Northwest Dive Club

Funny thing is that I eat like no ones business, and much to the disappointment of my mom drink beer constantly. The doctors say, and they tend to be a little better educated at the health stuff than me, is that my metabolism is off the charts. Last it was checked my body fat was somewhere around th...

Well, guess it sounds like I am just going to have to suck it up and find a place to shove a few extra pounds of lead. Maybe I can stick them in my undergarment pockets. Haha! Or maybe stick some more on my cam bands. Cap'n, does the weight on your cam bands throw off trim much? Or do you have them ...

Don't laugh at me, but when I say skinny, I mean SKINNY! I am 6', and weigh in at a whopping 130. My dive buddies are mostly half and half on the use of argon. Some swear by it when on doubles, and some say even on tri-mix they just have their inflation bottle filled with air. I just don't have much...

I have a HP15 that I would use if I do go the argon route, so fills wouldn't be too much of an issue. I could get a crap load of dives off one fill, so wouldn't need to deal with that headache much. I tend to not really put out alot of exertion while under the water and that is part of my problem wh...

I don't have anything as heavy as your Weezle as of yet. I just have a USIA Exo2 and usually wear UnderArmor under that. I am skinny, so get cold easy. I wasn't really expecting Argon to make a huge difference, just enough to not be shivering at the 1,500PSI point on a single. Again, I am skinny, so...

My backplate is 6lbs, and I usually dive with 8lbs on each side. Then depending on if I have my can on or not, I usually throw in a 1lb in my trim pocket to even out the weight. That is for my trilam, and usually have to add about 4 lbs if I am diving with my compressed neoprene suit.

I have the Nomad XT which has the weight plate that snugs up next to the soft plate, and also has 2 upper and lower D ring sorta things. They are kinda mounted around where the tank straps would be for a single. I had planned on mounting my battery pack for my can light on the lower rings horizontal...

I was worried about the hose routing mostly. I am going to just use the Tek3 set I have for my BM, and went ahead and got a set of HOG DS1 regs for the sidemount rig. I am going to run a 7 foot, and a 40" both on swivels. I haven't decided yet if I am going to be a wussy and throw in an Argon b...

Dan down in Vancouver (Seven Seas Scuba) is about the only "local" instructor around here who does. ... Bob (Grateful Diver) I would all the shop to confirm that Dan is still teaching. I haven't sen him at the shop in a very long time. That would be a shame. Based on what I knew of him, h...

I unfortunately can't claim this bottle, it was found by another local diver but when he showed it to me, I stole a picture. I thought it was a really cool looking bottle, and figured you might enjoy seeing it too.

Thanks NWBrewer. I need to work on getting my Nomad setup first, but should be up for diving it in a couple weeks. Waiting on a couple things I ordered in that I was told would make it more efficient to dive so guess it will just have to hang on the rack all pretty and dry until they come in. I will...

Well at least we could get me pointed in a direction and then I can start diving it at least. I would say then I could start telling you how you were wrong, but in this case I don't think that will happen! :-P

Thanks all for your help so far! I am up for a dive with anyone just as soon as I get my rig setup. Working with Spatman and most likely Bob on getting what I don't have already to set it up the correct way to then start tweaking. :-)

@Spatman- Sounds good.
@Bob- Yeah Joshua at the shop had mentioned your name and was going to talk to you about it. Any help is much appreciated. I will be at the shop in a couple days and will try to touch base with you on a time we could meet there.

Spatman, that would be great! Def willing to put some fuel in your tank, air/nitrox in your other tanks, and maybe a beer or couple in the most important tank! I will shoot you a PM with my number and we can figure out a time. :-)

Profile is a bit outdated. I don't get on the boards much as I spend most of my workday on keyboards. Yes, in the Puget Sound area would be preferential, I am currently diving out of Tacoma Scuba down south. I have been using my Halcyon BP/W and just decided to try out something a little different. ...

I am looking to find an instructor that is familiar with sidemount techniques and setup. I would prefer someone who has experience with the Dive Rite Nomad XT as that it what I currently have. I don't so much mind the trial and error route, but figure if someone has already figured out all the faili...

Randy - I wasn't with any of the groups. It was just a buddy and me and we suited up tailgate style. Our dive profile was sounds similiar to yours. We dropped in next to the two lone pilings by the ledges. We searched the ledges for awhile and found a GPO hunkered down in a crevice around 24ft. We k...

Thanks Kagey. I won't need to borrow any weights as I have several spare. However, I am more interested in retrieving my pocket. I am taking that particular BC to Hawaii so I will have one to use when I visit my friend, and the only replacement pocket I can locate is through Leisurepro. I would pref...

I lost a "Sure Lock" weight pouch along with a 5lb and a 3lb Seasoft soft weights inside on Sunday, December 5th 10am-ish. We dropped in at the "goalposts" to see the GPO, and worked our way over to the "cathedral". Lost it somewhere during the dive, but not sure where....