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    Fatality on Rosalie Moller wreck

    Date: Sep 24, 2020, about 7 am Location: Rosalie Moller wreck, north of Hurghada, Egypt The 100 m long Rosalie Moller wrecks rests upright on a bottom of 50-55m. A typical dive visits the deck and superstructures, and some of the coal holds, at depths of 30-35 m. Visibility is rather poor for...
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    Newbie needs advice

    I have 20 years of OC diving behind me, and I am thinking of switching to bubble-free diving. I did a "discover rebreather diving" experience a week ago, which included some basic info about the rebreather (a Hollis Prism 2) and emergency procedures (switch to BOV if anything seems off), a...
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    Sealife Seadragon 2500 dead?

    I have a photo/video rig with a Sealife tray and two Seadragon 2500 lights. Really love it. The other day, I took it out and carelessly forgot to insert the batteries into the lights and to tighten down the rear covers. I realized this while still at the surface, and immediately tightened the...
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    Testing a Spare Air

    I was recently at my LDS enquiring about a pony bottle, explaining that I was planning to do more buddy-less diving to have time for leisurely photography. They suggested trying a Spare Air instead. To be clear, this is as a safety backstop for recreational dives no deeper that 20 m, and well...
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    Accuracy of GPS coordinates

    I am going on a liveaboard in French Polynesia in November, and I am taking a Nautilus Marine Rescue GPS unit with me. When I contacted the company running the boat about this, they said "Please note that we no longer use GPS rescue devices ourselves. Our experience is that the devices often...
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    Personal liability insurance

    I am a divemaster working occasionally (1-2 days a week) for a local dive shop in the Caribbean. I am an active PADI Pro member. I do primarily guided dives, and occasionally assist on DSDs. I am not a shop employee, and do not receive compensation other than tips and free air fills. About half...
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    Fair market value of dive shop

    I am thinking about buying a dive shop in the Caribbean, and trying to figure out what its fair market value would be. It is a well-established operation with a good reputation. Most of its business is from courses and guided dive trips, plus some equipment rentals and sales. I have access to...
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    Looking for buddy(ies) in Curacao

    I will be staying at our vacation home in Curacao (Blue Bay Resort) from Dec 13 to Jan 2 this winter. I know a few local divers, but most of them work during the week. If anyone at Scubaboard should be looking for a buddy during that period, please post an answer to this thread or PM me. I can...
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    Tank fills in Curaçao, other questions

    My wife and I will be spending Jan 1-10 in Curaçao, at the Floris Hotel (across the street from the Mariott and the Hilton). I am planning to do a fair bit of shore diving, and looking for (1) tank fills at a reasonable price and (2) dive buddies, as my wife does not dive. I was quoted $11 a...
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    Wetsuit alterations in Chicago area?

    I have a 7mm semi-dry suit that was custom made a few years ago. I have used it many times, but I am still frustrated by the fact that the arms are a bit too short, so that if I bring my hands together it pulls over the shoulders, where the dry zipper is located. I live in Champaign, IL, and no...
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    Erysipelas on a liveaboard

    Last summer I was in Micronesia on the Thorfinn for a two-week cruise in the rather isolated waters between Yap and Chuuk atolls. About one week into the cruise, the Captain developed a rather nasty-looking infection on his leg, after having suffered a minor scratch while working on the ship's...
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    Thorfinn Pan-Micronesia cruise

    Cross-posting from the Liveaboards forum, may be more appropriate here: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/liveaboards-charter-boats/419891-thorfinn-pan-micronesia-cruise.html
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    Thorfinn Pan-Micronesia cruise

    This is a belated report on a trip I took in June-July last year (2011) on the SS Thorfinn. Most of the relevant information is in the attached PDF, which I wrote as a kind of logbook during the long hours when the ship was going nowhere. Here is the short-short version: I booked this very...
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    Medical certificate

    I moved to the US from Europe a couple of years ago. When I was living in Switzerland, I had regular medical check-ups, and my family doctor would sign a medical certificate (template provided by the Swiss Federation for Hyperbaric Medicine) stating that I didn't suffer from any conditions that...
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    DOT certification of non-US tank

    I moved to the US from Europe a while back and took a 15l steel tank with me. When I brought it with me to an LDS to have it inspected and tested, I was told that they were not allowed to certify tanks that do not already have a DOT stamp on them. Mine was regularly inspected in Switzerland and...
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    Diving & snorkeling in Cabo

    Wife and I will be going to Cabo in late February. I want to dive, she wants to snorkel (and has no intention to learn diving). I am looking for an outfit that will let me dive the way I like, i.e. not force max bottom times or yelp if I happen to go into deco mode. My wife would like to tag...
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    Diving from Key West

    Sorry if this has been asked many times before - I did some searching on ScubaBoard and did not really find the answer. I will be staying on Key West June 11-15 for a conference, and hope to sneak in a few dives before/during/after the talks. I will be travelling with my regs and mask, but not...
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    Reading materials

    I am getting interested in the theoretical aspects of deco diving, and the methodology that goes into deco dive planning, be it "manually" or using software such as VPlanner or GAP. I have perused some materials available on line, such as Eric Baker's "Understanding M values" and "Introductory...
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    Flopping inflator hose

    I recently put a DiveRite Rec wing on my BP, because the Travel wing did not provide sufficient lift. Buoyancy and trim are fine, but the inflator hose just keeps flopping around and I have to grope for it every time I want to add air or purge. Very annoying, and outright dangerous when diving...
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    Safety kit

    Having just had a discussion about how to make sure that our club's safety case will always be at hand when we dive, I was wondering to what extent divers are concerned about having such a kit immediately accessible when exiting the dive. To me, a minimal kit consists of: - bottle of O2 with a...
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