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From: Cayman Islands News (CNS): Martin Linley, a 51-year-old soccer coach at Analy High in California, USA, has been named as the diver who died Monday 7 December, following an organised diving trip on the North Wall. Mr Linley was on vacation with his wife, Elizabeth, but during a dive he...

From: Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Search on for missing diver A multi–agency search operation was under way Monday off Cayman’s North Wall for a diver who went missing. The 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call from a staff member of Divers Down at the Treasure...

From: Cayman Islands - Cay Compass News Online - Search on for missing diver A multi–agency search operation was under way Monday off Cayman’s North Wall for a diver who went missing. The 911 Emergency Communications Centre received a call from a staff member of Divers Down at the Treasure...

First, I'd like to say that I don't much care what anybody dives with, as long as it doesn't stand a good chance of killing them (velcro weight pockets are one of my "pet peeves"). Aside from that, I've been in a ton of dive shops, and rarely see a real BP/W. There are all sorts of...

First, I do wrecks, but not caves, so please try to keep the flames to a simmer . . . :D I'd never even consider entering a wreck without running my own line from the outside. However every now and then, I'll read about a fatality in a cave where someone lost contact with an existing line. Why...

I'm having a little trouble picking a place to stay on the island . . . A couple of years ago, my wife and I stayed at Buddy Dive. The first room they gave us was full of mosquitoes and mildew (first floor, on the same side of the resort as the office). This was a real problem because I'm...

From: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090716/NEWS/907160343/-1/newsfront/Jamesburg+attorney+mourns+wife+who+died+in+diving+accident JAMESBURG — Helen Kostbar's love of diving had taken her around the world - from the Caribbean to the South Pacific. It was that passion that Otto...

Does anybody have a link to the emergency ascent spreadsheet? It was used to model ascents with various size tanks (ponies, spare air, etc.). I googled it, but come up with an xls file that doesn't seem to contain anything. Terry

Every now and then, someone posts that they found a gun, box of drugs, body or something else that could be evidence of a crime. Would PSD people rather the site be marked with an SMB tied off to a rock or something nearby, or just surface and try to remember where it is? (I assume touching...

PLEASE DON'T POST IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN 50 DIVES! Recently there has been some discussion about what divers expect from a DiveMaster when on vacation in a tropical location. We would really like to know what kind of services you expect! Thanks! Terry

For some reason, my thumb and a couple of fingertips tend to develop cracks after a few days of diving in salt water. Any idea what causes this and how I can prevent it? They don't bleed, but they hurt. Generally I close them up with the liquid crack stuff from the drugstore, but I'd rather not...

Recently there has been some discussion about what divers expect from a DiveMaster when on vacation in a tropical location. Tell everybody what you think! Thanks! Terry

My buddy and I are taking our non-diving wives on their annual shopping spree (oops, I mean vacation) this winter. :D Anyway, one of the ports the ship stops in is Roatan, and we were thinking of spending the day there. Is there any easy transportation from the pier (Carnival if it matters) to...

I've seen all sorts of people recommending "spit" for defog. The effectiveness of this seems to be extremely variable and dependent on the spitter. Does your spit keep your mask from fogging?

There's another thread on the board about a dive boat that had a brand new empty DAN O2 kit. If someone had a deco bottle of 50% or 80% on the boat, would that be significantly better than nothing if O2 wasn't available? Terry

My wife and I are going on a cruise this October, and it's killing me that we'll be in the Mediterranean, and I'm not going to get to go diving at all. :D Generally I can charter a boat or grab an excursion of the ship to sharpen my rescue skills:D, but for some bizarre reason, Carnival has no...

Does anybody know of anything that's somewhere between a cruise and a live-aboard? Several of my buddies and me have non-diving spouses (spice? :D). We currently do cruises in the winter, Cruises are great for the wives, but time in each port is usually limited to 12 hours or less...

The Joseph Simon in Tobermory has a large grating/elevator kind of thing on the back to lift divers up for re-boarding. One of my friends is in a wheelchair and can stand on a boat with a little help, but could never climb a ladder. Are there any boats around West Palm beach that have a lift...

Can anybody PM me his email address? I'd like to see about going on one of his shark dives this January with some friends. Thanks! Terry (Please don't post the email address in this thread, he'll get spammed into oblivion)

I saw a show on cable (Maybe "Discovery?") that showed divers out in the North Atlantic. They caught various tasty creatures like lobsters, crabs, scallops, etc., brought them back to the boat, where they were immdiately cooked and consumed. I'd love to do this, but can't seem to figure out...