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    Upgrade to Oceans

    There are several of these prep schools around and at least one in the area should have celestial. It takes about a week to teach and is a separate class so you can take it wherever you need to. I have no idea how an online course would go over, there is a lot of give and take to get the...
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    Upgrade to Oceans

    Jim, How did you make out on this? If you are still mulling it over give Sea School a call, I think there is one in Marathon. They can give you all the classes you need and the exam (I believe).. Fire fighting is a blast, one of the most fun of the USCG requirements. Celestial is not bad if...
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    Unqualified Divers in Caves--especially ones like Eagles Nest

    The most memorable sign I have seen was a little sign nailed to a tree with two brass hooks screwed into it and numbers hanging from it. The sign said "divers have died in this spring" below the numbers. That the numbers needed to be easily and quickly changed made a profound impression on...
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    How much air to surface with?

    For what it's worth I'm in the 500 camp. I recall several instances where more air in the tank was useful. The first was a rough day at the ladder and the person in front of me took a fall into the ladder while trying to get on it and sheared off the inflator hose and knocked off of and away...
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    Info Diving and Seamanship

    This has been a fun thread. Have not been here in a long time. Thanks. One thing that got me out of my shell was the current speeds. This always make me smile when I hear these. A number worth knowing is an Olympic men's freestyle swimmer, full sprint on the short 50m heat swims at 4.5 knots...
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