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Well Fraser, You may like your east end of Grand Cayman and I did appreciate the invitation to dive with you, but...I had signed up with Divetech/Cobalt Coast long before your invitation, the prevailing winds all week (Jan. 19 - 26, 02) were out of the east (your end), and say what you want, there is no way any part of Grand Cayman (and you're right, I haven't seen every square inch) can compare with Little Cayman's spectacular wall. Furthermore, if shore diving were so great on your end, don't you suppose the dive resorts would be rearranged a little differently? A couple of divers from my group did make the one-hour drive to your shop and did a shark dive with you, which they enjoyed; but for me, you weren't on my agenda. And if you think there are only one or two Doing-It-Rightists with an attitude, you have a world to conquer. Thanks again, and good luck with your future diving. --- Rocky <rocdiver@be*.ne*> wrote: > > > Mr. Black, > You cannot catagorize all of the diving on Grand Cayman by the tiny amount > you saw either at Divetech or Sunset House. > When you posted your original request for info. I responded, and invited you > out to the East End. To my knowledge, you never came. > The East End has pristine walls and shallow reefs of far better quality than > anywhere else on the island and definitely on a par with the Sister Islands. > As your last trip was "nearly twenty years ago" I doubt that you have > experienced much of what Grand Cayman has to offer in the way of diving. > I am sorry about your experience with the Doing It Rightist you encountered. > As I also mentioned, I have seven staff who all dive somewhat DIR, not one > is loud-mouthed, arrogant, self-centred or obnoxious, if we were , then I > guess we wouldn't have been voted the World's Best Staff by the readers of > Rodales. > If you know the name of this individual, perhaps I could contact him and > explain that his attitude does nothing to enhance the progression of DIR. > > Regards, and please look us up next time you visit Grand Cayamn. > > Fraser Purdon > > Operations Manager www.oceanfrontiers.com > > GUE Instructor www.gue.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael J. Black" <mjblackmd@ya*.co*> > To: "Aquanaut Mail" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> > Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 6:13 PM > Subject: Tech Diving in Grand Cayman > > > > Was in Grand Cayman for a week of tech diving and have a couple > > of comments. > > > > The good: Divetech, www.divetech.com, and Cobalt Coast Resort, > > www.cobaltcoast.com, were first-class and I recommend them highly > > to rec and/or tech divers alike. The IANTD trimix course I took > > met my expectations, and the instructors at Divetech are heavy > > on knowledge and light on ego (in contrast to this mailing list). > > And meeting Tom Mount briefly at Sunset House, teaching a rebreather > > course, was a pleasure...Tom, you are in great shape for your age, > > and thanks for a great course. > > > > The not-so-good: The diving at Grand Cayman sadly does not > > compare with her sister islands, Brac and Little. Although very > > good in general, the wall on Grand pales compared to the wall on > > Little (but then few if any other walls in the Caribbean can compare > > to Little). The shallow stuff at Divetech, where most deco time is > > spent, is sandy, lacking in coral and marine life, and basically > > dull. A few lettuce-leaf nudibranchs are crawling about, but I > > expected lots of coral and marine life right up to shore, and that > > just is not the case. Finally, Grand Cayman has developed exponentially > > since my last dive trip there, nearly twenty years ago. It has become > > an island for the very rich, moreso than any Caribbean island I have > > visited (Cozumel, Roatan, Cayman Brac, Grand Turk, Providenciales, > > Bonaire, Curacao, Martinique, to name some), and a diver can do much > > better IMHO. Oh and I'm pretty sure I saw my first Doing-It-Rightist > > ever on a dive trip, at the resort. The Halcyon BC and steel-springed > > finstraps were evident, plus the guy was a loud-mouthed, arrogant, > > obnoxious, self-centered type...yep, that'd be DIR. > > > > MJB > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! > > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.yahoo.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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