Help! Big Ooops on Roatan

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boulderjohn

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I just arrived for a week of diving at CocoView, to be followed by a week on the Aggressor. As I setup my gear, I realized that I had left my single tank adaptor on a table in my home office. No, I cannot uses either backplate or wing without it. When I went to the dive shop at CocoView to see about replacing it, the proprietor had no idea what I was talking about. I am renting a BCD for now.

Questions:
  1. Can anyone drive to my home in Colorado, get my STA off the table, and fly it down to Roatan in the next couple of days? I would pay $50--maybe more.
  2. Is there any place on the island where I can get a replacement STA?
 
I am renting a BCD for now.
I'd borrow a maintenance saw and cut up the rental BCD to bolt to the plate. Just like rental cars, always take out full coverage, then you're not responsible. LOL!!
 
What about 2 cam straps that go through the plate?
Believe me, they don't have cam bands, either. Even if they did, my wing has no slots.
 
Can you rig up something else to work or find a welder to fabricate something?
Of course, if I could find a welder on Roatan, there would not be any cambands.
 
I have two here in Belize. I'm going near the Int airport on Monday.
 
I could put in on one of these flights
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https://www.shearwater.com/products/teric/

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