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John C. Ratliff

  1. Mouthpiece tears and silicone mouthpieces

    by , March 9th, 2012 at 10:51 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by John C. Ratliff View Post


    I was diving this regulator as a backup, with a neck strap. I took it off and examined it and found that the neck strap had caused it to tear badly. The USD second stage was a backup on my Mossback Mk III double hose regulator, and the neck strap was an old one meant for a Sportsways regulator. The neck strap was made of neoprene, and had a cutout for the mouthpiece. I put the mouthpiece through the hole, which
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  2. A dive with the Dacor Nautilus CVS

    by , October 23rd, 2011 at 09:45 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by John C. Ratliff View Post
    ZKY,

    In concept, they are not too bad; in reality, they are pretty bulky. I decided yesterday to take my Dacor Nautilus to the Clackamas River for a dive. Unfortunately, my steel 72 was in the shop for a hydro, and my other had only 1000 psig in it. So I decided to take my USD single 52 cf tank. It is a bit buoyant, but I figured that the Nautilus CVS with weights would overcome that. I could only find 3 of the 4 weights I normally use. I also had to take the tank boot off the
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