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You have two sets of gear, one really good and one not so good for vacation diving because you don't trust airlines? And you dive with the crappier gear when you travel?
Two comments- 1) If the airline loses it, you file a claim and you get reimbursed and buy new gear and 2) keep all the important stuff with you in carryon, that's where all the money is anyway- computers, regulators, lights, photography gear. So what if a wetsuit or a couple of booties get misplaced? Yeah losing the BCD would blow but it's not irreplaceable.
The only "loss" I've had on LOB's was a weight pocket I had left out and it was blown off overnight. I do mark everything so it's easy to identify - though not for fear of theft.
Most camera tables and shelves have a wall around them to prevent this. I say that, but my GoPros go to the room with me after every dive.Wouldn’t cameras fall off the shelves?
No reimbursement if your bag shows up missing your halcyon bpw.
That’s what I was thinking too...if people leave everything on the dive deck overnight, and if the seas are rough, or the wind is strong, wouldn’t stuff fall overboard or get blown off? Wouldn’t cameras fall off the shelves? LOL. Sometimes I get a lot of newbie thoughts!
The boat will not anchor over night in an unprotected site (it would rip the mooring out).That’s what I was thinking too...if people leave everything on the dive deck overnight, and if the seas are rough, or the wind is strong, wouldn’t stuff fall overboard or get blown off? Wouldn’t cameras fall off the shelves? LOL. Sometimes I get a lot of newbie thoughts!