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My neurologist (as well as the veritable library of hyperbaric text books and literature I have collected over 30 years of practice) indicate that the chance for significant improvements of neurological deficits after DCS are pretty low after 12 months. Also, my spine and head MRI studies have...

Diving near Nassau, conditions good. Experienced technical diver. Age late 50's. dive 1, 27' 64 minutes, 32% Nitrox. Boat elected for reverse profile to deeper dive site for second dive. Air dive planned to 130'. Basically a bounce to 130 to get best look at debris cone. Conservative...

I got an "undeserved" type II DCS hit early last year in the Bahamas. I was near Nassau, so transport to the Hospital was fairly quick. The hospital would not accept my credit card (reason unknown, good credit history and allowable balance). At first it seemed like I was going to have my...

I think the Nekton did quite well for many years after losing the dive deck early in her history. The safety chains were not engaged and during a deep water crossing when relocating between Belize and Florida, things got nautical. the lift cables wore and broke. I really feel this had...

They were very stable dive platforms because they had "SWATH" (Small Waterplane-area Twin Hull) design. They were run out of Florida (and Belize, Cayman, St. Croix). They had dive deck that lowered to the water level. The first one, the Nekton Pilot was a very good boat, and a good vacation...

Over 40, I get 10 weeks of vacation, and we used to do a Nekton every couple of months.

Yes, it is a shame. I did over 40 trips with them, so I spent a chunk of my life on those boats. Lots of memories made. Unfortunately, the company went from really good to really bad.

The above posts about the boats being in La. and Alabama are incorrect. They were moored immediately after retirement at the now defunct Gulf County Shipbuilding shipyard in White City Florida, and have never been moved.. This is about 9 miles from Mexico Beach (as the crow flies). I last...

The old Nekton hulks were moored less then 10 miles from the most intense damage from hurricane Michael. I was wondering if the storm destroyed them. They were already in terrible shape.

Keith, you are missing the point. Smarttrack is great and was very happy with it BUT it does not function well with Windows 10.

They need to provide a way to easily import the Smarttrak dive log in to their newer software. I have over 2500 dive profiles recorded on the Smarttrak software, and want to be able to continue to actively use this information.

Scubapro markets their computers as downloadable to their proprietary log book programs so they literally are in the software business.

If the are pushing Deepblu, then they need to provide a way to easily export Datatrak to it.

Nothing is wrong with the IR, Smarttrak does not work well with Recent Windows editions. The need the update Datatrak or provide a way to easily export to other software

If Scubapro continues to ignore the compatibility issues between Smattrak and current versions of Windows, they should provide an efficient solution for converting a logbook with thousands of dives to a reliable dive log platform! They have been ignoring this issue for over a year, and it will...

Is Scubapro simply going to ignore its customers that have Smattak dive logs?

I would not say acceptable, but sometimes unavoidable.

It is unusual that you saw a Tiger Shark accompanied "twice with her two new babies". Tiger Shark pups avoid all large predators (including their mother) immediately after birth. Tiger Sharks have no maternal instincts, and will eat their pups if given a chance. New born pups are 20 to 30...

Kevin, first of all, you sound very enthusiastic and goal directed! The area of your interests and potential field of study are very broad, so it is hard to specify what type of training will serve you best in the future. Realize that when you are talking about "Scientific Diving", Scientific...

I have noticed anytime a fatality occurs during a recreational pursuit, there are usually a few participants in that activity that are intent on saying "something" MUST have been done wrong or improperly, so that they may erroneously go on believing that they are at no risk of death themselves...