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  1. MattCrunk

    On becoming a Captain...

    Yes. Say, some fellow wants to hire me to "captian" his 48' sailboat around the islands for him while he, his family and friends are aboard. But since he owns the boat and is not charging anyone to come aboard, there are not actually any paying passengers. Just curious what the letter of the...
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    Lake Diving?

    My Tennesse River diving has been limited to Wilson and Pickwick lakes, but I haven't seen much of anything like you describe there. I've always heard there is a old steam locomotive somewhere that was once a part of the early, pre-TVA lock system, which was flooded when the current dam/lock...
  3. MattCrunk

    On becoming a Captain...

    Just out of curiosity, what sort of license do you need to hire yourself out as a delivery captain, where you aren't taking on paid passengers, but are simply being paid to skipper someone else's boat from one place to another, with or without them on board?
  4. MattCrunk

    DOT Expiration date on early Tanks?

    Hey Phil, You may have indeed advised me that certain hydro facilities might test and overstamp it. I'm sure your memory of the details is probably better than mine because you deal with this stuff every day. I don't. I probably figured at that point the tank just wasn't worth the trouble to...
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    Need advice

    Call me old school, but I have never in my life used a dive computer. Back in the early 80's when I got certified, we were advised not to trust them. I know they have improved a lot since then, but old habits die hard. Now that I find myself returning to diving after about a 15 year absence, I...
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    DOT Expiration date on early Tanks?

    A few years back I bought a vintage US DIVERS aluminum 80 (in near mint cosmetic condition) at a yard sale and took it in to my local dive shop to be inspected and hydroed. According to the dive shop owner, this tank was one of the first aluminum tanks made and it had a DOT expiration date...
  7. MattCrunk

    On becoming a Captain...

    I have a few questions about the sea service part. I'm sure I have the number of hours/days required, as I've owned and operated boats for most of the past 25 years. I've also participated in bareboat charters for weeks at a time, a number of day charters, as well as many days sailing with...
  8. MattCrunk

    Jet Fin vs Rocket Fin

    Am about to do just that. I found a vintage pair on eBay, complete with their original box, for under $50. They should be arriving any day now.
  9. MattCrunk

    Madison Quarry

    I recently took a renewed interest in old school gear thanks in part to the Vintage section on this forum. Did some eBay shopping over the past few weeks to put together my own vintage setup, which so far includes an Aquamaster, old steel 72 and backpack, and a horsecollar BC. I figured the...
  10. MattCrunk

    Madison Quarry

    Anyone around the Quarry or the Huntsville/North Alabama area in general into Vintage Equipment diving? What are the local attitudes on it?
  11. MattCrunk

    "Returning" Diver from North Alabama.

    Hi all, I just found and joined this forum a couple weeks ago. I'm not a new diver, but am just getting back into it after about a 15 year absence from the sport. I was originally PADI certified back in 1982, at age 16, and dove actively throughout my late teens and twenties. Did a lot of...
  12. MattCrunk

    Horse Collar BC

    If anyone has a spare oral-inflation hose for a USD horsecollar BC, I need one. I have an old yellow USD horsecollar that I believe is still good, but I'm missing the hose. Thanks.
  13. MattCrunk

    Jet Fin vs Rocket Fin

    Man, this thread has got me a bit bummed. I've used rocket fins exclusively since I first started diving back in 1982. Except for some lightweight full-foot fins I sometimes use for snorkling, I've never dove with anything but my Rockets. What have I been missing all these years? Maybe I...
  14. MattCrunk

    The SCUBA Police and the Vintage Diver

    Man, what a great thread and what a great forum! I've been diving since 1982, but not very actively for the past 15 or so years. I've recently started to get back into it, because my "new" wife of ten years has decided she wants to learn to dive. But, wow, did I ever get excited when I found...
  15. MattCrunk

    Anywhere to get "new" vintage wetsuits?

    Does anyone currently make "vintage" style wetsuits? I'm talking about neoprene one-side, two-piece: pants (not farmer john) and jacket with beaver tail, zippers on wrists and ankles, and metal tabs (no velcro). I'm describing my very first wetsuit, which was an old rental when I bought...
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