jim T.
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Hi, I'm Jim T. and have been lurking for awhile now. Excellent forum(s)!
Anyhow, I'm a 53-4 yr. old retired school teacher who just got back into Scuba after an almost 30 yr. break. As it often happens, a cruise ship arranged dive excursion (Grand Cayman) and my first (finally!) tropical/warm water dive got me re-hooked!
I've just enrolled in a dry suit class (mid-November) to see if I can get enthused about the cold waters of Puget Sound. (The cold and low vis. plus the loss of all my gear in a house fire years ago caused me to leave diving originally.)
So...I'm back in now even if I end up saving my diving for warm water travel experiences.
I'll rent for now and try different gear but I'm leaning towards purchasing an Atomic or Scubapro reg. I need to try rear bladder vs. vest style B.C.s more before I decide.
I'm also a sailor (My wife and I sail a Fisher 37 Pilothouse motorsailor up the "Inside Passage" along Vancouver Island every summer.) In retirment I work occasionally as a recording studio session bassist.
Anyhoo, I'm very much enjoying this board, rejoining the diving community and will
probably be asking some semi-"stupid" questions now and again!
Cheers! Jim T.
P.S. My first stupid question already! I own an old Dacor Dart reg. that I probably won't trade in on a Mares (I'm not sure how I feel about their business model right now...) so I wondered if folks thought that once Mares destroys lots of older trade in regs. if my Dart might actually increase in collector's value down the road as there may be even less of them.
Anyhow, I'm a 53-4 yr. old retired school teacher who just got back into Scuba after an almost 30 yr. break. As it often happens, a cruise ship arranged dive excursion (Grand Cayman) and my first (finally!) tropical/warm water dive got me re-hooked!
I've just enrolled in a dry suit class (mid-November) to see if I can get enthused about the cold waters of Puget Sound. (The cold and low vis. plus the loss of all my gear in a house fire years ago caused me to leave diving originally.)
So...I'm back in now even if I end up saving my diving for warm water travel experiences.
I'll rent for now and try different gear but I'm leaning towards purchasing an Atomic or Scubapro reg. I need to try rear bladder vs. vest style B.C.s more before I decide.
I'm also a sailor (My wife and I sail a Fisher 37 Pilothouse motorsailor up the "Inside Passage" along Vancouver Island every summer.) In retirment I work occasionally as a recording studio session bassist.
Anyhoo, I'm very much enjoying this board, rejoining the diving community and will
probably be asking some semi-"stupid" questions now and again!
Cheers! Jim T.
P.S. My first stupid question already! I own an old Dacor Dart reg. that I probably won't trade in on a Mares (I'm not sure how I feel about their business model right now...) so I wondered if folks thought that once Mares destroys lots of older trade in regs. if my Dart might actually increase in collector's value down the road as there may be even less of them.