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  1. WarmWaterDiver

    Required to tow a flag on Curacao?

    *sigh* I can remember what this board was like when folks like Uncle Pug and Snowbear were active members and this simply reinforces my understanding on why they're absent - folks who enjoy simply creating conflice are noy ones I like to hang out with at work where I get paid to do it, there's...
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    Required to tow a flag on Curacao?

    And in your calendar March was last month jd950? Could you be troubled to look back at the info I had received for 4 last month which is April on the calendar my PC, dive computer, a nd other common chronographs record? Its real simple to go back to the first page of this thread. I agree...
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    Required to tow a flag on Curacao?

    When we visited Hawaii we were not informed of any dive flag / float requirements for all the shore diving we on The Big Island, Maui, nor Kauai either. My middle aged ears still work well enough to give me an extra reminer to really - I mean really - look up and all around above me to see...
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    Required to tow a flag on Curacao?

    We're on our 4th trip to St. Croix right now and there's never been any mention of requirements for divers to tow dive flags on any of our USVI trips. Never seen it done on guided shore dives either - this would be extremely problematic when diving either the new F'stead pier or the old one we...
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    Required to tow a flag on Curacao?

    Maybe I'll find a little Diver Down flag and zip tie it to my BC inflator hose:eyebrow: Does the law say the flag has to float on the surface??:D This plus lionfish proliferation may make our Sep. 2010 trip our last one to Curacao for a while. We've spent the last 3 days on St. Croix with...
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    Curacao in 2 weeks - grocery stores?

    We take one of these collapsible cooler bags we bought years ago at Sam's club - beats futzing with styrofoam coolers for us. California Innovations® - Coolers - Thermal Tote We'll take our reuseable 'reular' shopping bags with us in September 2010 when we return to Curacao
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    Curacao in 2 weeks - grocery stores?

    Cost-U-Less has by far the best meat counter of all the supermarkets on Curacao. It's kind of a mini-Costco with no membership fee. Decent produce selection as well, but that's all kind of hit or miss anyway with whatever the most recent perishable container arrrrives with. Cost U Less >...
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    What can you tell me about Beaurang Residence?

    Don't know about the property. Dive Friends has several locations across the leward coast of Bonaire - they've always been great for our use during our 3 trips to Bonaire. Use cash or traveler's checks to avoid the credit card surcharge fees. Welcome to Dive Friends Bonaire We've always...
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    computer redundancy

    My satisfaction has nothing to do with this. "I don't mean to say I distrust everything running software, but I won't put too much trust in them either." Techonogies for lean burn, emissions controls, etc. have made even the speedometer in your vehicle no longer a device driven by a...
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    Exactly how deep is "Deep Air?"

    Our tech training is to 4.5 ATA ppN2 max, and also to 165 fsw max (which gets just a bit weird since we're not certified to use helium - making ppO2 = 1.5 ATA at 6 ATA total). Now that ought to really bubble things upo a bit. Our inital 'recreational' nitrox training was to 4.0 ATA ppN2 max...
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    computer redundancy

    Do you own and / or operate an automobile? if so, does it have a carbeurator, points, rotor, and condenser? If not, did you know all that stuff is now accomplished by electronic fuel injection and a computer, with feedback input to the emissions control sensors? If you were to rent an...
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    computer redundancy

    See item #11 of the required equipment list for this operation while they were in business, and they had an excellent safety record for the years they were in operation (about a decade) Message from the Head Divemaster
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    computer redundancy

    I have three dive computers. Two are from TUSA and have identical algorithms. One is a DR NiTek3 with an ever so slighly less conservative algorithm. When taking a dive trip where we're doing only 'recreational' profiles, My IQ-800 is primary and my NiTek3 is secondary. I like the display of...
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    Curacao Trip

    Delta dropped their Atlanta - Curacao route last month and instead now have a Bonaire - Atlanta route. Bummer. So, our Sep. 2010 Curacao trip is booked via American through Miami. MIA is my least favorite airport to make international connections at also (San Juan is my second least favorite).
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    Scubapro Seawing Nova

    I'll be diving doubles as well as singles, but the doubles will be rental aluminum 80's as independant doubles so I'll still need ditchable weight in 80 degree F water and a 0.5 mm westsuit. For singles, I'll have rental aluminum Luxfer 100 ft3 tanks available, and I'll still need ditchable...
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    The Ultimate Bonaire Crime Poll

    CoolTech, Could you start a similar poll for Curacao and another similar poll for St. Croix and another similar poll for Grand Cayman as these are all caribbean locations with lots of good shore diving? Then we can get nit-picky about math at 4 different locations and thank anyone who comes...
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    Scubapro Seawing Nova

    I just received my size Medium Black Scubapro Seawing Novas today. The foot pockets fits perfectly with my 3mm Men's Size 9 3mm Seasoft Sunray booties. These are great warm water booties especially for shore diving. The sole isn't flat (these booties were made for walkin', yes indeed . . . )...
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    Diving in Curacao, at Habitat Curacao-opinions?

    Snake Bay is an awesome shore dive. We saw 6 different types of eels there. Green moray eel, spotted moray eel, goldentail moray eel, viper moray eel, sharptail eel, and goldspotted eel Really lives up to its name.
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    The Ultimate Bonaire Crime Poll

    We've never been victims of petty crime in any of our travels outside the USA. This includes three trips each to Bonaire and Curacao and St. Croix (i kept it on-topic by mentioning Bonaire first). The closest we ever came to being victims of petty crime was in 1996 in New Orleans (CONUS) when...
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    Curacao security on beaches

    never had a problem, so my empirical experience base is different than the 'common precautions. This with 3 trips to each of these islands = not a fluke. I like the AMEX Premium vehicle rental insurance that has ZERO deductible and is only $24.95 total per rental, from a business that...
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