Marcus80
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Hello everyone. I've wanted to learn to dive for years and finally decided it was time. The funny thing is I know the exact chain of events that led to me doing more than musing about the whole thing. My brother and I have a big piece of property so far up in Maine that the only time we use it is Columbus Day week for a legendary camping/party that attracts as few as 12 but as many as 40 hardy souls for debauchery. This year, instead of my Moss tent, I opted for the Bibler single wall, and found it to be, well, smelly. Upon return to Mass and after a call to Bibler, they suggested I use Mirazyme to combat the aroma. Well the search for this elixer led me to a dive shop and I was rehooked. The first day at North Atlantic Scuba I met Jeff, the proprieter, and confessed to my desire. He signed me up for a PADI course that starts in January, and I left (with my mirazyme), feeling good about my decision. Life is too short to keep putting off stuff you want to do. Really. Unfortunately, I am, like many of you, unable to control my need to aquire new stuff. I tried to fight it, but after surfing all the scuba sites I got myself into an aquisition lather. I wanted it all. Scubapro, Atomic, Apeks, SeaQuest, Suunto, Uwatec, Apollo, blah, blah, blah, ad infinitum. When I returned to NAS to get a real look at some of the stuff I had been oogling online, the temtation was too great. I went from casual observer to active purchaser in about 15 minutes. Trust me, I was not coerced, I did this to myself. So, as this is my first post, I'll tell you what I bought and let the critical observations fly. SeaQuest Pro Unliited XXL as I am a large monkey, Suunto Cobra w/ compass, QD and cable, Mythos mask, Hyperstretch 7mm with hood vest thingy, Apeks Black Pearl (2 actually, I still don't know why, one for Sunday?), v-tek fins, deep see gloves and boots, no tanks, Aqualung integrated air supply, etc etc. I have a unhealthy desire to buy a D19 but will probably wait until I've been in the water at least once. This is quite a leap of faith considering I've never taken breath one under water but in my heart I know I'm going to love it. Even if I only inspect the anchor chain and clean the waterline on the sailboat I'll be ahead of the game in 2 years. I really didn't want to chime in until I had something useful to add, but I'm under the influence of Bombay this evening and I feel extra interesting, which will probably end by the morning. Anyway, greeting to all of you, and let me know if I've made any glaring omissions or bad decisions. Mark
the friendliest! 
don 
Glad you had so much fun shopping!
