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  1. Cheekymonkey

    Roatan Questions

    I am going to be in Roatan diving for a class from May 9th to 16th. Since I already have to book obscenely expensive tickets, I was thinking I might as well make full use of the situation and stay an additional week. I also wouldn't mind meeting some more scubaboard folks, I was at the...
  2. Cheekymonkey

    UV Dive Lights

    To start off with, I have been seeing for the last year a lot of UV dive lights, UV night dives, UV photography etc. Besides being an avid diver, my income as well as my hobby is generated from the keeping of live corals and reef aquariums I am curious how many folks are aware that UV light is...
  3. Cheekymonkey

    Just getting a new setup, have a flooding question.

    I have a D90, and I am purchasing a Ikelite housing for it. This is my first venture into underwater DSLRs... following some reading I continually found advice that most floods happen in rinse buckets. Could someone explain this to me please. Why are the floods more common in the rinse...
  4. Cheekymonkey

    BCs, Fins, Wetsuits, Pressure Gauge

    For sale in Orlando, local pickup: everything in working condition unless otherwise stated. Cavalero: M Sherwood Cayman: M Sherwood Cayman: S – needs power inflator Sherwood Spirit Classic: S Sherwood Spirit Classic: M Sherwood Silloute: XL SeaQuest Balance: M – has alternate air...
  5. Cheekymonkey

    WTS 48" Sea Hornet Speargun, only dove once

    Excellent condition, only used once a SeaHornet Speargun, I bought it when a friend of mine used to own a boat. We went out once and I never ended up having time again. It was will rinsed after the dive in excellent condition. This is the rhinolined indestructibile type.
  6. Cheekymonkey

    Tanks for sale Orlando

    I have for sale in Orlando: AL80 Luxfer Brushed Aluminum (needs vip 2 months ago) Convertible Din (no insert) Hydro from 07 $120 AL80 Luxfer Black Hydro from 06 Convertible Din (with yoke insert) $120 AL80 Luxfer Yellow Hydro from 06 (2nd hydro) $100 AL30 Luxfer Yellow (needs VIP) Hydro...
  7. Cheekymonkey

    Poseidon Xtreme reg accident

    Background: So my doubles are on the dive boat all set up, I get off the boat, hit the bathroom before we leave. A diver in our group decided to try on my doubles and took the weight belt holding them to the railing off when he tried them on. After he tried them on he re bungees them, but...
  8. Cheekymonkey

    Check out this Dog / Fishing Buddy

    http://www.aolvideoblog.com/2007/05/17/dog-vs-shark/
  9. Cheekymonkey

    How not to swim with the turtles.

    After seeing the other turtle vid from Scuba Drew which was great I started following those YouTube links to similar videos and found a terrible one. Jerks like this that make the animals have to watch out. The turtle in ScubaDrew's video was obviously following the divers, while this one, the...
  10. Cheekymonkey

    Heading home to CT

    Hello, my names Josh, i'm a student down in Florida, heading home to the Bridgeport area of Connecticut within the week. I will be back for a few months, and am hauling up all my gear. The only New England diving I have done so far was a pair of quarry dives at brownstone, but I have done some...
  11. Cheekymonkey

    Aqualung I3

    http://www.aqualung.com/products/i3.html does this quote scare anyone else... "EASY The i3 is simple and intuitive. Move the lever up to go up; down to go down." They are saying to add air to your BC in order to ascend? scary crap
  12. Cheekymonkey

    Divers: what do you see?

    intresting, thanks for the info
  13. Cheekymonkey

    Have you went to confession lately?

    Have you confessed your sins lately? http://www.titane.ca/concordia/dfar251/igod/
  14. Cheekymonkey

    Spearshaft Oil

    So I got my first speargun, as to oiling the shaft to help prevent corrosion, what sort of oil is appropriate, and where can I find it if its a specialty thing.
  15. Cheekymonkey

    I apologize ahead of time

    Absolutely bizarre question, had no idea where to post it, if this is in the wrong place, I appreciate you moving it... So I know its a wierd question but, Does anyone dive with facial piercings, just curious if that can be a problem, do you have bubbles leak out the hole (referring to lips...
  16. Cheekymonkey

    Poseidon O2 reg with O2

    So I have a Poseidon Xtreme Deco reg for my O2 bottle, fully O2 clean. My understanding is that turning on the tank valve slowly with high or pure O2 concentrations can help take heat out of the equation with the fire triangle. My question / possible problem being, Poseidon regs, hiss quite...
  17. Cheekymonkey

    Suggestion New Open Water Students

    Hello all, I'm an OWSI for PADI, and I reccomend as many of my students as possible to Scubaboard as I have found it an absolutely incredible outlet for encouraging continuing education for my students. What I wanted to ask was to saee if I could get ahold of some type of pamphlet, flyer, or...
  18. Cheekymonkey

    Tubes tied question

    My cousin recently had her third child with her husband, and prior to everything informed the doctor that she wanted to get her tubes tied, because they had decided that they only wished to have three children. The doctor required her to speak to a psychologist, as well as a signature of her...
  19. Cheekymonkey

    Transplate harness and drysuit

    Ok, so I have a transpac with a plate, and let me start by saying I am a lover of sternum straps, and I don't wish to get rid of mine. Well my issue is that the sternum strap of the transplate cross directly over my drysuit inflator. So its either leave it loose and useless, or tighten the...
  20. Cheekymonkey

    Stage Bottle Question

    I read everywhere that stage bottles should be worn in an off position so that they do not freeflow, and as one extra precaution to prevent you from inadvertantly breathing from the wrong bottle. My question then is what stops the water from invading the reg, do you pressurize the hoses prior...
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