ScubaJill
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I came across this term on a dive operation's website.
What's a "shakedown dive"?
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It's when you go for a first dive with a sketchy operator and they steer the boat through rougher patches of water to make sure they shake every last nickel out of your pocket.
(It's a term for the first dive or two of the trip someplace relatively easy so everyone can knock the mothballs off of their gear and their skills. Like a warm-up dive.)
(It's a term for the first dive or two of the trip someplace relatively easy so everyone can knock the mothballs off of their gear and their skills. Like a warm-up dive.)
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Roger, don't scare the poor bugger away this early!
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that definition is about as good as any. First dive after a long time out of the water or out of those specific conditions, first dive with a change in your gear configuration, first dive of an expedition to make sure the team works well together, etc etc.
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that definition is about as good as any. First dive after a long time out of the water or out of those specific conditions, first dive with a change in your gear configuration, first dive of an expedition to make sure the team works well together, etc etc.
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It's alright, tbone. I'm not a newbie. I just never heard that term before.
Thanks, oya.
Thanks, oya.
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used fairly commonly in cave diving, never really heard it used in wreck or rec diving, but I don't do a lot of wreck diving and certainly not at anything close to an "expedition" level.
Not being worldly travelers, my log book describes one each late spring as we typically splash a local shallow quarry to remember what diving was like prior to the most recent ice age...
Rarely do we want to drop off the back of a boat in 140' of water for dive #1 of the year after a 6 month layoff...
also used in nondiving operations llike the shake down part of a cruise with a new crew.
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6 month layoff? WTF is that? My diving season is from 2 Jan to 23 Dec, with an optional off-season dive sometime between Xmas eve and New Year's eve.
To be a little more serious: I try to get in a dive about once a month in the low season, at least every 2 months. More than that, and I'm starting to feel really rusty and I definitely don't appreciate the n00b feeling I'm having after being dry for a couple of months.
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what's funny is my dry season is normally in the summer... Crowded dive locations, oppressive heat, lots of humidity and bugs. No thanks... I was dry basically from early May until late August this year with one day of diving at a lake prior to the last cave trip for some gear tweaks...
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submarines go on shakedown cruises after having maintenance....
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