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Hi, Welcome - there is a wealth of information here - just make sure you think about all the responses your getting, including this one, and think about what makes sense and what does not. Firstly, it is hard to tell what's going wrong without seeing you in the water, but most of the trim...

DiveRecord.com works pretty well. It's not perfect, but it's free and to me seems easier to use and access than a paper log. You can easily print your entire log out as a hard-copy, just click "all dives" and then "printer friendly version". If someone has your user id they can look at your...

I have a seal and a 7mm element. It might be that us Floridians are not acclimated to cold but my 3mm stays in the closet till next spring. You can expect the gulf to be mid to high sixties or if you're lucky low seventies currently. I'm not sure when you're visiting but for me that is plenty...

Maybe you should put the tec wings (DR Travel Wing ;)) away and get some of these... Willem

A little more than a year ago I did my 16th dive in the Ballroom. I really enjoyed myself and thought it was a great experience. Two weeks ago I finished my Cavern cert at Ginnie and a lot of that happened in the Ballroom (dives ~110 IIRC). The thing that stood out the most of all I learned -...

Any chance of knowing if the right post had pressure? If it's the only bottle with the needle off the peg.... I've read that it doesn't hurt, but I myself can't imagine that decision. Willem

Welcome, Where in SA? I was born and raised in Pretoria but I'm in Florida now since '94. Willem

Just some quick info on cells... AA, AAA etc. dry cells are 1.5V per cell NiCd (Ni-Cad) or NiMh (Nickel Metal) rechargeable cells in the same size as above runs 1.2V per cell nominal. They actually run higher voltage when fully charged, but not for long. CR123 dry cells are 3.0V per cell...

Place about 1" piece of bicycle inner tube around the light behind the light head. The sock will hold it tight then so you can turn it on and off. Later, Willem

Aaaaarrrrrrrggggggg!!!! :banghead: Think about this: You'll (maybe) pay more for the HP100's (FX100's) than the LP85's. They are physically almost identical, close enough in dimension and weight to make both work just fine. They practically contain the same amount of gas at the same...

Glad you like your computer. You've thought about how it applies to your diving and decided it works for you. I was only stating that you should think the new rule through some possible scenarios. We all dive computers to get away from the limitations of following square dive decompression...

I know the Wisdom also let you pick the tank pressure at the end of the dive and uses that to calculate safe minutes remaining! Hardly optimal gas planning if you call it gas planning at all. The point is to not disengage the dive computer between your ears and "fly" your - in this case -...

You are painting with an awfully broad brush. Anyone who intends to dive the east coast of Florida will be well served to make sure to include this skill in their AOW since it's all drift diving. Since most all Floridians would make sure to dive around Palm Beach - some of the best diving in the...

I don't have any pics of "where I stow my bags", but this might answer yor question. Willem

Are you sure? Seemed like 400 miles... :D Thanks for the info. Later, Willem

Great find. I've found the culverts but would like to know more about the "blocks". Where is Brohard? Later, Willem

I occasionally use an FX23 Faber than I got for a song and it's nice and compact but ~6# negative with reg, so not the best pony choice. Aluminum ponies are much closer to neutral. I do dive Faber steel tanks exclusively though and you are doing yourself a disservice by not considering them...

The "Lake Commitee" in their infinite wisdom voted to close the public boat ramp to deny us all free access to the lake. It actually works out well for the divers since it all but eliminates the boat traffic. We are forced to go through the church camp which in my opinion is a good thing since...

Sorry, I thought the site had the address under the "Contact Us" button but it's not there. Try this...

Yes. If the dump valve is pressed while exhaling the gas goes into the wing instead of going through the exhaust valves. Willem