Northwest Dive Club

Interesting thread for what has been written -- and especially what has not been written. I'd also be interested in how many of the "my LDS" decisions are based in large part (not necessarily in full part) on distance -- that is, is there some maximum distance you use to determine "my...

revstr, Congratulations on getting your OW cert. You were a pleasure to teach and I just hope you enjoyed the class half as much as I did. Please feel free to take LCF up on her offer to go diving. As you might imagine, we have, and this Board has, quite a bit of gear that is sometime (oft times?) a...

I love it. May I have permission to:

a. Post a link on my scuba website -- http://www.tsandm.com/scuba

and

b. Download it so that I can use it in my OW classes to show the students what fun can be had?

PGR

dph made an interesting point in comparing the S90 (he continued to misID it as the 4 year old S80) with the G11 regarding the hot shoe. IF I was interested in using other than optic fiber for my strobe, I'd agree but since my Inon uses optic fiber, frankly Scarlett..... OTOH, I think, even with the...

I'm thinking the new S90 may well be the better choice for an UW camera. It is using the same sensor & processor as the G11 but has a faster (f2.0) lens. Other than being a bit smaller and having a faster lens, I can't find anything in the specs that indicate the G11 would be a better camera. I'...

I told Howard I'd buy his.

WHAT!!!!! You told me you'd sworn off buying any more tanks!!!

Bob, Count me in as a probable regardless of Lynne's availability.

OK -- I'll try to actually be helpful! First question, where are you staying? North of Lahaina or Kihei/Wailea? Second question, diving solo or with your long-suffering better half? Third question, want fun photo type dives or tec type dives? My parents have lived in Kihei for 20+ years and I've spe...

[Moderate HiJack] For those of you with the DUI harness, how often do you pull the weight pouches? I've had one for two+ years and haven't pulled the pouches since it left the store! I keep thinking I should, just as a test, but I remember how much it sucked to rethread the thing -- so the pockets h...

Re DSAT (PADI Tech) -- Yes, the Hogarthian rig is the standard and even the "PADI Tech Specialty" (or something like that -- PADI's new "Intro to Tech") requires the PADI AOW diver to have the long hose/bungied backup. Another point to consider is that, at least at "my"...

From the other side of the mask, this weekend was my first weekend as The Instructor -- and I'm looking at my students and doing the Astronaut's Prayer. Fortunately none of them broached (nor even got that close now that I think about it) but one had a very hard time inflating his BC with his snorke...

John, you asked the question of "Why buy more land when you can't support the land you own?" which is a great question but, sadly, fails to comprehend government budgeting realities. In general, there are two types of funds at the state level -- general funds and capital funds and they oft...

They should have reinstated the parking fees -- assuming the collection costs didn't exceed the revenue. In my very humble opinion, each park should be self-supporting from an operational standpoint with capital expenditures and "Olympia" expenses coming from general funds (or similar sour...

It is not required that you purchase the materials from a Dive Shop. You can purchase from any source -- BUT, a problem might be that you are purchasing older materials and you should have the most current version(s). The pricing is a bit strange and there are some online sources which sell the mate...

LCF wrote Well, Peter and I just had a spirited discussion of exactly that. His point was that he didn't feel adequately prepared on the basic stuff before it began to be used in unexpected and "creative" ways. A. Wives should NOT be allowed to write what they think Husbands said -- perhap...

Congratulations. And it should just get better. Now for the $24 question, WHY were you able to hover with the BP/W but unable before? What did YOU do differently? After all, a BP/W is just another BC and it didn't cause you to be able to hover -- so what was different? Of course the possible hints: ...

Shehan: a. I periodically dive a Balance with an Airsource inflator/octo combo; b. My singles reg is a Titan with the primary on a 5 foot hose; c. I believe in keeping things simple. So, you liked the long hose for air sharing -- so do I. It looks like you have the inflator/octo combo on your BC -- ...

Thank you gentlemen -- I did find the legend for the buoy on my chart.

I'm looking at doing a couple of Tech 1 Experience Dives this coming Saturday, 18 April. It has been suggested I (we) do Sares Head and Davidson Rock. I've found GPS coordinates for Sares Head in Betty Pratt-Johnson's book (48.25.503N/122.40.347W) but I can't find any coordinates for Davidson Rock -...

I was thinking of Cove 1 and couldn't remember seeing anything there -- my mind doesn't process any parking past the lot.

I hope they get the tire(s) pumped up and moved ASAP.

I don't recall seeing it every time I go out there -- I'll make sure I check for it tomorrow morning. It is certainly there just about every weekend, but I think they either come out late Friday night or just early Sat morning. IF that is all they are doing, then it goes into the "Good idea and...

Because of the weight limits, I've also considered attaching my carryon to my BP so I save the 6 pounds. To date, I've been able to use a two bag limit but I'm off to LAX in June and Alaska says one bag free -- so I may be trying out my backpack idea then.

I used to ski quite a bit, but no more -- something just had to go. I'm involved with a couple of Dressage (horse) organizations (local and national) and they take up time -- and, like Lynne, I don't spend enough time with my horse: http://www.tsandm.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&am...

Thank you to all who responded to the now locked thread regarding me. I received a very apologetic PM which was a direct result of the support you all provided. Since the author was unable to post it (because the thread had been locked), I thought it was appropriate for me to let you all know the en...

Dusty -- I sent the one I flooded back to Canon and supposedly will get it back refurbished -- and I have another one from Ebay. By the time they are both toasted, I'll have probably succumbed to that Sea and Sea housing for my XSi!