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REGARDING BILL MCFADEN’S DEATH I previously wrote a detailed account of the 1988 dive that resulted in Bill McFaden’s death. It was published somewhere, shortly thereafter, though I don’t recall where. I’m sure it can be located on the internet by those that are interested. At the time of...

REPLY FROM GAVIN We didn’t use enough scooters? How many scooters do you need for three people? Three seemed like an obvious number. The scooters that I designed and built, without ANY input from George, had reliably transited similar distances as this dive on many occasions. Despite claims on...

In retrospect I made two assumptions that proved wrong. I assumed the light coming toward me was Sherwood and when grabbed from behind I assumed he needed a tow out. However, after agonizing analysis, I cannot see how this made any difference since he had already passed out for unknown reasons...

GEORGE SAID ...we obviously need to go over OOG situations the DIR way - there is only one right way to do this. REPLY FROM GAVIN Any time anyone says, “there is only one right way to do this” your BS meter should be pegged. It’s a presumptive statement, made by a person that fears being proven...

@boulderjohn - this one? Setting it straight The attached is a reply from Lamar English and Bill Gavin regarding a previously posted diatribe from George Irvine. This is in two parts as it is too long for one post. Part II to follow. INTRODUCTION FROM GAVIN For those of you that might...

Outer Banks Dive Center? The R/V Go-Between?

No, but he was friends and regular dive buddies with one (me). As @boulderjohn correctly answered it was started by a group of us that all met here on SB and wanted to start something with a more technical diving focus. I don't think any/many of them are still active on SB but here's my best...

It's a lot easier to get the attention you crave by sticking with a Sub, Gucci tracksuit and gold chains. Think about how uncomfortable it will be wearing that CCR all the time. Plus you will have to leave the price tags on it so people will know what it cost and can respect you accordingly...

This is accurate as far as I know. August reopening is what I have been told is planned, but who knows..

FSM has been closed for what seems like forever.. I'm booked on the Odyssey next year, but am starting to wonder if it's going to be around by then.

I like my SPG. I have a bottom timer on my other wrist so as long as I have gas the dive isn't over. Plus I already own a bunch of them so it's cheaper than buying another transmitter.

Although their coffee wasn't fantastic, the Aggressor I was on last year had that cool hotel style dry erase door hanger where you could indicate you wanted coffee delivered to your cabin in the morning and how many sweeteners you wanted, cream, etc. etc. It was really nice rolling over and...

I have a Teric with AI and it has always worked flawlessly so I have no reason not to trust it, but I still have an SPG. I could take it off and leave it on the boat, but I would really be bummed if I were in the middle of a school of hammerheads or swimming with a whale shark and had to bail...

Agree with the others...should be good to go. I have replaced the inflators on mine a couple times, but my wings are much older than yours and still kicking.

That's the Peak Performance Surface Manager specialty. Do the fish ID on nitrox between trips to the trucks and you are almost all the way to master diver.

Ah, but as we have learned from our 6 pages of blathering luck has nothing to do with it. See, there is a new alternative insurance product that you can leverage here...one that requires no foresight, annoying and tedious analysis of probability vs cost, expensive premiums nor any risk of a...

https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2017/LiveboardInsurance201711.html

That jibes with what I added to my post above. You are only entitled to the coverage if the gear was lost during a covered medical event.

My memory isn't great, but I think there is some level of coverage for equipment lost during a diving medical event (DCI, AGE, etc.). EDIT: yup, I fact checked myself. Lost Diving Equipment for covered diving accidents (note - this is for US, VA might be different if another state/country is...

The DAN equipment insurance I mentioned is through H2O and is totally separate from the DAN dive accident insurance that most of us carry AND is also different than the DAN trip insurance. The DAN link is here - Equipment Insurance - Divers Alert Network but that just redirects to the actual...