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That and all of his participation has been in the basic forums… asking basic questions…

For starters, their profile indicated not certified. They were asking about an incident that involved a novice diver on a training dive. They have not said anything to indicate they are not a new diver and are asking a fairly basic skills question about weights. Maybe they have a few hundred...

A single error seldom results in a accident. They usually result in a cascade of two or more. This woman had no way to add air to her suit, mistake one. She had an unreasonably large amount of lead, mistake two. She had no way to circumvent mistakes one and two. What should have been a...

Having a weight belt fall off is just the same as forgetting to connect an LP inflator. It is a user error. Saying that ditchable weights are a liability is really saying "I don't want to deal with making sure my gear works reliably". You should never ditch weight at depth, but being able to...

So you would have been fumbling with a DSMB as this woman sank even deeper in the lake? For whatever reason, she was over weighted. The absence of a quick release was a contributing factor to her death. She could have embolized on her way to the surface, but that was never an option since she...

You learn some thing new every day... They all should have some built in mechanism to prevent catastrophic failure. I understand some countries rely on o-ring failures.

They have a burst disk that will rupture if the tank is significantly over filled. They make a god awful noise as the pressure drains. This was a structural failure of the tank. Why it failed is anybody's guess. It may have been steel and corroded or it may been damaged previously and...

When you rent tanks you need to plan ahead. When am I going to go diving next? if you arrive at the beach and conditions are sh*tty, you've still rented the tank. I fill my tanks after diving, so getting them filled for the next dive is never an issue. If I don't know how good conditions...

Some of the tanks laying on the ground look pretty sketchy. The white one on the left appears to have rust where the boot would be. I don't know any thing about Eastern European scuba cylinders, like where they are sourced or what inspection schedule they have. Amazing no one was killed. It...

I bought a set of assorted o-rings and in the field just eyeball it. Do you need the money for food, medication or tank fills? You do know that the dive light or the money will both get left behind when you are off to the great charter boat in the sky. I know that I will eventually not be...

I have not dove Bull point in a long time, but heard that the someone laid line there. I believe the start at below 15'. They may have pulled the line at the end of the season, so I have no idea if it will be there.

I am not proud... What I have done is gone on a shop trip and on the boat they paired me with another diver. The shop usually has fairly competent divers on these trips, and a few newbies that the shop baby sits. On one trip they gave me a competent buddy and we dove together. On another I...

Always interesting to test your theories.... I am sure there have been Whites near shore where I dive in RI. The bubbles and the big metal tank reacting with seawater is probably plenty to convince a shark we are of no interest to them long before they get in visual range. I have only seen a...

If I had to explain how to ride a bicycle to teach others, no one would own bikes. It sounds more complicated than it is. But, once you’ve done it, it becomes more intuitive each time.

I cast my own weights and have picked up enough freebies that I wouldn’t think twice about dropping a weights. One of my most important maxims in diving is, don’t bring anything into the water you aren’t okay with leaving there. If you have to make a quick decision between your weight pouches...

You don't really need to dismount the tank entirely. Pop open the left shoulder release and you probably can bring the valve far enough over to the right to reach it. Worst case, you keep undoing buckles until you can. Ditching weight is probably sensible for a newbie, because the they may...

My main tanks were originally a twin set. It doesn’t always register with me the correct direction to turn the valve to open them, since they are mirror images. That has made me very particular on checking my air myself in all cases. I could see someone on a boat closing on off thinking he was...

I was only addressing the statement that the post I was referencing was saying he had never seen any posts about non-ditchable weight. I don’t want it misconstrued to say it had anything to do with the accident. I only pulled up some quotes from post that mentioned non ditchable weights from a...

Try typing "balanced rig" into the search bar. you will find plenty of posts from people calling ditchable weight unnecessary or fluff. "Two words: Balanced. Rig.If you can swim up with full cylinders and compressed wetsuit, you don't need ditchable weight." "Yup, I had to chuckle when...

I am not using doubles and have not climbed into a RIB in a few years, but the least of my concerns would be to taking off my mask before getting out of the water. It seems pretty secure attached to my face and if it gets knocked off, I will notice it immediately. To the OP, why do need to...