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Other than the Bayliner Trophy series I would look at the smaller Grady White or even Proline, there are many 20-22 foot center consol or cuddy cabin boats out there that are half the price of the Whaler and will serve you just fine. I had a Montauk for 10 years, got it at 12 years old sold...

I believe it is a combination of very short NDL, Navy tables and the fact that it was set in the era when single 72cf steel tanks were the norm would all contribute to setting the limit. Narcosis is amorphous as some are affected where others are not; some at 90 foot others never so I can see...

Hogs give you more than you pay for. Good service, fast boats, $6.00 tanks for the beach dive out frount of the shop and great host/hostess.

I believe Suunto owns Suunto, Aqua Lung distributes them in North America and some other parts of the world and Draeger could buy Aqua Lung with it's pocket change if they wanted to be in the rec diving business, they do produce the rec rebreathers that Aqua Lung markets for them, as they don't...

Look for a St. Moritz automatic, it is a classic style, reasonably priced and self winding. The Tag quartz electric classic style would be my choice of battery powered watches. I have one that is 25 years old and still going strong with its new battery every second year.

The TUSA platina fits small faces very well.

Sorry you misunderstood but that what I expected from you, I meant dumping into an intermediate stage of around 150 psi, psi is pressure not volume. Going from 3000 psi at the high pressure seat into 150 psi in the second stage hose, holding the purge in on the second stage relives little...

An Underwater BCPhotographic Society presentation Wide Angle, Large Animals and Great White Sharks What a way to kick off the new season at UBCPS. Ib Hansen has been traveling to more exotic islands down south, including Guadalupe Island 150 miles of the Mexican Baja to be exact. His...

It gets changed yearly with the servicing of the reg, so I don’t see how the average divers 30-50 times a year hitting the purge will help. Plus you are dumping 130-150 psi and hitting the seat with 2750-3500 psi and it has to go past the seat to get out so whats the point. Opening it slowly may...

Drop them an email I'm sure they will send one out, asap.

You don’t necessarily want the Rolls Royce of regs. I worked underwater for years doing bio surveys and found the Rolls type regs is more like a Ferraris you need to constantly baby sit and tune it to get that Rolls performance. I think you need solid, works when out of tune never puts you in...

The only time I fill my 130 is to use a 30ft hose to do prop or zinc work on boats, I get 3-4 hours of not too strenuous work on a fill. Make sure the reg is anchored to your body I use an old pre BC backpack, or it will get hooked up and pulled out regularly. Having someone on the dock to feed...

The Artificial Reef Society of BC puts the new wrecks in place for the diving public. The Underwater Archaeological Society of BC looks after historical wrecks.

One of the advantages of the Shadow is you can disconnect the inflation hose to your BC and not lose your alternate air source. With the Air II style alternates once disconnected (due to a slow leak into the BC) you have disconnected your alternate air source so must end your dive. With the...

I get dizzy when I see the price of the Atomic regs, without diving them. How many dive did you have? How many dives does your daughter have? It may be technique. How long after diving do you feel dizzy?

Marine Biology degree, it was actually a credit course in the program.

The early bells were often used for salvage recovery (economics justified the use not pleasure) and free divers moved in and out of them, loading stuff on lifts, they worked at depths of 150+ feet. They must have suffered; I have heard many died from the work. They recovered everything from...

Seeing through the view finder on a housed SLR or dSLR is very difficult unless you use a black mask. The light coming in from the side may cause the viewfinder to be difficult to see through. Same sort of thing as using a rubber eye cup to cover your eye above water.

You will get more info and opinions in the solo divers section of the forum. You might also find the answer to your questions there.

The simple answer is BC because low vis, cold water, short summers, currents and not much infastructure. when we send them off to the world we are proud of them, Eh??