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  1. mjrob

    Red Sea Liveaboard/Itinerary choice

    Thanks very much! Mark
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    Red Sea Liveaboard/Itinerary choice

    Having a devil of a time finding reports or reviews of the Red Sea Aggressor. Can anyone help? Thanks. Mark
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    Jardines Aggressor - Cuba Liveaboard

    I've been with Ocean Doctor and we're taking another group in December (it's full). Lots of misinformation here but, as usual, Wookie's right on target. Ocean Doctor is run by Dr. David Guggenheim, an actual scientist (marine biologist). He has the license through the US Treasury Department to...
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    Florida Atty Gen.: Miami guy sells fake course, PADI cards

    Where's Carl Hiaasen when you need him?
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    Super Bowl ad for scuba diving...

    I think there were some sharks at halftime. ;) Yep, Carnival did include a diving clip. Roy, you have a point in that advertising needs to drive people to places they'll enjoy and want to return to. It's the old egg or chicken conumdrum again; someone has to get things going. The scuba biz...
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    Boutique Dive Shop

    Looks like I need to give TP a try, but my favorite place to stay is El Presidente (south, so good for your second leg). Their onsite op, Scuba Du, is a botique operation with very nice boats, excellent service and treatment and, if you choose to leave your gear with them for the week, Hector...
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    Tanks losing pressure

    I agree with tbone. I'm gonna bet it's a gauge issue. The water bath will tell you quickly. If bubbles emanate from the valve or o-ring seal (and not the walls of the cylinder, if that's the case, RUN!), it should be a pretty inexpensive fix. But I'm going with gauges. Let us know!
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    Tanks - True cost of ownership

    At the risk of the inevitable backlash, almost everyone who has brought us an online, used cylinder they've puchased, once they find out the cost of a Hydro/VIP (which they inevitably need) and factors in the shipping cost says something very similar to, "That's crazy, I could have bought a new...
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    Dive Travel Agency

    Believe me, showing up at stores will have lasting impact for you. And you'll learn that most store marketing isn't strong. Add value by helping with that.
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    Shark Repellent Products

    Sharks are cool. In the scuba world, you'll find a LOT more people--like pretty much all of us--who'd buy attractant over repellent.:D
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    Diving On Super Bowl Sunday?

    Commie.;)
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    Where not to go

    Whew. I was on a liveaboard in the Maldives. There are nearly as many of them as there are those "cabana-over-the-water" resorts, from what I can tell. It's a long way over there, but so is PNG (waaaay better than the Maldives, and on a liveaboard there), Australian Coral Sea and GBR (on a live...
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    Oklahoma diver

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmm...fried bologna.
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    Where not to go

    I'm really just doing research. We do, as you noticed, a LOT of travel and, as part of that, we're always looking for new places. One thing we do is site inspections for each of our destinations--we won't take a group anywhere we haven't been to check out the dive op, resort, etc. There are...
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    Where not to go

    Just curious, but there are some dive destinations I probably would not return to...at least without a really compelling reason. Are there places you've been that you would NOT recommend? Any reasons why?
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    Is it good that scuba diving is not popular!

    I. Just. Don't. Know. What. To. Say. I just don't. I think Rodney King (in the first round) said it all.
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    Food walking distance from park royal

    Can't beat Ernesto's or Paprika for a short walk from there. Food's just simply great at either one. Paprika can be slow, but who cares? Ernesto's might be slow, but I can't remember, due to the margaritas. ---------- Post added January 13th, 2015 at 10:13 PM ---------- Ernesto's does run out...
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    Is it good that scuba diving is not popular!

    Aaaaarrrgghhhhh. You guys are killing me. The market EXISTS. We don't have to build it, we simply need to address and fulfill it. I've built markets that didn't know they were there before...this is much more addressable/achievable. I had no idea how much I'd love diving until I found out...
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    Spear gun and pole spear as a self defense weapon?

    I keep my spearguns in the safe with a bunch of my other kind of guns. If it says "gun", I figure I'll treat it that way. I do keep one (the bullet kind) nearby (or on me) all the time. To get back to somewhere near where we started: personally, I find a loaded speargun to be much less "stable"...
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    What I recently saw in Bonaire was shocking...

    I'm going to put my SS1 on a 7' hose and hope it doesn't get tangled in my split fins. Now, where'd I put that roll-up snorkel?
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