Absurd dive equipment

[mempilot]

If you know what depth the bottom is, a depth gauge is not needed. Example, Alexander Spring is 25-feet max depth, give or take a few feet. A depth gauge will not tell me anything that I do not already know.

OK, the diver is doing a wall dive off Cayman. The top of the wall is at 90', the bottom is over 3000'. Their MOD is 130'. Tell me how their depth gauge is not needed.

To the rest of us:

For every piece of equipment, there are those who need it and those who don't. If it get's them killed, then we can talk about them using it. When I was growing up, I used to visit my grandfathers farm. He used to have all kinds of crap rigged to his tractors and combines. He probably didn't 'need' any of it, but he found function in all of it. BTW, he died of cancer, not from a gadget hanging off his combine cab.

Who cares what others bring on the dive. If they are your buddy, then you have the right to question. If they aren't your buddy, then you're just a snob pointing fingers to make yourself feel more squared away.

When diving, I focus on my dive team and not what weird crap everyone else is bringing along.

 

[mempilot]

If it ever sinks, it will make a great dive site(s). I get dibs on the gear.

I don't know about absurd, but for outrageous (extreme toys) the dive yacht owned by golfer Greg Norman takes the cake in my book! If only I'd studied golf and not engineering . . .

here's an excerpt from an e-mail I got earlier this year on this.

"Life must be tough for "The Shark."

See what kind of boat GOLF could bring you?

Greg Norman, "The Shark", recently took delivery of his new toy, named "Aussie Rules", which he helped design. At 69.5 metres (228 feet) in length, it's the world's largest aluminum and composite private yacht.

He had it built for only $70 million dollars. The company meant to build it for him "at cost" in return for the excellent advertising of having him as an owner, but they actually lost money on it.

When he first cruised into Sydney Harbor, onlookers remarked, "It's massive! Nearly three times the size of the ferries in the Harbor!" In addition to being opulent, it is also built for Jacques Cousteau type fun and exploration. There is onboard diving equipment for 30 people including a decompression chamber and two huge compressors. Dives of all types can be accomplished by operating the Nitrox Mixing Panel onboard, enabling each guest's air tank to be customized with a mixture of gases.

To get the people out to those choice dive spots, or maybe just for having a bit of a splash, the following additional "small" boats are kept onboard:

42-Foot Custom Built "Game Fisher" Can be launched and retrieved from the deck. Perfect for a 4-person overnight fishing expedition. Has a gourmet galley for cooking up the catch while it's still fresh.

30-Foot SeeVee for a quick afternoon fishing trip.

22-Foot Novurania Equator with a meager 800 horsepower so you can get to the best diving sites ahead of everyone else. It has beach landing capability as well.

(2) 18-Foot Hewes Bonerfishers for those special occasions when Greg and a close friend may wish to maneuver over the sand flats in Key West, Florida

13-Foot Narwhal Rescue Boat in case someone falls off one of those other boats.

And finally, just for the hell of it, (4) Yamaha Waverunners!!!

Good grief already! Kind of reminds me of one of those Russian Matryoshka Dolls where the little ones just keep coming out of the bigger one!

I knew I should have gotten serious about golf!!!!!

 

[babar]

If it ever sinks, it will make a great dive site(s). I get dibs on the gear.

I've heard that he has TWO onboard hyperbaric chambers

 

[junior diver]

Just out of curiosity, was the guy in the picture someone you know or just some random diver that happened to be there the same time as you? Some of the worst pictures Ive seen of how not to be in the water - fins kicking across the bottom, looks like monofilament trailing from his valve, and looked to be bumping into a lot of coral and the wreck.

Is he on Nitrox??? He has a green valve on his tank.

 

[WarmWaterDiver]

I've heard that he has TWO onboard hyperbaric chambers

I wonder why - would one get two crowded?????

I'd take dibs just on what he carries as 'skiffs' - with the 42 footer being the largest . . .

 

[SeanQ]

the HUB!
I hope he can get to his octo thats zipped away in that pocket when his buddy rips his reg from his mouth:

http://www.realmsofneptune.com/viewImage.asp?image=trips/tenneco/2003-08-03/DSC01777.jpg

http://www.realmsofneptune.com/viewImage.asp?image=trips/spiegel_grove/adventure_mike.jpg

In his bio he says he plans on taking DIR courses. I guess diving with HUB users, submerged dive store accessory racks and line draggers is going to stop.

 

[aquadiver]

My motto is a boat should either be something that takes me to a dive site...

or it should be a dive site.

Since I doubt that Mr. Shark will ever invite me on his boat, I guess you know what I think of it...

gc

I don't know about absurd, but for outrageous (extreme toys) the dive yacht owned by golfer Greg Norman takes the cake in my book! If only I'd studied golf and not engineering . . .

here's an excerpt from an e-mail I got earlier this year on this.

"Life must be tough for "The Shark."

See what kind of boat GOLF could bring you?

Greg Norman, "The Shark", recently took delivery of his new toy, named "Aussie Rules", which he helped design. At 69.5 metres (228 feet) in length, it's the world's largest aluminum and composite private yacht.

He had it built for only $70 million dollars. The company meant to build it for him "at cost" in return for the excellent advertising of having him as an owner, but they actually lost money on it.

When he first cruised into Sydney Harbor, onlookers remarked, "It's massive! Nearly three times the size of the ferries in the Harbor!" In addition to being opulent, it is also built for Jacques Cousteau type fun and exploration. There is onboard diving equipment for 30 people including a decompression chamber and two huge compressors. Dives of all types can be accomplished by operating the Nitrox Mixing Panel onboard, enabling each guest's air tank to be customized with a mixture of gases.

To get the people out to those choice dive spots, or maybe just for having a bit of a splash, the following additional "small" boats are kept onboard:

42-Foot Custom Built "Game Fisher" Can be launched and retrieved from the deck. Perfect for a 4-person overnight fishing expedition. Has a gourmet galley for cooking up the catch while it's still fresh.

30-Foot SeeVee for a quick afternoon fishing trip.

22-Foot Novurania Equator with a meager 800 horsepower so you can get to the best diving sites ahead of everyone else. It has beach landing capability as well.

(2) 18-Foot Hewes Bonerfishers for those special occasions when Greg and a close friend may wish to maneuver over the sand flats in Key West, Florida

13-Foot Narwhal Rescue Boat in case someone falls off one of those other boats.

And finally, just for the hell of it, (4) Yamaha Waverunners!!!

Good grief already! Kind of reminds me of one of those Russian Matryoshka Dolls where the little ones just keep coming out of the bigger one!

I knew I should have gotten serious about golf!!!!!

 

[fenderbender29]

cstreu1026,

Unless I'm mistaken, Seavision masks are the masks with color filters.

ScottyK,

SCUDA = Self Contained Underwater Drinking Apparatus. They came out in the mid '80's. I still see an ad from time to time.

drbill,

I've never heard of that particular gem, but it would be high on my list.

ok, scuda is actually very good fro some people, some with diabetes may need to have some sort of drinking aparatus in an emergency

 

[padrediver]

Just bought a pair of thirty dollar USD/Aqua Lung "propeller" split fins.
If I hadn't tried them I wouldn't have believed it....they're better than
Jet/Rocket 1st gen....and a lot cheaper...plus they have padded foot straps!

 

[Swan1172]

OceanMaster 2000 Dry Snorkel