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  1. WeldonDowd

    Winter Cleaning

    Got the conshelf; looks good and shipped fast. Thanks.
  2. WeldonDowd

    Looks like Scubapro has a new and improved G260 out.

    That's a good price from Dolphin for the 250v. My dive shop told me about the 260 a couple months ago and tried to give me a deal on a 250v. But not that good of a deal. They shouldn't last long at $200. I'd get one if I didn't have a sickness where both my second stages had to be the same. $200...
  3. WeldonDowd

    Winter Cleaning

    I'll give you $20 for the conshelf. Plus shipping like you said.
  4. WeldonDowd

    Taking GPS coordinates of a site... captain's permission?

    Can anyone elaborate on this? It makes me curious. I can't find any device that detects a GPS unit. And if they did it would detect a lot of devices, like everyone's phone and smart pad on board.
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    Teaching contradictions: differing dive training philosophies

    I keep reading from people who know how to properly do a CESA tell people that it isn't necessary to teach a vertical CESA. My question to the instructors who feel it is not necessary to teach is: are you glad that you know to to do it? Why don't you ask your students if they want to learn a...
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    SP 109 label

    Looks good. Can I send a few your way to be chromed?
  7. WeldonDowd

    Dive Trips

    I second more info, I'm trying to get something planned soon.
  8. WeldonDowd

    Piranha double braided LP / HP hoses

    They're good so far. My brother has been using both the LP and HP for two years now. I've had the LP on my regs for a few months now and have only had about 7 dives with them but quality seems good. I'm buying more from them for some other regs before next summer.
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    How would you handle this?

    This escalated further than it should have due to people acting on their emotions rather than logic and reason. Because of that, their will be more limits imposed. We have taken another freedom from the people because a group was blinded by their own emotions. The tone of the original poster...
  10. WeldonDowd

    Adding a modern wing to a vintage backplate?

    An old school plastic backplate is perfect for warm water diving because the weight. Akimbo hinted on this earlier but even with an aluminum plate and no wetsuit I'm a tad heavy. I have a DR travel wing on a stainless freedom plate and am way heavy without a wetsuit. The plastic plate would be...
  11. WeldonDowd

    Adding a modern wing to a vintage backplate?

    The dive rite wings with the open center (just webbing) work that way. I just tried it again to make sure. I fiddled around with doing that a while back but never dived it. With the dive rite wing you don't even have to make any modifications to anything. Just sandwich the wing between the plate...
  12. WeldonDowd

    St. Andrews Jetties Question

    70 fsw range following the jetties toward the Gulf.
  13. WeldonDowd

    Oriskany recreational dive thermal protection this week?

    Was with a guy last summer who wore jeans and a t shirt while diving in the gulf. I wear a bathing suit and rash guard and am good for a 50 minute dive or so to 75-85 feet. I agree that you will be way to hot in your 7mm.
  14. WeldonDowd

    Nitrox table vs computer question

    I just finished a dive where I had a tank of ean35 and if I used it at the planned depth would push my ppO2 to 1.5. Luckily I also had a tank with ean33 on board so I got to do the dive as I wasn't going to leave my 1.4 comfort zone. But during that timeframe I was wondering why 1.5 and even...
  15. WeldonDowd

    Diving a few days after a Hurricane? too churned up? .... what distance effected?

    Tried the jetties on sept 1 and couldn't see fins in kiddy pool, went to vortex instead. Dived the Red Sea wreck on sept 2 and vis was 3-5 feet. Sept 3 went to the Black Bart and bridge span 5 and enjoyed 12-15' vis both sites. Vis could return in a few days or a few weeks. Really need to...
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    Two 2nd stages, but only a single first stage?!?

    I think mine is reliable; or I wouldn't dive with it. But if I was to venture somewhere where I couldn't cesa then I'd use two first stages on two tanks. You can go overboard with safety equipment for recreational diving. Look for the thread about the guy trying to route his pony bottle hoses...
  17. WeldonDowd

    Surface supplied air helmet diver drowns

    I'll agree with that, and I hope they're not walking on reefs. Surely not.
  18. WeldonDowd

    Surface supplied air helmet diver drowns

    Let's not walk through the forest either then.
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