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64, certified in 1981, 800+ dives.Bass Strait, MtGambier sink holes in my youth. Since the travel bug bit, , I have been to New Guinea, New Zealand , Niue, Phillipines, Chuuk, Sunda Straits, Krakatoa, Brunei, Bali, Palau. We (I am a toy boy btw)have dived Bali, Chuuk, Niue, Great Barrier Reef...

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I have looked at the pictures on thingiverse.com, and just know I will regret asking this……… but what do you use one of these for please?

I have a Suunto solution that I am not prepared to guess how old it is. It lives in my console as a backup computer. To change the battery I remove it from the console. Take out the 4 phillips head screws, pop the cover off the battery, replace the battery, grease the o ring, replace the battery...

News reports from April 30 say they were diving for abalone, that could mean snorkelling or scuba, The weather looked pretty unpleasent from the news footage .

A bit under .5 , but I was a diver long before SB, or the internet, in fact I was diving and still using paper tape and 8” floppy discs.

Totally agreed with your procedure for checking the anchor and I do it even if the boat is manned. Just as a matter of interest how often do you check the shackle between the chain and the rope or so you use a chain splice ?

I have done limited solo diving off a manned boat, and buddy dived off an unmanned boat. I have never had the urge to combine both. To me it is just pushing my luck a little to far. Leaving a boat unattended while diving does not make me feel at all comfortable. I can see 3 problem areas. 1...

My partner has recently returned from Komodo and has dived on the Yongala a few years ago. When I asked the question Komodo or Yongala her answer was different dives. Komodo was awesome as a destination, but the Yongala was unique, and right up there. The Yongala is very weather dependant but...

What time of the year will you be in QLD?

think very carefully about everything you use your iPhone for, I was recently able to help a women who was locked out of her Tesla because her iPhone was flat. Very much a first world problem.

The similar threads links on this thread has a link Scubapro Yulex vs. Henderson Greenprene where people are talking about the greater buoyancy oh greeprene wet suits which the op is using

If it wasn’t for the odd outage, I would never get any work done.😁 All jokes aside SB seems to have less outages the O365 and is a heap cheaper, Keep up the good work.

For all you stainless enthusiasts out there, this may be worth a read. https://www.ketten-waelder.de/fileadmin/user_upload/download/fachartikel/cromox_-_technical_paper_-_things_to_consider_when_purchasing_anchor_chains.pdf Of course gal chains are probably subject to the same caveats on the...

Thanks, glad it ended with everyone ok

Are you able tell us which boat please?

@DandyDon link is from news.com.au I will leave it at that. From the video the dinghy looks to be similar to the 2:5 metres ones that Whitworths sell for people to go ashore on when anchored somewhere calm and sheltered. At one point in the video you can see the transom but no motor

Going off thread and dragging up history here and an almost 6 year old thread but one of the things that came out of the USCG hearings into the Bounty was that the ship was not fit to put to see in those conditions. Gcaptain had an interesting series of articles on the hearing that are worth a...

63, certified in 1981, had a fair few years where I didn’t dive at all, occasional local diver and a warm water holiday diver

Want do you have in the way of refrigeration, cooking equipment, and preparation tables.? Those will be limiting factors. It is no good bringing cryovac roasts if all you have is a 2 burner stove. If you are looking at fresh cooked meals the best bet is to slip the cook at the local...