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    Catch bag found at Nubble

    I carry one for budfish but I get looks sometimes and comments "you do know you can not take bugs" my reply we just take the tail (Before anyone jumps me I am a vegan, gave up eating lobsters 25 years ago when I started diving with them)
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    Diving an inflatable: Questions

    Dive year round in new hampshire in my 18 ft rib. Been 20 miles offshore no problems. We also tend to go out when other stay home and I have to say she handled the seas great but after a couple of hrs of going airborne your glad to see the entrance of the river:D. Needed to have one 30 years ago...
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    Tank Tumbler ?'s

    I machine parts for my drilling co and have a couple of lathes. My large one is perfect for tumbling tanks, probably only cost me 40 bucks in electricity:D
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    Call me Ishmael...

    My wife gave the okay but I will never see another birthday or Christmas Gift and I have not had the grapes to suggest an new etec:D. Play it slow, I have been told they forget eventually. I love my rib, we go out in all kinds of weather with the security of balloons surrounding us. Just like...
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    Sherwood Vs. Dive Community

    Learned to dive on sherwoods regs and I have had them deep, cold, full of silt, pounded on the back of a boat for months at a time and never had a problem. I do an occasional fresh water dive to wash out my gear:D for preventive maintance. But seen other manufactures of the "high end the only...
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    A windy day at the chimneys

    We were part of a dive club Moray Wheels and Rusty Murray lived there on Nahant and we would do check out dives at canoe beach and if you were not from Nahant the local cops would ticket you even if you were just dropping off gear. But the dives there were always great and it was fun showing...
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    It was a good day

    I was waiting for a job site to be plowed off (4 ft of snow, by the way did anyone think that snow sucks after the first 3 ft) so I took the rib out and went for a dive. Buoys measured 2 to 4fters online but they lied more like 4 to 6 fters. Found a quiet cove off one of the islands and had a...
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    Waivers on private boats?

    One problem in my state for example is hunting or riding 4 wheelers etc. on someone's property and tripping on a strand of barb wire set in a tree 75 years, the state has worked on changing the law so that the landowner can not be found libel in a "gross negligence" case. The key word is "gross...
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    Waivers on private boats?

    As stated before "Your dive buddy" is not the one who will sue you, it is their family. It is pretty sad that responsibility for ones action are not their, but the identity with the deepest pockets.
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    Waivers on private boats?

    I check with my lawyer on liability if someone had an issue and what is my responsibility. A waiver is not worth the paper it is printed on. Adequate insurance covering any problem that one can foresee is the best protection. I carry all the recommended and required safety gear. Also in the...
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    Vehicle to pull a boat?

    If your is truck is over 10000 lbs you do need a DOT medical card. In New Hampshire and Maine the DOT love landscapers and builders because they all have 1 tons but do not realize they need a med card and it is a easy $75 ticket
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    Solo vs. Buddy perspective

    On a working trip to Fort Lauderdale I had time to get a couple of dives in. Went out on a charter and was buddied up with someone who had no business being in the water. He had no clue on buddy breathing or what to do if there was a problem (I dive with quads and paraplegics so I am use to...
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    Vehicle to pull a boat?

    I use a diesel f350 dually to pull my 18 fter. Some day I will own an inflatable that fits the truck:D, probably a better idea is buy a truck to fit the 18 (12 miles gal.@ $3.50)
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    Merrimack Journal interview for story on "lobster bill"

    Interesting argument about the averse effect the hordes of divers would have on the rich history of lobstering. I am more concerned about the increase of property taxes so that the "poor" fisherman can no longer afford to live on the sea coast. Use to be a time there would be a small house held...
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    Dive Boat/RIB

    My rib is rated for 11 and you would have to be crazy to put 11-140 lbers on it. 6 without gear is to crowded. You would look like you were trying to escape Cuba with that much of a boatload
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    Dive Boat/RIB

    I have a 18 ft rib and 3 can dive comfortable 4 you get tight for space and you can start to hate your neighbor, the good thing I do not have 3 other friends. What I like about a rib is that when all the others are home because of seas – we still get out there. It will do 35 kts flat calm...
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    Union Leader Article - Lobster Bill

    It also would be interesting for the lob. fishermen to address lost traps and the problems they impose. Yes maybe a few divers would be aggressive in their gathering methods but the dive comm is pretty good in policing their own. How many of us have found large balls of tangled and mangled traps...
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    Nubble - 1/1/08 1st dive of year

    My wife has a hummer wantabe (honda element) and we love it but she promises me that if I put dive gear in it I will be singing with a high voice. Wanted to put a trailer hitch to tow my rib on it ( save on fuel instead of my diesel 350 at $3.60@ gal) but not sure it would handle it well and if...
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    Question re: Wrist Cuff Exhaust Valve on Drysuit

    Had a typhoon dry suit that only had cuff dumps on both arms, I patched the right side because I am right handed and if I reached over my head it would dump after that fix was very comfortable with it. Have a viking now and was so use to the cuff dump installed one on the left. I never have had...
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    Poseidon regs

    Talking to a friend's son-in-law this weekend who is an instructor at a local dive shop told me about a certified poseidon tech who lives 10 mins from my home. Can not get much better than that. Thank you all for you help.
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