Wetnotes

[Jackie-O]

still learning how to navigate this site. This is probably the wrong place, butttttttttt...I read some posts about wetnotes and wondered if someone would enlighten this diver about them. Instead of the message board? How do they work?

 

[Scubaroo]

Yup - wrong place, feel free to start a new thread anytime

To answer your question, a picture is worth a 1000 words:

http://www.sandycovemarine.com/navigation/ritchie_notes.htm

Basically an underwater notebook, an alternative to a slate.

Welcome to ScubaBoard!

Ben

 

[Spectre]

Split out to it's own thread under General Equipment Discussions

 

[roakey]

The sheets are a finely textured plastic upon which you can write with a normal pencil.

Roak

 

[Kronos13]

roakey once bubbled...
The sheets are a finely textured plastic upon which you can write with a normal pencil.

Roak

Does that mean the sheets are eraseable or do you just buy a new book when that one's full?

 

[Aquamaniac]

either, dependant on how tight you are!!!!
I have cleaned them with a weak spirit mix, but now im lazy and just buy more.

 

[jeffsterinsf]

Available through West Marine at a reasonable price...

 

[SDAnderson]

WetNotes are great, but one of the things that has always bugged me about them is that they can't be run through a laser printer without melting.

Divers that generate their runtimes and tables on computers can save some time by printing instead of transcribing, but you need a waterproof paper that can be run through a laser. (Inkjets won't work since they use water-soluble ink.)

I was introduced to a solution by an aquaintance who is a Biologist and who found his students using this stuff for waterproof field notes. He's a creative guy and a diver, so he took the stuff underwater and Eureka! DuraRite Waterproof Paper sells a truly waterproof paper that can be run through a laser printer. Available in a variety of notebooks and binders, they also make looseleaf pages - perfect for running through a printer.

Also works well for those of us that create our own custom log pages - no more soggies.

Good stuff.

Steven

 

[jeffsterinsf]

Shoot -- those Durarite Notebooks look like the cat's meow. Have you actually dived with them before? Are the covers stiff enough to write on without a backing slate?

The same firm also seems to be known by
http://www.riteintherain.com/
which has some listings for local dealers.

Hmmm -- even just for the logbook, its looking interesting.

Thanks!

 

[raxafarian]

...in the rain is the same company that makes durarite... but don't get "rite in the rain products" because they are just water resistant... make sure to get the durarite version...