Bert van den Berg
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Lobster/crayfish diving also cause the fins to get beat up.Not always. I mostly do shore dives and I have one particular site where I most often exit. My fins are all scratched from the exit and nothing else.
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Lobster/crayfish diving also cause the fins to get beat up.Not always. I mostly do shore dives and I have one particular site where I most often exit. My fins are all scratched from the exit and nothing else.
If someone comes up to you and look at the bottom of your fins before to give you a nod of approval you know who he is.Not always. I mostly do shore dives and I have one particular site where I most often exit. My fins are all scratched from the exit and nothing else.
Ha, ha, it would be the top I look at, not the bottom! If you have shark teeth imbedded in them that is plus 5 points for each tooth! (sharks grow back their teeth so no harm). Bits of stag horn coral, that is minus 10 points.If someone comes up to you and look at the bottom of your fins before to give you a nod of approval you know who he is.
The top of my fins are scratched more than the bottom. The usual way to exit at this site is to come into a rock shelf on your knees and take your fins off before standing up and walking out. I go through the knees on my drysuit for the same reason.If someone comes up to you and look at the bottom of your fins before to give you a nod of approval you know who he is.
My vote is now for @formernuke to receive the Frankenstein Award at the Annual ScubaBoard Forum Awards ceremony. Reviving a 14 year old thread from the dead is worthy of our best recognition.Hey, be nice.
But of course I'm not afraid of sharks
My vote is now for @formernuke to receive the Frankenstein Award at the Annual ScubaBoard Forum Awards ceremony. Reviving a 14 year old thread from the dead is worthy of our best recognition.
Yes for Sure divers had to be fitter and NORMALLY courses were much more thoroughAs a former boat operator in the 1980's I did not ask to see a card or log. All divers had to sign a waiver that they were trained and knew the risks of diving and that my responsibility ended when they jumped off the boat and resumed when they reboarded. By observation and asking I could usually dertermine the experience level of a diver. I briefed all divers that were unfamilar with the site on what to expect and be aware of. All of my divers made safe returns to the boat. I will add that newly minted divers of that time may have been better trained than todays new diver.
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