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    Name your best or favorite wreck dive

    I dove this wreck with a single 100 cf I started with 3300 psi and ended the dive 16 mins with 2200 after deco
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    Name your best or favorite wreck dive

    I have spent a lot of time in the BVI's and have about 50 dives on the Rhone. I love it. Diving the Rhone to me feels like coming home. Once in August diving the day after a tropical storm, I found a saucer. I was really tempted to keep it. I buried it in the sand under the bow sprit. Chris
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    Favorite Wrecks in the Boston area

    Hi Diesel, I dive my own boat out of Mystic CT, or sometime charter with capt Gary out of New London. I have done the U-853 but have not heard of the L8. Could you give me more info? BTW have you ever done The Pinnacles, between Block and Montauck? Chris
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    Navy seal equipmet

    The grad rate fot the Air Force Para-jumper school is even less. This is of course very general, but the main specialities of the special forces are: Green Berets - Languages Navey Seals - Demolition Parajumpers - Extraction Unfortunatly I never had the distinction to serve in the...
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    LeisurePro Return Items - some advice

    I ship a lot with UPS, if you had used them you could track the package online,see the time and date of delivery, AND the name of the person at LP who signed for it. Chris
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    Belize Tragedy

    I have been bringing a hand held with me on vaca for about 15 years now. currently have a hx260 (I think) I also bring an inexspensive GPS so if I have to call for help I can tell them where I am. Since I plan my vacations several months in advance, I also obtain nautical charts of the area I...
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    First Boat - Dream or Folly??

    I personaly keep 2 wiemaraners (short hair) on my steigercraft Blockisland 21. BTW how do you keep your fenders so clean? www.steigercraft.com/main/docs/largeview.cfm?picture=bi21broch800.jpg
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    First Boat - Dream or Folly??

    I second that!
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    First Boat - Dream or Folly??

    Wow! I am 55 years old and have never not owned a boat since I was 16. I know a lot about boats, power and sail. I have a CG captains license. I my gut reaction was to say wow go for it! I know people who hve got screamin deals for 7 grand or there abouts . . . and. . . you can also buy into...
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    Needing Serious Boat Advice

    In the summer we (my wife and I) live on our 37ft sail boat. in 02 she let me buy A Steigercraft, the Blockisland 21. No frills, but it comes with a small cabin w/porta potti bimini top, it has a nice down east look to it. I got it with a 115 HP 4 stroke Yamaha, not super fast but quiet and...
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    Name your best or favorite wreck dive

    The Chikuzen, 8 miles SE of Virgin Gorda. I dove her in feb of 1988 she was only 5 years old at the time. One thing that made it special was a pod of humpback whales crusin thru the hood.
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    Solo tech diving article

    I was aiming for Masterdiver. But I think I will change now to scubaforumGuru With 9000+posts since 2002 how do you find the time to dive ? Chris
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    Tank valve failure

    Thats the first thing I noticed, and moving DOWN the ledge!
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    How to connect Al 80's

    Oct. was washed out! The weather was terrible! Nov. is here and its time to put the boats to bed, I have a 37 ft. sail boat, and a 21 ft (dive) center console. Stolt is on my todo list with TT . I did the San Diego in the 1980s but would like to get there again. My 21 footer is a Stiegercraft...
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    How to connect Al 80's

    Hey Ny I have a boat an do most of my diving around the Block island wrecks (U-853, Grecian, etc. ) Next season I would like to check out the San Diego, Oregon, Texas Tower etc. Theses wrecks are out of range for my boat so I will have to use a LI charter. Let me know if you are interested? I am...
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    GUE/DIR recovery dive in California

    I just did a quick run down on my calculator 9 tanks, 4 regs 2 wetsuits, 1 drysuit masks fins computer reels 3 BC's tools etc etc. tops 15,000. if I add my dive boat and my Rolex submariner I break 50,000 easy . :) Chris
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    How to connect Al 80's

    Check out the website Diverite .com they have some nice illustrations for hooking up doulbles I use 2 al 80s but with 2 regs,and a cutoff valve in the middle. I also use an al40 stage with another reg and spg EAN 32% I also carry a spare air (Iknow I will get static for that). The deepest I...
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    Diver death in Grand Cayman

    I dove with Don Fosters in 84.85.and 86. They were running pontoon cattle boats at the time, but other wise good divers. In those days the first dive was a 130 ft wall dive then a second 50 ft dive. chris
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    Diver death in Grand Cayman

    It seems so many dive accidents are heart attacks. I am a 55 YO male have been diving for 22 years. I have also been a runner since the age of 20. I ran my last of 5 marathon's in 1999, after which I blew out my knee. Now I run only 15 miles a week. I took up swimming. I swim at the local...
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