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Greetings All Is anyone here sailing with Blackbeards next Saturday (Oct 16th)? My friend and I finally pulled the trigger and booked with Blackbeards last week. Gotta love last minute plans. :-) We are super excited as this will be the first liveaboard either of us have done. So I...

Greetings all. I am about to swap my bulky console for a used brass & glass w/hose that I recently picked up here on SB. I will be removing the console (hose and all) from the first stage and replacing it with the B&G SPG and the hose that came with it. I have not removed or replaced any...

Greetings all. What scuba podcasts are you listening to these days? Like most of you I look forward to the the scubaboard podcast coming back some day (fingers crossed). Until then, I have been going through all the scuba related podcasts on iTunes to get my fix. I have gone through the...

Greetings All As a spring project, I have been piecing together a backplate and wing setup that I will try for singles in the cold quarries around home. I have never had the chance to dive one, but when the opportunity presented itself to acquire a few of the key components on the cheap, I...

We talk about diving a lot at work. Its a great way to pass the time when we can't dive. Here is a hypothetical that came up a while back. A diver surfaces to find his boat is long gone. Faced with drifting away in the current he takes all his accessible weights (10-15 lbs) and fastens them...

Greetings all Besides cash, what are some good ideas for tips/gifts for hard working DMs, instructors and crew? I know that tips are a big part of most crews income and I am not trying to find an alternative to cash. I always tip the crew generously and sometimes really generously for "above...

Greetings All Me and the Missus are heading to the keys in March. We are staying in a few different hotels and diving everyday with a few different operators over seven days. Any advice on how to keep our gear from getting too funky throughout the week? Thanks

Greetings All MY wife and I are heading to the keys in March where we will be driving and diving up and down the keys. We will be there March 7th - March 16th. We are staying in Key Largo, Marathon and Key West for a few days each. Out main goal is to get in as many dives as possible and...

Greeting All I've started tackling the task of creating my own log book page. I know this has been done to death, but I had some spare time and the engineer in me can't leave well enough alone. :dork2: I only have 20 dives logged as of this posting, but I have noticed some shortcomings...

Greetings all I am off to Key West with the missus in about two weeks. I have dives booked for July 25th and we might be able to dive on the 26th as well but we are not 100% certain. We are travelling with non diving friends whom we will have to work around. This leads me to my question...

Hi Everybody My wife and I are currently studying for our OW cert in June. We have been reading and highlighting and of course combing the forums for a few weeks now. During a study session last night, she expressed that she is a bit nervous about the class. She is a strong swimmer and loves...

Hi Everybody I am a newbie looking at some of my options for acquiring my first set of gear. My question for you today is this: What should I look out for when considering a used regulator? Here is a list of things I would normally consider whether buying new or used: Fit/comfort...

How did you aquire the gear for your first set up? New? Used? Package? Piece by piece? I am a soon to be certified diver looking at getting my first set of gear. This would consist of BCD, reg, octo and gauges of course. My first several dives will be in Key West and Gulf Shores, AL...

Hi Everybody! I just wanted to chime in and say thanks for all the great info. I have been lurking in the forum shadows for a few weeks now and I decided today to go legit and start contributing. I live in the St Louis area and I am currently studying and waiting patiently for my OW cert...