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We’re talking about the vertical loading not what the hitch can pull.

I have a MCH-6, but carry it inside my SUV. From my logistics background, unless you have sophisticated suspension on the trailer anything on it is going to get bounced around. The nearer to the tow hitch you place any weight can effect the stability of the trailer. Normal tow hitch loading is...

I take out dive & travel insurance, not to recover monies for cancelled dives or even the trip as I would have spent that money anyway. I take insurance to recover me, or my body, back to the U.K. following any illness or injury.

From the UK prospective, I don't know of any insurance that covers 'lost dives' because of weather, or change of dive site.

There is an active BSAC club in Penang or via on FD (BSAC 225), but it’s a closed group.

Two things come to mind: 1. Mask clearing in water below 10’C is challenging, I always demonstrate first. Below 5’C I normally miss this drill, but note it for completion when warmer. 2. You don’t have to clear in a single breath.

I’m hoping to do a week’s diving in Fujairah in Feb before moving up to Oman for week 2.

The issue for BSAC (I was the IT Director at the time) was the reputational fallout. Users, by default, blamed BSAC for its demise, jumping to the conclusion we had wasted thousands of members money in its development. When in reality, it was one individual (my predecessor), who walked away from...

That was the problem with the BSAC forum (OK not an app), setting up was provided free by members, but ongoing maintenance soon (within 3 years) became costly as the developers lives changed. It got to the stage BSAC needed to spend over £100k to keep it running. Not good use of member’s money...

What’s a AL80/11Lt tank. Not used in the U.K. except as stage bottles. I’ve got 12Lt 232bar cylinders with Tare weights ranging from 12Kg to 17Kg. Using your concept of cylinder capacity to judge weighting is flawed.

Hi, I use a TG6 in its housing. Although I have two lights on a tray, I just use the camera and housing as a point and shoot. The faff of taking the setup was distracted to much from the diving. Although, the TGs can do video it eats through the battery. So I tend to stick to stills. Some...

Done. You might be interested in the UK Coaching Report 2024, recreation dive instructors fall under this definition.

This is the BSAC advice for drysuit divers.

The Vivian and Phoenix owners are undergoing some financial issues. Companies House files make interesting reading. Go elsewhere.

Sounds like you getting ready for a Darwin Award. Bottom time is limited by gas onboarding and offboarding, not be how long you take to breathe a tank down. I recently did a 70 min dive on a 10Lt cylinder, max depth 11m, 6’C.

Not doing a survey where I have to log in.

You might try a post on TDF. UK dive clubs tend to fully book boats at least a year in advance. Remember a UK charter is just your taxi to/from the dive site, they take no part in planning or executing your dive - unless you pay a lot more.

Just because it’s new, or recently serviced, doesn’t mean it will not be faulty. Check the adjustment control to ensure it’s not malfunctioning. It is possible to demand more air than your system can provide, if that happens - even for less than a second - your brain will tell you you’re not...

The reason behind breathing advice to new students stems from the use of snorkels, which used to be taught before scuba. If you shallow breath the air in your bronchial tubes, mouth, and snorkel would be breathed in again meaning little, if any, fresh oxygen would get to your alveoli. A few...

I think all the air integrated do, the Suunto EON Steel and Black do. Providing you tell it what size cylinder you’re using. I don’t use the feature during a dive, but monitor SAC rate over time as a fitness indicator.