--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00012 Date: 12/13/95 From: MAX CHAMBERLAIN Time: 08:43pm \/To: MIKES (Read 1 times) Subj: DROP --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: Silver Xpress Mail System (1:387/344) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00013 Date: 12/14/95 From: ADRIAN GRUBER Time: 09:40pm \/To: ERNEST CARDEN (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: N.A.U.I. National EC>> Association EC>> Underwater EC>> Association of EC>> Underwater EC>> Instructors You need to check your dive card good buddy! NAUI is: National Association of Underwater Instructors, --- JetMail 0.99beta21 * Origin: **STarbase1** USRCourierV34.e Orlando Fla. (1:363/239) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00014 Date: 12/13/95 From: DENNIS SEAVEY Time: 10:50am \/To: JANIS FOLEY (Read 1 times) Subj: Underwater Photography Sorry I didn't catch you original discussion on photography but the board I get this conference on has only turned it on in the last moth or so. The underwater photography equipment is very expensive but there are a number of options which are not too bad. One that is produced up in my neck of the woods that falls in between the throw away camera casing and something in the relm of an Iklite casing, which are great in comparison with some of the other options, is produced by Common Ground Research and markets under the brand Sea V. These housings are designed to work with the compact 35 mm cameras so the cost of the entire package, for a case and camera designed to be used down to around 250 ft sw, can be had well below $ 300.00. Photographically they are not as good as a full reflex type of camera but take much better photo's than the disposibles. These work really well for someone who is interested but not yet committed to underwater photography or an underwater photographer who would like something low cost and not bulky as a quick back up or to play around with composition. Oh well good luck with your photography. Keep wet and well. Dennis --- PCBoard (R) v15.21/10 * Origin: Singing Wire BBS - Rochester, NH 603-330-3504 (1:132/255) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00015 Date: 12/13/95 From: DENNIS SEAVEY Time: 11:07am \/To: MICHAEL NELSON (Read 1 times) Subj: New Boy In The Water Hi Mike how are things in Idaho. I used to have in laws that lived there but never did much diving while I was there. I notice that you are having some trouble getting air fills. There are a couple of solutions that we have used in the past and some cautions to be wary of. If you are going to get air from a fire station you have to be careful that you are getting compressed air and not a mixxed breathing mixture designed for firefighters. If the fire station fills from a cascade system, ie a series of large DOT travel cylinders connected together, they may be using a gas mix and not compressed air. You have to ask to be sure what you are getting. Additionally, you may have to purchase the appropriate filling adaptor if you use a fire station as the Scott packs use a different adaptor that does SCUBA in some cases. These units can be very high pressure and have to be filled carefully so as not to exceed the pressure of your tanks. Medical gas suppliers may be better than welding gas suppliers for breathing air but you may pay more for the gas than at a welding shop. The solution that we had to settle on at one point was to purchase a DOT cascade filling system so that we could fill our own tanks at one particularly remote site that we did a lot of diving one at one point. In this system you fill up the entire system and then fill your tanks as you need them. Down the raod when the system empties you go back and fill it up again. The upside to this is that you only have to go to the fill station when the cascade gets empty. The downside is that you need to get properly trained to use the system and have to get other componants, such as a water tank, before you can safely fill tanks. You have to maintain the cascade tanks just as you would any other compressed air cylinder with inspections and hydro's. You also have to be careful to follow the save restrictions that a regular fill station follows and not cut corners with requiring the cylinders that you fill be up to specks on testing as well. The temptation can be great to let certain things slide but you can't. At any rate I wish you luck. Dennis --- PCBoard (R) v15.21/10 * Origin: Singing Wire BBS - Rochester, NH 603-330-3504 (1:132/255) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00016 Date: 12/13/95 From: DON ZANDSTRA Time: 12:22pm \/To: ALAN BETHELL (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Question -=> Quoting Alan Bethell to Lee Bell <=- AB> G'day Lee, AB> Personally, I concider the need for "spare air" as a waste of money AB> and potentionally hazardous. AB> If one plans a dive and dive the plan, (as we're trained to), the main AB> tank will already contain reserve air, the dive should be planned so AB> you will "surface" with "at least 300 psi" in the tank. Many divers here will disagree with you, but I am one that agrees with you completely. The spare air toy is a diving crutch that has more potential to get someone into trouble than it has to get them out of trouble. It is an overhyped gimmick, and shouldn't be seriously considered as a piece of dive safety gear. ... It's so cold, I'm freezing my Bobbitt off!! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.10 --- Maximus/2 3.00 * Origin: |=[Bloom County Hospital>=--- (616) 361-8345 (1:228/500) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00017 Date: 12/13/95 From: DON ZANDSTRA Time: 12:40pm \/To: HELENE MAINVILLE (Read 1 times) Subj: Re: Diving in g cayman -=> Quoting Helene Mainville to Jerry Altus <=- PB> My non-diving wife and I are taking a cruise PB> in three weeks with a PB> scheduled dive at the caymans. HM> Can you tell me about your cruise and diving when you come back? HM> My boyfriend and I are planned for a cruise on Princess Line, end of HM> January, also with a stop at Grand Cayman. I am planning to do another cruise this year. This time will be with Costa on one of their "new" ships.....the name escapes me at this time. I will be flying to San Juan, and goint to St. Thomas, St Maarten, and a number of other southern Caribbean ports. I did a similar cruise on Royal Caribbean last winter. I should be back on January 21, and I will make an effort to give you a report. I should add that I have been on a number of cruises, and I don't recommend the diving that is chartered by the cruise line. I have always done better by finding my own dives. If your cruise goes to Cozumel, you might want to check out Fantasia (Fan-tah-see-ah) divers. They are next to La Cieba hotel. It is quite close to the cruise ship dock. If you don't dock, and they shuttle you into town on boats, you should find something in town. As for Grand Cayman, if you want an interesting shore dive, go to Eden Rock. It is walking distance from the docks, and there is a diveshop right on the shore by the reef. ... It's so cold, I'm freezing my Bobbitt off!! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.10 --- Maximus/2 3.00 * Origin: |=[Bloom County Hospital>=--- (616) 361-8345 (1:228/500) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00018 Date: 12/13/95 From: STEVE ELLIOT Time: 04:11pm \/To: JAY HANIG (Read 1 times) Subj: Coming back soon... > I'd suspect your collarbone will let you know when you can safely dive > again.....when you can stand the weight of the gear on your shoulders > again on dry land, most likely. > > Jay, RN > PADI M-9033 Nicely said, Jay! Thanks for your advice. OOo O Steve Elliot O oO FidoNet Scuba Moderator o [\] Diver Down BBS [\] _____ o o Ft. Lauderdale, FL (_/-\_).. 305/436-3937 ===(O). --- Wanna get wet? * Origin: [\] Diver Down BBS [\] Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (1:369/134) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00019 Date: 12/13/95 From: STEVE ELLIOT Time: 05:25pm \/To: ROLAND STEPHENS (Read 1 times) Subj: SCUBA ON THE INTERNET RS>How do I get to other webs for scuba and RS>How do I get to a main inter-net off of a bbs localy? Hi Roland, You might want to take a look at the latest issues of Rodale's Scuba Diving and Dive Training magazines. Both have recently run articles on Scuba sites that can be found on the Internet. As far as accessing those sites, you will either need to have your own Internet access account (either from a local access provider, or through one of the larger commercial services like AOL, Compuserve, Genie, Delphi) *or* your local BBS may provide some type of dial-in Internet access. You'd have to speak with the System Operator of Jackelope Junction BBS and ask about Internet access through their board. --- Tanline inspector * Origin: [\] Diver Down BBS [\] Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1:369/134) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00020 Date: 12/13/95 From: STEVE ELLIOT Time: 05:39pm \/To: GREG LOCKWOOD (Read 1 times) Subj: Diving in the Keys GL> When we had our couple of days in Ft. L., we noticed GL> a lot of people doing shore dives. Is there a lot to GL> see off shore??? How close is the reef to the shore??? I'm a big fan of shore diving in this area, but that's because I don't have my own boat! :) The reefline runs parallel to the shore. There are actually three reeflines with the first being 100-150 yards offshore and about 25-30 feet deep. The second line is 40-60 feet deep, and the third reefline is anywhere from 60-100 feet deep. You can easily hit the first reefline from a shore dive, and find some nice patchy coral reef areas that are full of small tropical fish and lobsters. --- Tanline inspector * Origin: [\] Diver Down BBS [\] Ft. Lauderdale, FL. (1:369/134) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 186 SCUBA Ref: CGM00021 Date: 12/13/95 From: STEVE ELLIOT Time: 06:46pm \/To: JAMES GAMPPER (Read 1 times) Subj: Shark's teeth JG>Did not know that about sharks. Thanks. We try to provide some useful tidbits in here once and a while, in between all of the one liners... :) There a very knowledgeable shark expert that frequents this message area from time to time named Rick Martin. If you ever spot a message from him, be sure to say Hello and ask him about his research. Rick's written a terrific book on sharks called "Shark Smart" which several of us have purchased. --- Tanline inspector * Origin: [\] Diver Down BBS [\] Ft. Lauderdale, FL (1:369/134)