving in my area in early June while temps are still in the 40's) it can be beneficial to just dunk your head underwater without your mask on. That way your face gets used to the temperature and the whole process goes...

One that we use on every dive - bang fist against head and then point behind you with your thumb - it's our signal for 'head back'. When followed by a shrug of the shoulders, it becomes a question.

I had trouble clearing my mask too. This was the only thing I really found intimidating in the whole class. Here's what I was doing wrong: First, I would leave my nasal passages open for both inhale and exhale. It's hard to describe, but you need to close off your nose (like you do when...

Does this mean I should cancel the order for my new fuschia and lime green suit?

About the only effect that depth has on your tank at recreational depths is that at depth you suck through air a lot faster (you're breathing air at a higher pressure). Also, going back to GM's example, 2640 psi would occur around 5296 feet, but even that wouldn't crush the tank. When your...

For those who want to buy an HID light but don't want to spend the big bucks for a canister, look into something like the UK Light Cannon, a 10 watt HID for under $200. For the adventuresome person (I'm with you on this one, and I'm in the middle of building a wood & fiberglass dighy for my...

I got her some sweaters (that got returned), a new pair of boots, a bunch of wool socks, communicators for the snowmobile helmets, a 5hp snowblower, a new Dell 8200 PC and, most importantly, paying for an OW course! She'll do it in the spring.

I have a big old sherwood that stays on my right inside calf. (I'm left handed). Smooth blade on one side, serrated on the other, witha line cutter near the handle. It will soon be augmented by a set of emt shears mounted up high. The idea of having a sharp knife near teh hose of my BC (or...

The fins you have are known for having generous foot pockets. I know that those fins will fit fine with DUI's regular hard boot (not the rock boot).

I occasionally breathe through my nose and my mask generally doesn't leak. No hair on the top my my head could EVER come close to my mask (every day when I wake up I have a little more face to wash) but the corner of my hood has slipped in there to cause a leak. Other common leak reasons were...

Two tank dive means you get two dives, so most of us agree it's option B. It isn't a silly question, and for every question you ask, there may be five lurkers out there who were wondering teh same thing. Every diver stated out as a novice, so chances are that others have had the same questions...