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Happy B-day dude. I'm sure you'll have a good time. Halloween in NYC is calling me too, and I'm torn between wanting to party or go diving.

if I can find a buddy. Speaking of new suits, I bought a 7mm Insta-dry and look forward to trying it out.

Jack, if you're going on Sunday, I'll drive me up there too. What time do you plan on getting there?

Yikes, I don't have any of that stuff. :(

I bought the DIR book and really like the concept, but cannot afford to go buy all new gear right now. A little at a time. (I did get some pointers of where I can move gear I do have around to make it work better and it does.) I'm hoping to get out to Dutch this saturday too, but life's been...

It's a shame I missed. Hopefully, others will be going next weekend.

I had some family stuff crop up this weekend that kept me from diving. Was it fun? Also, can one dive Dutch in late Oct / early Nov. in a 7mm wetsuit?

Sorry for the late update, but something came up and I couldn't make it out there today. Maybe I can make it out there tomorrow, but it does look doubtful. John

Anyone going?

but I will be at my brother's wedding in Texas next week.

I plan on it, it's too addicting and I already have the DTs from the weekend.

Oh. I'm not ready to dive doubles. First order of business is to get a drysuit anyway so I can extend my season. John

I hoping to get to Dutch on either the 27th or the 28th. Also, as a big guy who's somewhat positive I found that emptying my lungs as much as I can followed by shallow breaths helps me to get down to the five foot range and then it's a lot easier from that point. If I can take another two...

Wow. Thanks for all the replies. It was a big help. Next time I dive, I want to be able to see if I can reach the tank valve. Thanks again. John

The class went well. It turns out I was somewhat overweighted. My OW checkout dives I used 30lbs and I dropped it to 28 last weekend. Dutch I prolly go from 26 to 24. I was able to hold at about 10 ft w/ no line just using my breath (and the boat ladder as a reference), but my tank was still...

Two tank questions. Why do people use Argon for drsysuit inflation and why is it necessary to perhaps turn air while diving? Thanks, John

I did; with with the Fundamentals book. Jonnythan, is your single-tank wing still for sale? Also, I've made quite some more headway with "Fundamentals...." over the weekend and flipped through Dress for Success. Even as a noob, there are some things I can incorporate with my current gear. John

Thanks, it the Endurotech, 3-finger mitt. I got it for cheap on e-bay.

I'll miss Dutch this weekend, though I'll be diving in LI Sound. Finally will be able to do the peak bouyancy dive with shop that certified me (Swim King Scuba). I'm sure you'll be having fun though. I've really grown to like that place. :D John

This prolly a noob dumb question, but is the skirt on a semi-dry glove worn "in" tucked in under the gauntlet, or "out" extended from the wrist gauntlet. Thanks. John