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leave the keys in the ignition so I don't lose them, same as at home - save a lot of time and effort hunting for them in the mornings

It depends very much on the characteristics of the cylinder itself though - Faber lightweights widely used in the uk are not particularly negative - although I think those in the US are more so.

I'm still not sure why I would want to do that. If you use a 'live' boat, shotline and lazy shot, then by the time you're in a position to have used up cylinders, you are just floating around anyway, and they aren't in the way to start with. I'm not about to start floating them up with others...

Going back to the original question, can only speak from my own experience of type1, deserved it, entirely my own fault - upper arm muscle, didn't feel like a sprain type ache, somehow different, nagging and dull rather than sharp, and a bit difficult to localise/ characterise in general - but...

A nice big boat right next to me when I surface

About 5 years ago, still on oc then, trusty twin 12's with tx50/40's. Nearing the end of a 20+ish minute/ 68m bottom time, I spyed something sparkly underneath a plate. Wriggling to try and get it, I clattered my back-up reg, which then jammed full-on with my hand stuck down the back of the...

There was a good article on Iceland diving in Dive ( or possibly Diver) last month which gave a couple of contact details etc - it looked stunning. We're considering a trip there in the next year or so camping or hostelling/diving, but perhaps taking our own compressors. Icelandic Hotels and...

If you are going to be based in Edinburgh, then at this time of year Oban or Lochaline may well be better bets than Abbs. If you want to travel further afield then the Moray Firth is absolutely superb ( and relatveily undived). There is a distinct lack of dive shops/operators around that cater...

I don't think of my limits as set - I dive solo as much as I do with a buddy - I was in Scapa last week, blown out of our planned dives, I did half my dives with someone, and the rest solo. Depth, not sure, I've never dived deeper than 85m solo, but then I've only been deeper than that once...

With respect I disagree. DIR is one way to dive caves/wrecks whilst minimising the inherent risks. As many of the less vocal dive teams around have proven time and time again there are plenty of otherways to acheive the same end using rb etc etc without dir. If you are planning a long...

Why sccr and not ccr. I have yet to see a scr in use other than on a course, and yet I see ccr's all the time. On liveaboard's in Scotland it is getting to the point where oc becoming less and less - last week there were 10ccr/2oc

Why do you have your rack going accross rather than down the boat? We've got a 5.6m Osprey, which is just fine, and while we've had it up to 40knts jsut to see, it cruises with kit at around 23-25knts. Easy to launch and recover, although it does need a 4wd to tow any distance. Some ribs are...

Deep Blue would be the most likely place around there. Personally I'm not convinced that courses are the best way to go, courses are a relatively new way to learn wreck penetration. I feel that mentoring is a better way to learn, provided your chosen mentor knows what he's doing - and that the...

Of course! - I only really use oc when teaching now, or occasionally when I'm checking moorings etc

It's just occurred to me that this sounds like a newly qualified bsac sport diver, in which case, aren't there supposed to be progressive training dives to 35m initially at least rather than simply plunge in. As an instructor I'd be very unlikely to take someone in that position to the...

Having dived the Glanmire although about 15 years ago, I'm not convinced I'd be happy leading another diver who'd never been below 20m on it before - it's not very high anywhere, so you are likely to be at 30-35m most of the dive - although visibility can be good off St Abb's and there may well...

One of my buddies was buzzed by a 2.5m blue shark off Falmouth from the 45m stop upwards last week - they apparantly hit it on the nose and it went away - so they spent the rest of the deco back to back watching out..

Possibly, I've got a week's diving from Orkney/Wick finishing the 17th, and a meeting in Glasgow on the 21st, so I'm sort of contemplating going straight down to he Oban area for a couple of days rather than head back north then fly south again

I don't think that will be the case in the UK. Although I regularly dive on boats with other Inspirations, I have yet to see a SCR apart from on a course actually in use. The trip I'm on in 3 weeks time is 10 Inspirations, 2 OC, although it is for a week of deeper diving. I fail to see the...