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John, Northeast Scuba · 4th January 2007, 00:57

Hi All, just wanted to say hello. My name is John Allen, owner of Northeast Scuba Supply, along with my father who most of you know is as Capt Bill. I thought I would post our thoughts on the rebreathers. We are perfectly fine with rebreathers as long as the diver is safe and has a record of being safe. Our bigest thing is safety. Those of you that know us personally know this. We have made a conscious effort about three years ago to start getting more knowledge on rebreathers. This was so we could make a true evaulation on whether or not WE were ready to make this step. We spoke to and got tons of great feedback from Mark Nix, Mark Luzader, Mark Zevitchan (so many damn Marks!) along with Richie Kohler, John Chatterton, Evan Kovacs and Larry Cohen. The talks were more based about the divers and their responsibilty not so much about the units. After all this we decided to let the divers we deemed safe on the boat. We welcome all to the boat but we would like to make sure you are safe and without attitude. I am sure we have upset people thatfor whatever reason we did not feel we were willing to take the risk of taking them out. For this I am sorry but it is our decision.

Capt Bill and I are both fine with rebreathers. We have even made the step to have rebreather training available thru our shop. The next three weeks will also see a change at Northeast Scuba Supply. We are right now in the midst of bringing in Sofnolime, SodaSorb and Micropore Catridges. We have also decided to carry as many spare parts for rebreathers that I can get my hands on.

The below statements were posted by another diver. As for his help in getting rebreathers on the boat it is totally false. As for any problems Capt Bill has with regards to MAJOR issues these are also completely erroneous. If anyone has any questions regarding this problem, concerns, anything that happened on the boat, CALL US. We believe in hiding nothing from the diving community. This is about learning and safety. There should be no hiding information the more people can learn from mistakes the better.

See ya John
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610-631-2288 (feel free to call anytime if you have questions)

Viszcaya wrote
I've been working on him to change the policy. With the help of some dive buddies, he changed his Rebreather policy in a statement just a few weeks ago.

This afternoon, I heard from other passengers that three CCR units were aboard. From the descriptions I can identifiy two of the divers. I'm told the third had some major issues, and put the fear of CCR back into the captain.

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John, Northeast Scuba New Member Current Rebreather/s: Optima Dolphin Other SCR Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other SCR Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Norristown, PA Posts: 22	Re: Tuna Seizure Hi All, just wanted to say hello. My name is John Allen, owner of Northeast Scuba Supply, along with my father who most of you know is as Capt Bill. I thought I would post our thoughts on the rebreathers. We are perfectly fine with rebreathers as long as the diver is safe and has a record of being safe. Our bigest thing is safety. Those of you that know us personally know this. We have made a conscious effort about three years ago to start getting more knowledge on rebreathers. This was so we could make a true evaulation on whether or not WE were ready to make this step. We spoke to and got tons of great feedback from Mark Nix, Mark Luzader, Mark Zevitchan (so many damn Marks!) along with Richie Kohler, John Chatterton, Evan Kovacs and Larry Cohen. The talks were more based about the divers and their responsibilty not so much about the units. After all this we decided to let the divers we deemed safe on the boat. We welcome all to the boat but we would like to make sure you are safe and without attitude. I am sure we have upset people thatfor whatever reason we did not feel we were willing to take the risk of taking them out. For this I am sorry but it is our decision. Capt Bill and I are both fine with rebreathers. We have even made the step to have rebreather training available thru our shop. The next three weeks will also see a change at Northeast Scuba Supply. We are right now in the midst of bringing in Sofnolime, SodaSorb and Micropore Catridges. We have also decided to carry as many spare parts for rebreathers that I can get my hands on. The below statements were posted by another diver. As for his help in getting rebreathers on the boat it is totally false. As for any problems Capt Bill has with regards to MAJOR issues these are also completely erroneous. If anyone has any questions regarding this problem, concerns, anything that happened on the boat, CALL US. We believe in hiding nothing from the diving community. This is about learning and safety. There should be no hiding information the more people can learn from mistakes the better. See ya John Scuba diving lessons, scuba diving gear equipment, technical diving gear equipment, oms 610-631-2288 (feel free to call anytime if you have questions) Viszcaya wrote I've been working on him to change the policy. With the help of some dive buddies, he changed his Rebreather policy in a statement just a few weeks ago. This afternoon, I heard from other passengers that three CCR units were aboard. From the descriptions I can identifiy two of the divers. I'm told the third had some major issues, and put the fear of CCR back into the captain.
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