Don,

   Sorry I took so long to respond to this!  Actually, we just used a single
first stage with two seconds coming off of it, since we were only doing
recreational dives, well within NDLs.  I like the idea of H-valved tanks, &
had I known that we'd be using the same tanks all week, it would've been
quite easy to bring H-Valves from home & install them.  Probably will do
that next time...

  Although, like I say, we had no trouble with our single-reg setups since
it was all recreational stuff, anyway.

	Regards,

	Perry

-----Original Message-----
From: Mcinnis, Don [mailto:Don.Mcinnis@in*.co*]
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2000 8:34 AM
To: 'Perry Armor'; Mark G.; Tech list
Subject: RE: diving in Baja?


Did they supply H-valve singles or did you have to track them down
yourselves? I'm curious as to availability of things like this as I will be
travelling later in the year to Cozumel and obviously won't be lugging tanks
down there.

Don

-----Original Message-----
From: Perry Armor [mailto:perry@di*.co*]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 12:44 PM
To: Mark G.; Tech list
Subject: RE: diving in Baja?


FYI,

   My girlfriend & I just got back from the Caymans last night.  We spent a
week diving with "DIR" rigs aboard the Cayman Aggressor IV.  Half of the
passengers and a couple of the crew on the boat made remarks about how much
they liked our gear configs, with some even asking us how they cold modify
their current setups to be more like ours.  As expected, our gear functioned
flawlessly -- those 27 lb. Halcyon wings are perfect for single tanks &
lugging a vidcam.

  I guess there are idiots everywhere, so someone may get blasted for DIR
setups, but I've never seen it.  I used DIR in La Paz, BTW, and never got
hassled for it.

	Regards,

	Perry


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark G. [mailto:w8mg@pa*.ne*]
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 6:48 AM
To: Tech list
Subject: RE: diving in Baja?



>
> Has any DIR diver here *ever* been refused access to a charter
> boat, or any
> other dive site or facility?
>
>

yes (sorta):

there is at least one facility out west that wont let you wear a long hose.
One dive store manager in particular told me that i could use it, but he
wouldnt let anyone else, period.  go figure as to why.

my guess; a hold over from more than 10 years ago, when several people saw
the long hose and decided to use them for lobster hunting.  They would take
off their tanks and used the long hose like a hooka to explore small cracks.
a little surge, and they were separated from their air; not too brite, but
it happened fairly frequently (for a while) back then.

This fellows solution; you can dive what you want, just not a long hose.  He
has reiterated this position to me within the last year. And he is a self
described "tek " diver; a nice guy and otherwise good diver, but he learned
from an instructor who has left at least one buddy/body on the doria; in my
opinion not the best example of instructor.

And he hasnt dove his mess enough yet to figure just how problematic his
(fairly recently learned) techniques are.

mark

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