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Hi divers! I thought some of you might be interested in my quick review of the Avelo system. A couple weeks ago my buddy and I took the Avelo certification class on Catalina Island with Catalina Divers Supply. For context, I’ve been diving for a while and have about 650 dives in all kinds of...

I'm interested in learning how to service my own DA Aquamaster--or at least get a better idea of how it works and how to do field repairs. Any suggestions? I'm guessing if I showed up for the regular PADI version they'd laugh me out of the course!

Hey double hose divers: I'm curious what choice you make in using a snorkel with a double hose. I'm of the generation that learned to dive on double hose regulators but forget what the drill was back then. Now that I've rejoined the club (restored and Phoenix'ed Royal Aquamaster and DA...

Relatively new but enthusiastic DH diver here (Phoenix RAM). My question is about when/if a DH regulator freeflows. Can you still breathe it? If not, and you breathe from your octo, how do you prevent the freeflowing reg from emptying out your tank pronto?

Hey all--I posted a WTB in the classified area, but thought I'd add something here too. I'm looking hard for a VDH backplate, or a close facsimile, to use with my Royal Aquamaster. Any suggestions or thoughts? I keep hoping Bryan will get back into production but don't see any signs that he...

Anybody have a VDH backplate they'd like to part with? Or the ability to make one? I'm getting a huge kick out of diving a Royal Aquamaster but feel like it just won't breathe as it should until I can get the can in the right spot on my back. Thanks. David

Hey divers: I'm going to be on vacation in Freeport, ME last week of August and first of September and would love to do some shore or boat diving. I'm an experienced drysuit diver with my own gear. I'm also game for a kayak dive if anybody's into that. All ideas, buddies, suggestions for...

Hey divers: I'm going to be in Cape Ann on vacation the week of 8/15 and would love to buddy up with a kayak diver to get at some of those sites that make for ankle-twisting shore entries. Anybody out there? David

Hi folks. So I'm diving this weekend in the Keys this weekend with my Whites Fusion suit (which I love!). I've never dived it in warm water before and am trying to figure out weighting. I weigh 205 and will be diving with just the polypro underwear and a standard AL80 tank. Any suggestions...

Hey SoCal divers. I live on the East Coast but am looking to schedule a Truth Aquatics liveaboard trip sometime in August. I went on one a few years back and loved it, but my regular buddy isn't interested in going back. Rather than just show up on the boat as a single, I thought I'd see if I...

Hey kids. Well, the sun is finally shining so it's time to think about diving in the NE. I live out of the area (PA) but would love to make a Cape Ann trip some time this summer to do some kayak diving. I've been diving in Cape Ann 3-4 times, and love it but hate the rocky entries. Any...

I've been diving the shore dives on Cape Ann for a few years, and love 'em but not the entries and exits. I have done some kayak diving and would love to tackle some Cape Ann sites (Cathedral Rocks? Folly Cove?) but not sure where I could launch a kayak. Any ideas? David

(I've posted this before but thought I'd give it one more shot.) Going to be in the Bar Harbor/Acadia area next couple weeks and looking for a shore diving buddy. Any takers? David

Hey divers--I'm going to be in Maine near Schoodic Peninsula the second and third weeks of August and would love to do find a buddy to do some diving. I'm an experienced cold water diver, diving dry, have all my gear and would love to dive Little Hunter's Beach or other possibilities that I've...

Hey, so here's puzzler of the day. I have two steel 100's of different makes and I'm convinced they have different buoyancy characteristics (one of them is probably 15 years old, one brand new). Can anybody point me to a site or any info that would help establish once and for all how buoyant...

Hey Californians: I'm going to be in the SF area in early Sept on business and would love to do some Pt. Lobos diving. I'm looking at either/or/both Sept. 10 (Friday) and 11th. I'm an experienced coldwater diver (~350 dives) and dive dry. Nothing fancy--just some sightseeing. Anybody...

Hi. I have an older White's suit (neoprene on bottom, shell on top, self-entry) that I generally enjoy EXCEPT it leaks (kind of a big except, I guess). I've replaced the neck seal and both wrist seals, and I've had by LDS go over it several times. They've put Aqua Seal to work where the...

Hello, Northwesterners. I'm coming to Seattle for a conference in mid-Feb and would love to squeeze in a day or two of diving. So a couple questions: 1) what should I expect in the way of conditions/viz (yeah, I know the correct answer is "it depends" but just gimme SOME idea!) and 2) anybody...

My buddy and I are planning a trip to the Upper Keys in early December and are looking to maximize dive time (had to cancel out on a liveaboard so looking for next best thing). We can clearly do two half day trips with all kinds of operators, but would just as soon spend the whole day on the...

Nikonos People: I just bought this 16mm supplemental lens for my Nikonos set up and am wondering what f stop and focal distance I set it for (made more difficult since once you screw the Sea & Sea lens on you can't see the f stop or the distance on the 35mm anymore. Any advice or whereabouts...