MMM 4-15-13

monk · Post by **monk** » Sun Apr 14, 2013 6:07 pm

I'm in for Dive 1, maybe Dive 2.

Paulicarp · Post by **Paulicarp** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 5:44 am

Mmm...mmm...

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 8:53 am

I'm in for Dive 1.

Fishstiq · Post by **Fishstiq** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:17 am

I'll be there early with April.

Jimothy · Post by **Jimothy** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:20 am

Might make it for 1.

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:20 am

Fishstiq wrote:I'll be there early with April.

It's a party this Monday!

Paulicarp · Post by **Paulicarp** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:27 am

Nwbrewer wrote:
Fishstiq wrote:I'll be there early with April.
It's a party this Monday!

Woo Hoo! I knew DK reopening would get Joe to start showing up again

sarinae · Post by **sarinae** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 1:53 pm

Tonight is Girl Scout night, so I can't make it, but I'd love to join you all next Monday night. Where should I meet up with you guys? I know Mukilteo, but not sure if you meet at the t-dock or somewhere else.

I'm inexperienced but learning. Coulterboy can vouch for me only being a small pain in the ass. I hope to have solutions to those annoying issues after the Dive Expo on Sunday (need new fins and BC).

Nwbrewer · Post by **Nwbrewer** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 2:11 pm

sarinae wrote:Tonight is Girl Scout night, so I can't make it, but I'd love to join you all next Monday night. Where should I meet up with you guys? I know Mukilteo, but not sure if you meet at the t-dock or somewhere else.

I'm inexperienced but learning. Coulterboy can vouch for me only being a small pain in the ass. I hope to have solutions to those annoying issues after the Dive Expo on Sunday (need new fins and BC).

We meet at the T-dock. The goal for dive 1 is to splash by 4:00, but it rarely happens. If you want to try out some gear before you try it, let us know, some of us have gear that we loan out to new people wanting to try stuff before they spend a lot of $ on stuff.

Jake

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:03 pm

sarinae wrote: I'm inexperienced but learning. Coulterboy can vouch for me only being a small pain in the ass. I hope to have solutions to those annoying issues after the Dive Expo on Sunday (need new fins and BC).

You are never a pain in the ass at all. I like your chocolates, cookies, jerky and the rest of the goodies you bring every dive. Not to mention the warm tea you had last Saturday. Thank you so much Sarina.

If you start diving the MMM group, you can't spoil us with that.

coulterboy · Post by **coulterboy** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:05 pm

Nwbrewer wrote:
sarinae wrote:Tonight is Girl Scout night, so I can't make it, but I'd love to join you all next Monday night. Where should I meet up with you guys? I know Mukilteo, but not sure if you meet at the t-dock or somewhere else.

I'm inexperienced but learning. Coulterboy can vouch for me only being a small pain in the ass. I hope to have solutions to those annoying issues after the Dive Expo on Sunday (need new fins and BC).

We meet at the T-dock. The goal for dive 1 is to splash by 4:00, but it rarely happens. If you want to try out some gear before you try it, let us know, some of us have gear that we loan out to new people wanting to try stuff before they spend a lot of $ on stuff.

Jake

She has all new gear Jake. She just needs a little bit of work on trim and dumping air out of her drysuit. All in all, she is actually good.

Jimothy · Post by **Jimothy** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:11 pm

Lost track of time getting my can light up and running again, now not enough time to get to the shop for air and up to Mukilteo. Perhaps next week.

sarinae · Post by **sarinae** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 3:20 pm

Thanks, guys, I appreciate the generous offer to try out gear. I'm gonna look for an affordable back lift BC with quality connectors at the Expo, or at least get a good idea of what I want and order it. The used one from Lighthouse is falling apart and not worth trying to replace all of the broken parts on. Jimothy and Coulterboy convinced me that I need some fins with larger footbeds to accommodate the rock boots.

Coulterboy, thanks for the words of encouragement. I dove yesterday and trim was better. Part of it is gear and I think the larger part is inexperience. Each dive I find that I improve something, but there is certainly a steep learning curve and I need to be in the water regularly working on these things to be a better diver. I got my fins on/off by myself yesterday (but not without a LOT of effort). I applied some silicone spray and tried to reform the deformed one, but it is a gremlin. Again, used gear is not such a bargain. Those spring straps are the bomb though, loving that!

Hope to join you all and be ready for a 4pm splash next week. Looks like you get lucky tonight, the weather is unexpectedly cooperative!

Paulicarp · Post by **Paulicarp** » Mon Apr 15, 2013 10:43 pm

coulterboy wrote:
sarinae wrote: I'm inexperienced but learning. Coulterboy can vouch for me only being a small pain in the ass. I hope to have solutions to those annoying issues after the Dive Expo on Sunday (need new fins and BC).
You are never a pain in the ass at all. I like your chocolates, cookies, jerky and the rest of the goodies you bring every dive. Not to mention the warm tea you had last Saturday. Thank you so much Sarina.

If you start diving the MMM group, you can't spoil us with that.

Cookies? You'll fit right in! lol
First dive tonight was me, Charlie, Jake and Samson at the geodome for the usual nickel tour in typical imaginary viz. Charlie and I braved the rain and hail storms to finish our sit and do a second dive to the oil dock and back.

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