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Have the Training Officer, supervisor or whatever you call the person in charge that day run some unannounced rescue drills. Never hurts to practice getting unconscious divers into boats safely and effectively.

Mike.., just a suggestion you may have already thought of (or dismissed) I had a friend who also never logged anything. Like you the time came to produce some type of logbook to prove a certain amount of experience. Because he and I had done ump-teen dozen dives together, he called me...

BUD/s?? I guess if I don't know what it is it is safe to assume I have never taken it :^)

On our Supervisors Course..., they are trained that in any emergency the FIRST thing to ask the diver after finding out what the issue is..., "What is your depth and PSI?" The Sup then makes the call on whether or not to send the bottle. There has been a little playing around with a...

We have pony bottles that are hard mounted in to the main tank. Our philosophy is the pony I have a is for me to use. We have it hosed in with an Octo for a completely redundant system as well as hosed through a Kirby Morgan block. We would never consider passing off the pony because it is...

How loose is the neck seal? If it is latex...., it doesn't have to be choking you out to keep a seal. One funny thing I have discovered about the Fusion though..., and don't ask me why because I can't explain it...., I was getting wet and loosened up my suspenders a bit and now I am dry

Actually..., I think if I remember correctly that you are only supposed to cut the blue wire after holding your cutters over the red wire for several seconds before moving them and cutting the blue wire really quickly...., just as the timer counts down to zero. Good point about the winter...

Our training is only ever done in open water. With the limited movement and feel with a Viking drysuit, doing anything in a pool is of little value for realism. We tend to focus our entanglement issues a little differently from what I've been reading here. We wnt our gang to manage their...

The CCG does not do Public Safety Diving..., they are strictly rescue and give themselves like an hour window or something and then if no luck they step aside and let the cops do the recovery. The only full time divers the CCG has that I know of is the crew out of Vancouver. I see you are out...

Having just spent some time browsing through the DRI online catalogue for the first time (and I'll be back.., very nice Blades!!) I must say there is not a lot there that any dive shop could push on open water students.., unless they are in the market for FFM, Viking suits and lift bags etc. I...

I Know the dive industry has been studied and studied to see how to make it more viable.... I wonder if there has ever been studies into the length of course, quality of graduating students and the percentage of retention of divers long term? I know that even way back in the day, when our...

Good point mud-diver..... which got me thinking. ( a dangerous proposition after only one coffee) Being a fairly large dive team, outside of fin straps, or a new knife or something, we tend to deal direct with suppliers. We deal directly with Aqua-Lung, OTS, the supplier for Viking, etc...

Wow.., I picked out my first mask, snorkel and fins out of the catalogue, along with my my first dive light, back pack, wrist mounted depth guage and knife. I even had one of the T-shirts, hats, stickers and patches...,. but I did NOT have the cheezy '70's porno moustache :^)

I'm sure Blades and the boys will tell you that the Union with DRI and SSI will be in a position to provide you with better service. So the question is.., how does this affect you? Have you done any training with SSI in the past? If it is a matter of losing choices ..., two is still better...

I do not think people are being rude here.., do not confuse directness with rudeness. Going with the old saying "You can't suck and blow at the same time" you are either snorkelling or diving, but not both. My interpretation is that is what those opposed are trying to say. I guess if...

What Gary said..., get comfortable in the water and with your skills and gear. I tell new guys with us..., it takes 4 guys to get one diver in the water..., that means you are the diver only 25% of the time. Being solid, trustworthy, dependable and safe topside is every bit as important from a...

Thanks gang..., I have been telling divers that for years and people keep thinking I'm making it up. But just to confirm...., the reason I go to the bathroom, drive 5 miles from my house to the dive site, get out of the car and look at the water, see my drysuit and have to pee AGAIN is...

The yellow masks are silicon, the grey are rubber and the black AGAs come in silicon or rubber. We use lots of both. Silicon lasts longer because it does not break down because of the UV like the rubber does, however the Silicon tend to be a little weaker at the attachment points for the...

For the BC you have to look at the work you are going to do and what you will need. Be careful taking advise from teams as teams with different dive conditions may have differnt needs and have something that works great for them but not for you. We did the money waste thing a while back when...