Northwest Dive Club

For warmth + dexterity + value = the green wool gloves at Seattle Marine and Fishing Supply, near Fisherman's Terminal, Ballard. They have a HUGE selection of gloves and great prices. A good 7-10mm hood and general core warmth will go a long way to keeping hands warm. Gloves don't help much if YOU a...

Just checked the still functioning butt dump on a Halcyon. Still holding air, but 20+ years old. The rubber seal was rotting away. Would not have lasted much longer. Likely would have leaked before it completely went bad.
Easy to replace. Had a spare.

I absolutely disagree with vinegar, doesn't work, at all. Nada, nope, useless. Even DAN agrees. They have pulled their recommendation for it. Now obviously this is a one time personal experience, and like bee stings, you're experience may vary. In terms of @60south experience I would look VERY caref...

Good to hear. Nice photos.

Good review. Some of us at MBDC have been doing similar investigation and came up with the same data. I got 'dumped' last month, and that only because I was grandfathered in.

Bandito and a tow rope? Good PR, not as good for business. Tug of war with about 20 divers at low tide to twist the tips out into the water? Way too big to move the base. These are not your regular driftwood logs you can step over. They have a very large root ball which elevates the trunk to high wa...

This site is bordered on the north by "Mr. Angry". I'm sure he's disappointed that the entire access is not blocked. He's historically been adversarial. The folks on the south have been friendly in the past. I did not get to talk to them on the dive as they were not home. I would hope they might be ...

Anyone from the Tacoma area have a big chainsaw and associate knowledge to use it without harming yourself? Just did a DIW dive (lousy viz, great current, but this is not the story.) King tides and probably storms from the SW have put 2 HUGE, REALLY HUGE driftwood trees completely across the access....

I was referring to the flamingo pix. You see similar pix on the way to Lac Cai. But you can also see them way down south and some places way up north. Those look like south now that I look at them again.

Nice summary with pix to match. Looks like you did at least some east side diving? At least it's a site I don't recognize. If so, how did that go?

I believe this is a Washington State insurance regulation problem, not a DAN problem. DAN uses another insurance carrier for the actual insurance. That carrier changed the rule to exclude age 71 and older. If you already had coverage and crossed 71 years, DAN has been grandfathering those divers in...

My wife and I went out with Manjari for the interview. As indicated it took about 10-15". She she's an interesting and fun person.

The Marker Buoy Dive Club was contacted by Aquarium Volunteer and UW student looking for divers for to interview for her Master's Thesis and Aquarium project. This is her posting and contact info. Really nice young lady and diver. I recommend taking a short time to support her. Fritz I am a second-y...

Very informative report on a nasty situation. Damn!!!
Hope the transplant takes and heals well.

Happy to take the Hogs. PM sent.

I use a combination of the Docs PP, and ear beer = 50:50 mix of isopropyl alcohol and white vinegar. The alcohol cuts the surface tension to allow the water in the ear to run out easier and dry more readily. The vinegar residual creates a hostile pH environment for the organisms most likely to start...

Either Docs Proplugs (proper fitting is important), or JBL Hydroseal earplugs.
This thread in Scubaboard is a short synopsis. https://www.scubaboard.com/community/th ... st-8717460

Took out a very experienced CA diver on 2 local dives. He wore a 3mm shorty under a 7mm Farmer. He was blue for about 30" after the dives.
Almost no one actually continues diving routinely year around here with a wetsuit.

Deception Pass viz yesterday was awful. There was a west wind blowing thru the pass, stirring up silt and sand and kelp into the channel. Good to know that west wind will likely equal poor viz in the future! Were conditions as bad as the cancelled dive 4/27/19? Waves were 2'+ by the time we left. G...

Been working with a guy in the MS forum: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum This is the thread, page 3:https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/infrared-not-recognized/3a1067d3-6e58-40db-9d23-b855c51cdb0e?page=3 You can get a lot more info if you are willing to dig throug...

If you use infrared to download a dive computer, or probably any other device to a PC DO NOT UPGRADE TO Win10 ver. 1903. Something is seriously not right. There's a discussion in ScubaBoard about it. For more detailed info read from page 3 on: https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/irda-for-wi...

Interesting. I have one of those but never thought to use it on the nut.

Once you have it out modify it so it's easier to grab. For that tool you could grind 3 indentations in the side for a better grip and more clearance.

I have the same valve. I have used a needle nose vise-grip to hold the nut > You can then unscrew it if it's not too corroded/tight. The needle nose works....barely. Obviously Si-Tech (it's a Si-Tech valve, no matter the sticker) wants you to have/buy a proprietary thin wall large socket for this. T...

OUTSTANDING! I'll forward the picture and see how he wants to handle the next step.
Thank you.

Sunday/26 is probably a better day, and later!, with slack around 10. Monday is fine and an hour and a quarter later yet. Tues is maybe OK with slack around noon but the flood and ebb are nearly equal which could make some odd things happen. Last year we had a failure to reverse current for about 30...