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Another update on the Maestro Pro, and some observations.

On Saturday and Sunday I took the computer on a 140' and 160' dive respectively.
This time I programmed the machine in advance for air with 99.99% O2 as the
decompression gas and had no problems (something about time pressure I think,
doing it at home is easy, doing it on the boat is hard).

One thing I noticed is the computer gets you out of the water a lot faster
than tables do.  We were using the SRL (that's Submariner Research ?Labs?
for Mr. Appleyard :) tables and they called for 25 minutes of stops on the
160' (1 3 5 5 11) with O2 at 20' and 10'.  At the start of the ascent (19
minutes) the MP called for a 20' ceiling, no stops at 40 or 30.  It cleared
me before I got to the 10' stop.

I followed the tables, and it's been mentioned that there's very little
experience with using these machines for deco dives, so I have no intention
of shortening my stops to match the machine, but it is interesting to
note that if the machine were right, I'd have been out of the water in
about half the time.

Scott.

PS, if anyone is interested in parting out a Maestro Pro or Nemesis II,
I'd like to buy a used wrist unit.  I left mine on the dock for a few
minutes while I brought my car around and it was gone when I got back.
Now some fool is wandering around Monterey trying to figure out why
the fancy new computer he found doesn't work.  On the upside, if it
had been an AirX, I'd be buying a whole new computer ;).

S.

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