Northwest Dive Club

Sounds good. Meet or splash at 10?

I'm up for hitting the canal tomorrow. Where and when are you thinking?

Very nice!

I've been shooting underwater with a G10 for a few years now, but I use a pair of S&S YS90 strobes that have a bit more control (compared to the DS51) as to how much flash is produced. Positioning of the strobe(s) can make a huge difference. Pointing the stobe directly at your subject may not be...

I've never heard of that brand of regulator before. Can you get them serviced near you? What's your budget for a reg set? The Seaira Trimetal regs were made by IDI (International Divers Inc) who ceased operations in 2003: http://www.scuba.com/resources/repair/idi.asp . They received a very favorabl...

cardiver wrote: Considering how well my surgery went this morning I should be back in the water by the time you guys are back from Bonaire.

Nice!



I won't be there tonight either...family life strikes again.

winte.r wrote:
I feel like I shouldn't have to remind a PADI instructor of the terrible, terrible danger of gastric embolism on ascent that a taco represents Mike.

No worries there, just have to off-gas as necessary. Even better is when your buddy has to release you from your backzip drysuit...

Very cool video, Laura!

winte.r wrote:

olalladiver wrote:
Seriously though can I join your club, is there an application? I'll bring a case of RR to the next dive if you let me in Jesse

Traditionally, the case of RR would qualify as the application...hell, bring some tacos too and you might be nominated as a mod...

Nice intro, John!

Had a good time meeting and diving with you last night. Feel free to impose on future dives whenever you can.

Mike

Laura, is this a problem that just arose, or has it been that way for a while but just unnoticed? I dug a little on the Ecology site when Laura first posted it - and noticed this: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Fecal Matters: Proposed Beach Monitoring List Availabile for Public Comment BEACH Program Upd...

jeffgerritsen wrote: BTW, what was the viz like?

Depends - before or after Scubie started making silt angels?

First dive, 5-10' above 30fsw, 10-15' at depth. At 80fsw we still had ambient light filtering through.

Second dive, the 8 of us mucked it up a bit.

LCF wrote:Wish somebody had had a camera . . . the visual on flying red hair full of bubbles is precious!

A surface shot...?
Now that's the way to be a gamer! Much respect, Mortuus!

RoxnDox wrote:
Are they more patient than you had to be with my OW, Mike? <grin>

Hmm....how do I put this gently....

Evergreen commonly teaches their OW classes in drysuits. I expect they have lots of experience answering basic questions while exercising extreme patience. I believe they use Bare trilam suits.

Welcome to the NW!

Just got home. Nice trip, mostly as "camping-in-the-rain guy".

Got a date picked out to jump out of perfectly good airplane? You need to show up with your mask and a snorkel....and maybe some fins....

Happy B-day Scubie!

Skydiving?? You sure this isn't leading up to that giant stride world record you've been considering?

THursday's Thermic THesbians Thermic defined as : adj. - Relating to or associated with heat Thesbians defined as: n. - A theatrical performer adj. - Of or relating to drama So it would loosely translate to Thursday's Heated Drama..... :popcorn: Hmmmm...Urban dictionary has waaaaaay different defin...

A recent local (Seattle) listing: http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/spo/3779240742.html *disclaimer - not my gear, no affiliation with the seller* I dive this wing, and love it. It's actually rated at 40lbs, is very streamlined, trims out nicely and doesn't "taco". I've used it with LP 95'...

Nice shots, Jesse! I like the self portrait too. I see a lot of similarity between the "bug" and the limpet. Really zoomed in on the pic, and it looks like the shape of the soft underbody of the bug matches the shape of the soft body of the limpet. The bug also seems to have the little bum...

Gdog wrote:Penders, what was your water temp at Salt Creek?

Salt Creek water temp was a balmy 45 degrees.

Salt Creek, a hazy 20' from the surface to 39fsw (our max depth on both dives).

Lake Crescent, easily 50'+. The water is cold at 46 degrees with no thermocline down to 90ffw.

mpenders wrote:
I may have to try generous amounts of lube on the zipper, and see if that helps.

Well, I tried much more lube on the zipper. Still getting wet. The zipper appears in pristine condition...except for the fact that it leaks.

:angry:

The suit was inside out but the dump valve was installed as normal? Yup. The only thing I did was close the dump valve - otherwise it was not removed from the suit. Then the suit was turned inside out. How did you evaluate "full"? Your hose is running way more than 7psi. Very carefully. I...

Also, was the exhaust valve plugged (or not inverted) when you did that? It's quite possible to fill with water past 7psi if you plugged the dump valve. So far, I haven't had a problem with the glue (fingers crossed). When I filled the suit with water In my driveway I just left the dump valve attac...