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A brightly colored bungee cord with the ends removed so that it is nothing more than a strechy piece of rope about 3 feet long works well. There should be an understanding that the purpose of the cord is to remain in contact and yet maintain proper spacing between divers. It is much like...

The nut on the yoke can come loose and bottom out against the valve before the yoke seat firmly compresses the o-ring. In this situation you will have a leaking o-ring on all tanks. Dan

I try to stay underwater for the months of may and june every year for this very reason.

I dove one on new years eve. Its kind of like a night dive, cave dive, and wreck dive all rolled up into one.

I think it would be highly irresponsible to move south at such a young age. You will likley become a beach bum and have no motivation to excel in buisness so that you can retire and move south. If anything you should move to North Dakota or such. I live in Washington and work my *** off every...

I use a cargo trailer to store/hang my gear in and since I typically shore dive in fresh water so I can suit up in the trailer, dive, unsuit in the trailer and hang my gear to dry. When I decide to go for a dive all I have to do is hook up to the trailer and when I finish it is just a matter of...

Greg, Be safe out there. I sure wish that I was going to be home for this dive. Best wishes to the team. Dan

We have also found that there is a learning curve to the OTS wirless. The boat trasmiter needs to be within the same thermalcline as the divers are in. Also the ear piece works much better when your head is turned towards the transmiter that you want to send to or recieve from(transmition...

14 million cubic yards should fill it up nicely.

Is your dive shop still doing certification dives with people who are willing to brave the cold? If so why not take the drysuit course and have your instuctor combine the two classes for your dives. The course is normally about 150.00 per person. So for the same money you would get an...

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I found one in Lake Coeur d Alene Idaho last summer. I talked to some locals who said that there are at least 5 of them in the lake.

I just check this PSD magizine out on the net. It looks like it has great potential as a monthly publication for us PSD's. http://wateretcii.freeyellow.com/psdivermonthly/ Dan

public safety divers often use tethers to run a search patern in low vis and in swift current. the key to using one is practice practice practice. you must start out in high vis waters for the first several dives. Secondly, once you are tethered you become a dive team rather than dive...

Well here itis midnight and I too just got home from a call out. Unfortuneately we were not able to recover the body due to swift current. So here I sit trying to unwind my mind so that I can crawl into bed with my wife. Some nights just plain suck.

I recently took a NAUI version of the course in Packwood WA at our SAR convention. It was a new course for the instructor and the course is in development. All of us students were aware of the fact that it was a fledgling program and we were asked to scrutinize the class for possible...

I have used the DUI system for about 10 dives now and really like it. Your mask is mounted very secure this way. If you decide to use it the directions led me to belive to install the mounts a little too close to my ears and the plastic mounts do rub on my ears a little. I am going to move...

I am just getting started in photography and have a question about how to set up the proper buoancy for my new camera. On one hand I think my rig should sink so that it doen't run to the surface if I somehow lose it. On the other hand I think it should float in case it gets dropped at the end...

My wife and I are going to Cozumel for the first time the last week of February. I have been holding off on scheduling any dives since my wife has an inner ear problem. It now looks as if she will not be able to dive at all but I would still like to do a couple of dives. What are the odds of...

I found the answer to my first question on a previous posting. Thanks Dan