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Late to the conversation, but would love to have a spot to check for upcoming regional dives and training opportunities. I don't much care if it's labeled DIR, GUE/UTD, or Hogarthian Dreadnaughts. But it sure would be nice to go diving with folks on the same page re: configuration, technique and...

Sorry I missed your initial post Sam... my congratulations as well. I learned more in Fundies with Bob than in several dozen 'advanced' courses done with the usual agencies. It went very far in making me a better thinking diver. Now you can help me with my back kick! Cheers... Avra

Guys, just to clarify, I'm a WOODWORKER! I have no expertise in ANY kind of medicine, hyperbaric, sleep disorders, or otherwise. Nor in decompression theory, nor in diving generally, beyond being a lowly freshly minted NAUI instructor. But I am always curious to learn more. Anything I've...

As I stated I was intrigued by the question as an academic exercise. I was not really trying to address Wendy's specific case since as you point out that is far from settled. I have little doubt that anyone using CPAP knows a great deal more about this subject than I could absorb from a self...

NOT a doctor, just a diver. Closest I've come to CPAP is diving my positive pressure full face mask (AGA) which is a must for diving in potentially contaminated environments. But as I'm taking advanced nitrox, I thought this was an interesting academic problem. Any device like a CPAP that...

You are of course quite correct. I did not mean to muddle the observance. As a student of history, this may interest you... Memorial Day History (excerpt) To help re-educate and remind Americans of the true meaning of Memorial Day, the "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution was passed...

Just wanted to wish a happy Memorial Day to all my fellow divers, and especially to offer a salute to all veterans. I am looking forward to training with IAHD and expect that in the future I will learn a great deal from new divers with special challenges. From our President at his speech...

Just wanted to wish a happy Memorial Day to all my fellow divers. From our President at his speech yesterday to the graduates at Annapolis: Obama gives Naval Academy commencement speech "America, look at these young men and women. Look at these Sailors and Marines. Here are the values we...

Just wanted to wish a happy Memorial Day to all my fellow divers. From our President at his speech yesterday to the graduates at Annapolis: Obama gives Naval Academy commencement speech "America, look at these young men and women. Look at these Sailors and Marines. Here are the values...

I tend to agree, but just to clarify: just one long hose, stowed behind neck under first stages, and fed to the left. Don't know what reg would accommodate this but maybe some Poseidons? I know my AGA FFM is left feed. Anyway I imagine this facilitates regular reg switching and awareness of...

We won't be in the water till next week, but in class tonight I did seek clarification. Both regs are necklaced, but in a breakaway fashion. Long hose from the left (!) with the hose stowed horizontally behind the neck, under the first stages. He allowed that this makes S-drills...

Ah. Exactly what I asked. So far we have been doing the classwork. In a couple of weeks I will see this in practice. As I said, this is this instructor's personal choice, not a method that he is necessarily advocating to his students. That is, he is NOT telling us: 'This is the best...

Point taken. I must confess you make what appeared to me to border on reckless, to seem almost reasonable. Almost :) I will still stand by my more conservative advice and the OP will undoubtedly do as he sees fit. I did not suggest that it would be impossible to put together a balanced...

This is the manifold for which our intrepid teenager is currently attempting to tender an offer on this web site. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/4234343-post1.html Would you be comfortable with your 15 year old diving with this equipment? That a new diver is looking to make this the...

As I am just moving up to doubles this thread has been particularly timely. My tech instructor is a world class diver, published author, big dives... Doria, cave exploration, etc. While advocating flexibility in choosing various configurations under different circumstances, I was surprised to...

from TopKayaker.Net's Database of U.S.A. States & Territories Dive Flag Regulations Researched & Summarized by Tom Holtey: NEW YORK - 12 x 12 Diver Down Flag. No less than two feet above water, w/ stiffener. Diver must stay within 100' of the flag. Other boats are to remain 100' from the...

Greetings from a Northeast wreck diver who visits you as often as time and $$$ allow. So sorry to read today of this terrible accident. Surfacing has always been the most uneasy moment of my near shore dives, even with a flag. I am encouraged that the diver seems of such stout heart and...

A decade ago, before I began diving, I purchased a lot of tools from a woman recently widowed. It came out in conversation that her husband had died locally in a scuba diving accident. Evidently, surfacing not far from shore, he was decapitated by a jet ski! That gruesome mental image has...

I realize this is somewhat off the subject by the OP, but frankly it is a more interesting and germane subject for anyone considering dive leadership certification. In US law, duty to act is an evolving subject. You are correct that absent a legal duty to act, no one has a legal obligation...

Waste? Qualifying for the cert is certainly not a waste. Five specialties and 50 dives plus Rescue. After making that investment in time, money, and effort... is it worth a few extra bucks for the RECOGNITION certification which you have earned and for which you now qualify? I thought it was...