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Hey, I want to hear more about this.
Somebody had MJB in his sights and missed!?!?!
I know flare guns aren't designed for horizontal shots, but still, what
a shame!
Wendell G
"Michael J. Black" wrote:
>
> Hiya CaptnDale,
>
> Good one about the flare wars on the Wisconsin shipwreck! Wanna
> tell us about it?
>
> As for the Dacor Extremes, I change the second stages to their older
> model, and have never had a free-flow, under the ice, on a wreck,
> below 160ffw, or whatever. As for Mike Zee and Scubapro regulators,
> he prefers you not use them on his boat because they are notorious
> for cold-induced free-flows, and my experience agrees with this.
> Regarding Sherwood regs, the Blizzard is also a very good cold-water
> reg. And all regulators can free-flow, so it really seems to be
> a matter of personal preference and experience.
>
> Later Dale, and don't shoot any flares at me if I tie up to the
> Wisconsin one of these days, OK?
>
> MJB
>
> --- CaptnDale@ao*.co* wrote:
> > In a message dated 7/26/00 12:24:21 PM Central Daylight Time,
> > mjblackmd@ya*.co* writes:
> >
> > << Sherwood Maximus or Brute regulators work well in icy cold water.
> > I prefer the Dacor Extreme. Scubapro regs (all of them) are more
> > prone to free-flow in icy cold, so much so that Mike Zee in Whitefish
> > Point won't even let you on his boat with one. >>
> >
> > I would agree that Sherwood regulators are not prone to freeze up. The
Dacor
> >
> > Extreem, on the other hand, is one of the worst designs I have ever seen for
> > cold water. It is designed to automatically INCREASE INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE
> > WITH DEPTH. That causes a slight freeflow and often results in a freeze up.
> >
> > As for what Mike Zee allows - I dove with him on his boat last year and used
> > my usual rig which includes two Scubapro MK14's for my primaries and
Scubapro
> >
> > MK2's for my stages. BTW, I have never been able to make my Scubapro MK14's
> > freeflow or ice up, nor have I ever seen anyone else freeze one of these
> > regulators.
> >
> > Good diving,
> > Dale
>
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