Search results

  1. FinnMom

    30 Cars found in Florida Lake - possibly from '80s cocaine wars

    I would think that insurance fraud could be another reason some of those cars were there. I.e. "stolen" but never really stolen.
  2. FinnMom

    Search for four missing Divers off coast of North Carolina

    Maybe one orange one yellow for communication purposes, or 2 just because he really, really want to be sure he has at least 1.
  3. FinnMom

    The Diving Lifestyle (for Parents)

    A better world awaits! I've done 3 liveabooard trips w/ my kid, last time she even paid her own way 100%.
  4. FinnMom

    Russian citizen mauled to death by tiger shark off Egypt's Red Sea coast in rare attack

    Brett Gilliam’s story about Rod Temple’s death makes it quite clear that some shark attacks are no mistake, the shark meant it.
  5. FinnMom

    Heart attack boarding - Grand Canary Island

    I noticed a long time ago that living to a ripe old age doesn't look like something anyone should hope to achieve.
  6. FinnMom

    Am I being a wimp about these dive plans, or is this how you become a better diver?

    I have never found entertainment value in being frightened. One thing I really, really like about diving is that you never need to be scared. You might have some butterflies as a newbie or new to some type of diving, but it should never be allowed to be more than that. A genuinely scared diver...
  7. FinnMom

    Things you've found under water

    What is it about this place that people are losing watches there?
  8. FinnMom

    Gear found, diver missing - Narrawallee beach, New South Wales, Australia

    It had never occurred to me that gear falling overboard, presumably lost forever, could lead to a needless lost diver search.
  9. FinnMom

    Eight children poisoned by tainted tanks - Manchester, England

    Probably ”not working” as in simply discovered to no longer be in working condition.
  10. FinnMom

    Scuba diving magazine?

    I LOVE Diver from the UK. Home - Divernet Others have already voted for that one too I see. But quite possibly the very best scuba diving magazine IMHO is free! X-Ray Magazine, check it out here: Front Page Great articles, fantastic photos and a huge catalog of old issues available online.
  11. FinnMom

    Combat diver student drowns - Key West, Florida

    I found this Combat Diver Qualification Course (CDQC) | SOFREP but I’m still not sure: is crossovers swimming the width of an Olympic-sized pool (what is that measure?) or the 50m length?
  12. FinnMom

    Regulator Necklace on Primary

    I share gas many times a year just as practice, or to share all available gas (1 diver on doubles, 1 w/ single tank, etc) since that also serves as air sharing practice. Yeah germs, but since I’m married I imagine my exposure is nothing compared to normal dating life, let alone a single city...
  13. FinnMom

    Regulator Necklace on Primary

    At least in Finland, CMAS no longer requires a snorkel, and I expect other will follow. A snorkel is relatively rarely used, so demanding that the standard be wearing one (because you can carry one w/o wearing it) at all times is not reasonable.
  14. FinnMom

    Regulator Necklace on Primary

    I think it will one day be the standard setup, or one of the most common setups. Our club discussed this years ago before our yearly OW course because instructors and assistants should use configurations like those of the OW students and most of us had bungeed backups even on our single-tank...
  15. FinnMom

    Drysuit diving training

    Are you really that unusually sized? On the other hand, I can’t argue against it: I’ve had 2 custom made suits and they were not much more expensive than normal suits. Maybe you just need to ask around and learn who makes good custom drysuits. A good shop offering drysuit training should have...
  16. FinnMom

    Things you've found under water

    My biggerest and nicest beach towel I found in a quarry last summer. I only picked it up because I was bored & it was orange. I held it over my back while swimming as "Hey look at me, I'm Thor!". Later I realized it was in pretty good condition, washed it instead of ragbagging it and ended up...
  17. FinnMom

    Something's wrong with my bouyancy?

    Some BCDs have small velcro-sealed trim pockets up high on the back. I have used these with SEAC BCDs (each can hold max 1kg) and found them helpful myself, and with students.
  18. FinnMom

    Something's wrong with my bouyancy?

    Most new divers have trouble wi I feel for you. I had a devil of a fight with bouyancy control and esp. floaty feet after switching to a drysuit. I struggled and struggled (meaning practised and practised), and when I had just about decided that ankle weights must be necessary, the problem...
  19. FinnMom

    Opening Tank Valve

    I still open valves this the reg slightly purging just because occasionally air is going to start hissing from somewhere. Usually hissing air is because the o-ring of the 1st stage is missing or damaged, or the 1st stage simply isn't on correctly, and just days ago it happened because one reg...
Back
Top Bottom