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  1. captmike

    Advice needed on the best way to become a Captain

    As a USMMA grad, retired unlimited master and maritime college professor, I'd say the best and most thorough way to pursue a limited captain's license and not miss anything and cover all the options and material would be to attend Chapman's School in Stuart FL. The Chapman School | World Famous...
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    Does USDivers still service mid-eighties J valves?

    I had 3 older USD rigs and a Seaquest rig serviced with Ocala Aquatics Center in January, and had no problems getting all the parts and needed.
  3. captmike

    Hello from Traverse City Michigan

    Water is still warm, but air is getting cold. Winterized, shrink-wrapped boat last week. Dive gear in motorhome ready for John Pennekamp SP in February.
  4. captmike

    Beginner scuba setup.. New?

    Have a road trip, you're in South Florida. Way back in 1979 my wife and I moved to Vero Beach. In spring of 1980 we got into diving at a shop in Ft. Pierce. I had a fun little Ford Fiesta with a sunroof. We decided to take a US1/AIA road trip from Vero Beach down to Key West. We decided...
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    Cozumel recommendations please

    Fiesta Americana is the best cleaniest and nicest ALL INCLUSIVE imho. You can beach dive with the folks from DIVE HOUSE and the boats pick you up to take you to PLAYACAR REEF. Iberostar ALLEGRO has the nicest beach, but food and service isn't as nice as Fiesta Americana. FA just finished a...
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    Duane or Spiegel Grove?

    Just did "double Duane" a week ago finishing the AOW, so I wouldn't have that limitation anymore. Nice dive. Went with RAINBOW REEF DIVE CTR, the nicest people I have met in 30 years of diving. They also just took delivery of a brand new boat, the "TROPICAL ODYSSEY", 46', very nice, roomy, warm...
  7. captmike

    How to get invited back

    Tekky, thanks for a very good post. Just retired 2nd time and now time to get back in shape and hope to dive in south FL again soon. Have boat up here on Lake Michigan and your pointers are ones I will refer to.
  8. captmike

    USD Metal Second

    Does anyone know of a spread sheet/database on here or anywhere with a listing by manufacturer, all the models of regulators with their approximate year of introduction or sale. It would be fun to have a place that we could add a model of regulator and the year it came out. When one sees a...
  9. captmike

    Why Ever take Advanced Open Water...

    Past sport dive limits, definately is the territory of specialty training and gear. I see the Europeans doing it all the time, but not my interests and so I am not concerned with the restrictions that go with that kind of diving.
  10. captmike

    Why Ever take Advanced Open Water...

    All this card play and PADI/FAA style ratings restriction is why I miss NASDS. When my wife and I certified back in 1980, NASDS didn't believe in all that patch and rating hooey. They believed in a very well trained diver that could operate within the total sport diving world surface to 132ft...
  11. captmike

    Blackbeard's Cruise Gift Certificate $500

    Sit tight,KGNICKL, leaving on vacation tomorrow for a week, but keeping an eye on your certificate. Sounds like a good time. Have to see if I spend all my fun money.
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