Al, a few more years of carnage in New England diving and only Smithers
will be able to dive ( by flying to the islands to dive, like he is
doing now).


ajmarve@ba*.ne* wrote:
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Bob Sherwood is a full wkpp member, but his shop is on Lake Erie  I believe.
> 
> Tony Thomas at Stingray is a full on Halycon dealer, and I believe they do
> ANDI for gas training, which is the least strokish of the agencies from a
> narcosis standpoint, although they are big on the o2 cleaning. Will is right
> about the cave guys, but even they screw the pooch from time to time. We had
> one russian <trained full cave and ow instructor> who cut the anchor line
on
> purpose < !!! > and who was never able to explain his action.
> 
> I try to dir < this season I have been evaluating the aluminum double
> concept, and dammit if he isnt right again>  and we have a couple of
> "converts" who dive off our boat occasionally < paging the Hansen brothers,
> email me boys> but russians with oms, force fins, a limited grasp of deco
> theory < vif zhu do long divez, zhu hangski yes? hau much minute?> and more
> balls than brains tends to be the rule.
> 
> Bottom line in the NE is, if you want to DIR you have to start with yourself
> and then slowly try to teach small bits of the system piece by piece to your
> buddies. Give it a couple of years and you'll have something.
> 
> If you have any other questions, drop me a line.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Al Marvelli
> 
> William M. Smithers wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Chris Gregory wrote:
> >
> > > Which is the agency of choice for training and information and is there
> > > a DIR facility in the Northern NJ/NYC area?
> >
> > Ha! You can count the number of DIR divers around here on
> > one hand, and all of them that I know of are cave divers.
> > I have never once run across another Hogarthian on a boat
> > up here (and I don't count OW divers with junior wings and
> > a backplate diving an AL80).
> >
> > -Will
> >
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