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Nail the "hardplate" on your forehead where it belongs. C > Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:55:33 +0200 > From: "Manos Manoli" <manos@ma*.co*.cy*> > To: S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N <silent@cu*.ne*>, > Tech Diver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Subject: Re: wing failure > Stroke call your Mother you stupid f... idiot. > For your information those tiny ones as you call them he he > you can find everywhere in Cyprus. > > I hate alu tanks and im not suprice you are suggesting them since you are sick > on the head > and dot try to give me a lecture about you being Dir. Everyone can see from > your > words that you are another "ego diver " > > Any way who the f... > told you that im using sherwood or other crab regs ? Im using Scubapro D400 > with Mk20 and R380 with Mk20 Halcyon Hardplate and Wings. > > Not only you idiots are swearing at me for > asking a simple question you also started to put words in my mouth now. > > Im starting to get sick of this List where you people love to insult each other. > > Manos > > > > S I L E N T I M M E R S I O N wrote: > > > The strokes will never learn. But you are right here, the drysuit is the > > best option to make his dives safer. We dive here in the Caribbean with > > TLS350's and the water is 82F/28C. It all comes down to undergarment as you > > say. > > We don't use argon but rather air to fill the suit and that works just fine. > > That is something else the strokes forget, they think that they only need to > > buy a drysuit...but actually you also need your small cylinder, a way to > > attach it to your harnass or doubles, a regulator, pressure gauge (one of > > those really tiny ones, probably not to easy to find on Cyprus), of course > > an overpressure valve, and the proper length hose. > > Then you might want to sell your steel stages, buy alu40's, buy decent regs > > for the stages not the crapy Sherwoods or whatever convoluted crap you are > > using now and yes, it is all very expensive! And guess what...there is no > > substitute for the right equipment. So you either have the right equiment > > and dive or you have the bullshit equipment and die. > > > > Regards, > > > > THOMAS > > > > > >Im so much worried that i got no redundancy for my wings. Since water is > > > >quite warm here i always > > > >dive in a 5mm wet suit. So what's Dir in this case ? Pls don't answer to > > > >me " get a Dry Suit " > > > > > > Unfortunately, "get a dry suit" is quite probably the right answer. > > > > > > Manos, I don't know what you are calling "quite warm" water. 5mm neoprene > > > wetsuit is suitable for what we in Texas consider fairly cold water (say, > > > down to 65 F / 18 C or so). > > > > > > I am told by knowledgeable local divers that drysuits are suitable for all > > > water temperatures, given only a careful choice of thermal undergarments. > > > At least one company makes a drysuit that they advertise as being > > > specifically intended for warm water diving. > > > > > > >With empty wings at 35 meters i try to deploy a lift back and winch my > > > >self up. Although it > > > >worked it proved to be physical demanding and my air consumption was at > > > >its maximum. > > > > > > This sounds like a good emergency procedure rehearsal, but it also sounds > > > like you are dangerously overweighted. Given that you were wearing a 5mm > > > neoprene wetsuit, that probably requires close to 20 lbs / 9 kg of lead at > > > the surface, that had lost half its buoyancy due to compression at depth, > > > this is perhaps not surprising. > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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