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There was supposed to be a round table with Dive Talk DAN senior management. The DAN Response was preliminary. I thought they were having a question and answer in February. I asked because I had already checked and hadn't seen anything. I was asking because I thought maybe there was mention...

Did Dive Talk have the sit-down with DAN, yet?

My classes in 1980 taught with a tank and regulator. No BCD, no octopus. We were put in horse collar, orally inflated BCD for our last pool session ( of twelve). I recall it was presented as being useful on the surface more than it was designed to provide trim.

When I went to Germany as a Student, the dollar was at a record high a few months before I left. I planned my expenses based on this. The dollar was still good, but things were just slowly getting more and more expensive by the end of my semester and my money was running out. We don't usually...

I have been thinking about replacing my dry suit with a custom cut Seaskin. I am regretting not having done it sooner. Inflation hit Europe a lot harder than the US.

I have a very thin neoprene sock that I use with my dry suit. I have nerve damage in one foot. It makes it much easier to pull on the boot without being able to wiggle my toes. The socks are not designed for diving, but they make getting your foot in a lot easier.

The only BCDs I would be certain that would keep you face up on the surface is the horse collar and some of the really early jacket BCDs (they would lift you by the armpits, unless you used a crotch strap, then they would lift you by the balls). An empty AL tank is probably going to around four...

I think (my personal guess), one diver had a cardiac event and his buddy was trying to get him to shore. The second diver was tired and exhausted, possibly hypothermic (a flooded drysuit may have contributed to the situation). One made it to shore the other did not. The second diver was...

"At 3 p.m. that day, through investigation, authorities determined Brady, the second diver, was missing. He was subsequently recovered from the ocean off Front Beach and pronounced deceased." First Diver was found at 11 AM. According to the article, They did not start looking for the second...

If I remember correctly, they were testing equipment. Incorrectly serviced gear or a some third party defect that lead to the deaths would be a valid issue and worth investigating. But it would be a civil matter, not a criminal one. "Unsupervised dives" are what most people in that area do...

The questions I would have, since there are no witnesses, how much air did each man have and what did their computer profiles looked like. Assuming they entered the water at the same time, you could get an idea of what went on. Did someone bolt for the surface? An uncontrolled free flow. The...

These deaths would most likely be civil matters unless there was evidence of some law being broken. If you ski into a tree, your on vacation, they aren’t doing a huge investigation, unless the family pays for it

I think they’ll do it if they die….

"Bad air" refers to contaminated (usually CO). I haven't seen anything one way or the other about contamination on this dive. If it was CO poisoning, we would almost certainly have heard about it. Someone else would have found the source at the fill station or someone else was made sick...

There were no surviving witnesses. Was it an OOA ? Did they get separated? Equipment failure? Exposure Leading to drowning? Unless they have specific evidence, why put the family through more? I would have expected they should have started looking for the second diver more quickly, which may...

I learned on tables and a standard transmission. I ended up getting a standard transmission on my most recent car. The first month was not elegant. I knew the tables. I could use the tables. I understood the tables. I would never trust the tables like I trust the mechanical reliability of...

I was in Belize a couple of years ago and this woman was there with a guy and they had a big blowout. I ended up letting her stay in my room for the entire trip. Fortunately, the guy forgot to take her off his bar tab, so we were able to get wine up to almost the end of the trip. Sometimes...

If you properly prepare one case, you are going to be qualified to do the next one.

That would likely get some trouble, but I agree with others that the civil courts are the ones that are going to punish you. A home made scuba tank like you describe should probably get treated like a pipe bomb. High pressure and no over pressure release/ burst disk, I would not want it in my...

I think they would just have to show a pattern of behavior and get rando “expert” to say it was a likely contributing factor.