This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C1BC2F.16E44CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Marshall These dives now are the work up and treaining dives. The purpose is to work out details with new equipment, drill and practicve skills lost over the late fall and winter months. The tune up dives are to get you ready for the ocean dives where you do NOT want to be fiddling around with new gear and configuration for the first time. The bottom temperature stay around 55 year round on the very deep dives (~160 and deeper) in VB and VA area. April and May off Virginia Beach we will be for the water to get up to the middle 50's. Drop by Hatteras it is still probably middle 60's now. This is not Bahamas diving. The snow was extra. David -----Original Message----- From: Marshall Wright [mailto:webster-wright@er*.co*] Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 11:57 PM To: TECHDIVER; Alan Russell (E-mail); Alex Varouxis (E-mail); Allyson Clagett (E-mail); Bob Sherwood (E-mail); Craig Hellmann (E-mail); Cyd Little (E-mail); Dave Dalton (E-mail); Dave Whittle (E-mail); David Moysey (E-mail); David Sun (E-mail); Donna Mitchell (E-mail); Gerard Mulford (E-mail); Glen Stone (E-mail); Gregory M. Leiby (E-mail); John Mason Jr. (E-mail); John Morris (E-mail); Kathy Lewis (E-mail); Ken Charlesworth (E-mail); Leslie Slone (E-mail); Mark Little (E-mail); Patrick Evans (E-mail); Robert Boling (E-mail); Rolf Hanlon (E-mail); Scott Cadle (E-mail); Stella (E-mail); Timothy James (E-mail); Allyson Clagett; Todd Clagett; Gary Truslow; VB TECH MAIL LIST; David B. Widen Cc: AtlanticDiver@ya*.co*; dc-scuba@ya*.co* Subject: Re: [AtlanticDiver] NOVA TECH Practice Dives @ Mt Storm I'm a diver too. But after reading your posting, I'm amazed at the apparent pain level of diving in February in DC area. Can't the scooter wait? How about going to a movie instead? May is only two months away! I don't mean to be mean, but aren't you pushing the season here? Marshall ----- Original Message ----- From: dmdalton To: TECHDIVER ; Alan Russell (E-mail) ; Alex Varouxis (E-mail) ; Allyson Clagett (E-mail) ; Bob Sherwood (E-mail) ; Craig Hellmann (E-mail) ; Cyd Little (E-mail) ; Dave Dalton (E-mail) ; Dave Whittle (E-mail) ; David Moysey (E-mail) ; David Sun (E-mail) ; Donna Mitchell (E-mail) ; Gerard Mulford (E-mail) ; Glen Stone (E-mail) ; Gregory M. Leiby (E-mail) ; John Mason Jr. (E-mail) ; John Morris (E-mail) ; Kathy Lewis (E-mail) ; Ken Charlesworth (E-mail) ; Leslie Slone (E-mail) ; Mark Little (E-mail) ; Patrick Evans (E-mail) ; Robert Boling (E-mail) ; Rolf Hanlon (E-mail) ; Scott Cadle (E-mail) ; Stella (E-mail) ; Timothy James (E-mail) ; Allyson Clagett ; Todd Clagett ; Gary Truslow ; VB TECH MAIL LIST ; David B. Widen Cc: AtlanticDiver@ya*.co* ; dc-scuba@ya*.co* Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 8:51 AM Subject: [AtlanticDiver] NOVA TECH Practice Dives @ Mt Storm Both Saturday & Sunday (2/16 & 2/17) of this past weekend found members of NOVA TECH doing practice dives at my favorite local winter dive site, Mt. Storm Lake (AKA: VEPCO Lake) in Mt Storm, WV. The lake has many features that makes it attractive for practice dives, not the least of which is the temperature of the water. Constructed as a cooling pond for a coal fired power plant the lake rarely gets below 50 degrees in the dead of winter and often is in the 60's. It also has depths to 130 ffw and platforms at 23 ffw, 50 ffw & 90 ffw. Water temperature was 60 degrees both days up several degrees from last weekend. The elevated temperature allows for much longer dives and much more practice time than one would normally endure in a 35-45 degree quarry in mid February! Both days saw the teams run times in the 70-80 minute range. Todd, Allyson & Allysa Clagett and Dave Dalton braved the cold winds to dive the lake on Saturday. While stiff winds lowered the effective air temps into the teens, the water temp couldn't be beat! Todd spent his time working on the weighting of his new Gavin scooter. They come slightly buoyant and require the owner to trim them out to get them just right. Todd had added weight to the scooter but found that although the overall buoyancy seemed right he needed to shift the weight to the rear. Dave and Allyson worked on general dive skills including reel work, lift bags and s-drills. Allysa worked on rock skipping! As stated water temp was a pleasant 60 degrees and viz varied from a low of about 10' to a high of about 30'. On Sunday Todd, Allyson, Allysa & Dave were back, this time joined by Johnny Morris, another of the NOVA TECH crowd. While the water temp was still a pleasant 60 degrees, we found icy roads for the last 5 miles and lots of snow (ow you know where the name came from). So much snow in fact (6" in the parking lot) that Dave opted to ferry gear for the Clagetts in his 4 X 4 so that Todd's 2 X 4, F-150 didn't get stuck. The wind was howling, fog blew in along with snow, but the diving was great. Todd found that 3rd time was charm with the scooter weighting and it couldn't have been better. He spent time towing others and couldn't have been more happy with his acquisition. Johnny worked on some changes to his gear configuration, jury is still out on some of that. Next weekend some of the NOVA TECH crowd will be headed to Lake Rawlings to join up with the VB-TECH crowd for more practice. Come on out and join us! Dave Dalton __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT Jeff's web page: http://members.aol.com/divesafety/DiveSafety.htm To view the "AtlanticDiver" web page go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AtlanticDiver Post message: AtlanticDiver@ya*.co* Subscribe: AtlanticDiver-subscribe@ya*.co* Unsubscribe: AtlanticDiver-unsubscribe@ya*.co* List owner: AtlanticDiver-owner@eg*.co* Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ------=_NextPart_000_0077_01C1BC2F.16E44CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>Marshall</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>These=20 dives now are the work up and treaining dives. The purpose is to work = out=20 details with new equipment, drill and practicve skills lost over the = late fall=20 and winter months. The tune up dives are to get you ready for = the ocean=20 dives where you do NOT want to be fiddling around with new gear and=20 configuration for the first time. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>The=20 bottom temperature stay around 55 year round on the very deep dives = (~160 and=20 deeper) in VB and VA area.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>April=20 and May off Virginia Beach we will be for the water to get up to = the middle=20 50's. Drop by Hatteras it is still probably middle 60's now. This is not = Bahamas=20 diving.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>The=20 snow was extra.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=3D660145010-23022002><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff = size=3D2>David</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr style=3D"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT = face=3DTahoma=20 size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Marshall Wright=20 [mailto:webster-wright@er*.co*]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 22, = 2002=20 11:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B> TECHDIVER; Alan Russell (E-mail); Alex Varouxis = (E-mail); Allyson Clagett (E-mail); Bob Sherwood (E-mail); Craig = Hellmann=20 (E-mail); Cyd Little (E-mail); Dave Dalton (E-mail); Dave Whittle = (E-mail);=20 David Moysey (E-mail); David Sun (E-mail); Donna Mitchell (E-mail); = Gerard=20 Mulford (E-mail); Glen Stone (E-mail); Gregory M. Leiby (E-mail); John = Mason=20 Jr. (E-mail); John Morris (E-mail); Kathy Lewis (E-mail); Ken = Charlesworth=20 (E-mail); Leslie Slone (E-mail); Mark Little (E-mail); Patrick Evans = (E-mail);=20 Robert Boling (E-mail); Rolf Hanlon (E-mail); Scott Cadle (E-mail); = Stella=20 (E-mail); Timothy James (E-mail); Allyson Clagett; Todd Clagett; Gary = Truslow;=20 VB TECH MAIL LIST; David B. Widen<BR><B>Cc:</B> = AtlanticDiver@ya*.co*;=20 dc-scuba@ya*.co*<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AtlanticDiver] NOVA = TECH=20 Practice Dives @ Mt Storm<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm a diver too. But after = reading your=20 posting, I'm amazed at the apparent pain level of diving in February = in DC=20 area. Can't the scooter wait?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How about going to a movie = instead?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>May is only two months = away!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I don't mean to be mean, but aren't = you pushing=20 the season here?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Marshall</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Ddmdalton2000@ya*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:dmdalton2000@ya*.co*">dmdalton</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dtechdiver@aquanaut.com=20 href=3D"mailto:techdiver@aquanaut.com">TECHDIVER</A> ; <A=20 title=3Darussell22@st*.ne* = href=3D"mailto:arussell22@st*.ne*">Alan=20 Russell (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Dalexv@er*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:alexv@er*.co*">Alex Varouxis (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dallysonclagett@ea*.ne*=20 href=3D"mailto:allysonclagett@ea*.ne*">Allyson Clagett = (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dsherwood@st*.rr*.co* = href=3D"mailto:sherwood@st*.rr*.co*">Bob Sherwood=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Ddvr.craig@ve*.ne*=20 href=3D"mailto:dvr.craig@ve*.ne*">Craig Hellmann (E-mail)</A> ; = <A=20 title=3Dcyd.little@ne*.co* = href=3D"mailto:cyd.little@ne*.co*">Cyd Little=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Ddmdalton2000@ya*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:dmdalton2000@ya*.co*">Dave Dalton (E-mail)</A> ; <A = title=3Dgnat@ao*.ne* href=3D"mailto:gnat@ao*.ne*">Dave Whittle = (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Ddmoysey@ar*.ar*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:dmoysey@ar*.ar*.co*">David Moysey = (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Ddsun_mail@ya*.co* = href=3D"mailto:dsun_mail@ya*.co*">David Sun=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Ddlmitchell@rc*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:dlmitchell@rc*.co*">Donna Mitchell (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dgerard.mulford@ne*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:gerard.mulford@ne*.co*">Gerard Mulford = (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dhgstone@ao*.co* href=3D"mailto:hgstone@ao*.co*">Glen Stone = (E-mail)</A>=20 ; <A title=3Dgleiby@ya*.co* = href=3D"mailto:gleiby@ya*.co*">Gregory M. Leiby=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Djohn.mason.jr@au*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:john.mason.jr@au*.co*">John Mason Jr. = (E-mail)</A> ;=20 <A title=3Djmorris@xy*.co* = href=3D"mailto:jmorris@xy*.co*">John=20 Morris (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Ddiverkate@ao*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:diverkate@ao*.co*">Kathy Lewis (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dkenc@up*.ne* href=3D"mailto:kenc@up*.ne*">Ken = Charlesworth=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Dslone@ix*.ne*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:slone@ix*.ne*.co*">Leslie Slone (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3D3littles@ms*.co* href=3D"mailto:3littles@ms*.co*">Mark = Little=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Dp22e@ya*.co* = href=3D"mailto:p22e@ya*.co*">Patrick=20 Evans (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Drboling@id*.or*=20 href=3D"mailto:rboling@id*.or*">Robert Boling (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dnuppi@ea*.ne* href=3D"mailto:nuppi@ea*.ne*">Rolf = Hanlon=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Dscadle@ea*.ne*=20 href=3D"mailto:scadle@ea*.ne*">Scott Cadle (E-mail)</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dstella_c@co*.co* = href=3D"mailto:stella_c@co*.co*">Stella=20 (E-mail)</A> ; <A title=3Djamestj5@ho*.co*=20 href=3D"mailto:jamestj5@ho*.co*">Timothy James (E-mail)</A> ; <A = title=3Dallysonlc@ea*.ne* = href=3D"mailto:allysonlc@ea*.ne*">Allyson=20 Clagett</A> ; <A title=3Dtoddclagett1@ea*.ne*=20 href=3D"mailto:toddclagett1@ea*.ne*">Todd Clagett</A> ; <A=20 title=3Dgtruslow@st*.ed* href=3D"mailto:gtruslow@st*.ed*">Gary = Truslow</A> ;=20 <A title=3Dvbtech@ci*.co* = href=3D"mailto:vbtech@ci*.co*">VB TECH=20 MAIL LIST</A> ; <A title=3Ddwiden@co*.ne* = href=3D"mailto:dwiden@co*.ne*">David=20 B. Widen</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A=20 title=3DAtlanticDiver@ya*.co*=20 = href=3D"mailto:AtlanticDiver@ya*.co*">AtlanticDiver@yahoogroups.c= om</A>=20 ; <A title=3Ddc-scuba@ya*.co*=20 = href=3D"mailto:dc-scuba@ya*.co*">dc-scuba@yahoogroups.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 21, = 2002 8:51=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [AtlanticDiver] NOVA = TECH=20 Practice Dives @ Mt Storm</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Both Saturday & Sunday (2/16 & 2/17) of = this=20 past<BR>weekend found members of NOVA TECH doing practice<BR>dives = at my=20 favorite local winter dive site, Mt. Storm<BR>Lake (AKA: VEPCO Lake) = in Mt=20 Storm, WV. The lake has<BR>many features that makes it = attractive for=20 practice<BR>dives, not the least of which is the temperature = of<BR>the=20 water. Constructed as a cooling pond for a coal<BR>fired power = plant=20 the lake rarely gets below 50<BR>degrees in the dead of winter and = often is=20 in the<BR>60's. It also has depths to 130 ffw and platforms = at<BR>23=20 ffw, 50 ffw & 90 ffw. <BR><BR>Water temperature was 60 degrees = both days=20 up several<BR>degrees from last weekend. The elevated=20 temperature<BR>allows for much longer dives and much more = practice<BR>time=20 than one would normally endure in a 35-45 degree<BR>quarry in mid=20 February! Both days saw the teams run<BR>times in the 70-80 = minute=20 range.<BR><BR>Todd, Allyson & Allysa Clagett and Dave Dalton=20 braved<BR>the cold winds to dive the lake on Saturday. = While<BR>stiff=20 winds lowered the effective air temps into the<BR>teens, the water = temp=20 couldn't be beat! Todd spent<BR>his time working on the = weighting of=20 his new Gavin<BR>scooter. They come slightly buoyant and = require=20 the<BR>owner to trim them out to get them just right. = Todd<BR>had=20 added weight to the scooter but found that<BR>although the overall = buoyancy=20 seemed right he needed<BR>to shift the weight to the rear. = Dave and=20 Allyson<BR>worked on general dive skills including reel = work,<BR>lift bags=20 and s-drills. Allysa worked on rock<BR>skipping! As = stated water=20 temp was a pleasant 60<BR>degrees and viz varied from a low of about = 10' to=20 a<BR>high of about 30'.<BR><BR>On Sunday Todd, Allyson, Allysa & = Dave=20 were back, this<BR>time joined by Johnny Morris, another of the NOVA = TECH<BR>crowd. While the water temp was still a pleasant=20 60<BR>degrees, we found icy roads for the last 5 miles and<BR>lots = of snow=20 (ow you know where the name came from). <BR>So much snow in fact (6" = in the=20 parking lot) that Dave<BR>opted to ferry gear for the Clagetts in = his 4 X 4=20 so<BR>that Todd's 2 X 4, F-150 didn't get stuck. The = wind<BR>was=20 howling, fog blew in along with snow, but the<BR>diving was = great. =20 Todd found that 3rd time was charm<BR>with the scooter weighting and = it=20 couldn't have been<BR>better. He spent time towing others and = couldn't=20 have<BR>been more happy with his acquisition. Johnny = worked<BR>on some=20 changes to his gear configuration, jury is<BR>still out on some of=20 that.<BR><BR>Next weekend some of the NOVA TECH crowd will = be<BR>headed to=20 Lake Rawlings to join up with the VB-TECH<BR>crowd for more = practice. =20 Come on out and join us!<BR><BR>Dave=20 = Dalton<BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do = You=20 Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! 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