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| No Viz is BAD Viz ![]() Current Rebreather/s: | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name Theo Starr Location Sydney Australia First Qualified Oct 1997 Rebreather Qualified TDI Meg Air Dil Club Member No Highest Diving Qualification PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer TDI Nitrox Instructor Instructor Yes/No Yes What other training have you found most rewarding All training I found to be rewarding What’s your standard Kit Meg with narked at 90 stand Where do you usually Dive Sydney Australia Number of Dives 1100 Deepest Dive 60m on OC on the SS President Coolidge Longest Dive 94 mins at Kurnell Sydney Favourite Dive No Favourite Dive, there are some I prefer on a given day. But I love YAP and diving with Mantas Worst Dive There are no bad dives What dive/trip would you most like to do The Next One The plan is at the moment to do Tasmania (in Australia) in October Solomon Islands in October Tranquility Island in Vanuatu in December The Solomons again next year What ONE other question should I have included? What do really like about diving???? |
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| New Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Bangkok
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![]() ![]() | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name Laurent Location Bangkok, Thailand First Qualified CMAS* in about 1990 Rebreather Qualified End 2005 Club Member Own part of a divecenter in Koh Chang, Thailand (TecEvolution) Highest Diving Qualification CCR Full cave (not much practice) CCR Mod 2 TDI ER instructor Instructor Yes/No Yes OC, No CCR What other training have you found most rewarding CCR Full cave OC ANDI Technical Wreck OC TDI crossover with Cedric from PADI Tec Deep instructor What’s your standard Kit Standard APECS Meg, evolve 40 wing, de inverted 3l tanks and sidemount kit Where do you usually Dive In Thailand Number of Dives 500+, 400 over the last 2 years including 100+ hours CCR Deepest Dive 73 metres on a sub Longest Dive 3.5 hours (50 minutes bottom time at 62m ish) off the trident Favourite Dive Any WWII virgin wreck dive Worst Dive - CCR Full cave course with Cedric when i realized how crap my trim was on a CCR (but useful) - OC ANDI Technical Wreck when i tangled my spool line in my twinset manifole AND in between the split fins i was wearing at the time while wearing a blacked out mask (but useful) What dive/trip would you most like to do 1- Finding a Spanish Gallion full of gold 2- The Repulse off the coast off malaysia 3- Any tech liveaboard looking for WWII wrecks really What ONE other question should I have included? What DONT you like about diving ? buying, carrying, breaking, servicing, washing and all the rest of the gear hastle |
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| Sport Kiss & Shearwater Current Rebreather/s: Sport Kiss Other CCR Home Build Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Sport Kiss Classic Kiss MK 15.X Other CCR Home Build Join Date: May 2006 Location: pearl city hawaii EARTH moving to Iscandar
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![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name Steve what's your favorite/least favorite wreck.Location Pearl harbour hawaii HOO-YA AMERICA First Qualified Nov 1984 CAPECOD MA OW Rebreather Qualified on Dolphin Feb 05, on Sport KIss sometime in AUG Club Member Club Baby SEAL...KEEP ABORTION ALIVE Highest Diving Qualification YASDO Instructor Yes/No NO...but wife is What other training have you found most rewarding life guard (navy) What’s your standard Kit Sport Kiss w/ shearwater GF, sometimes Cochran when I don't hate them Where do you usually Dive Oahu (summer) northshore firehoue (winter) southshore...various Number of Dives oc 2000+, Rebreather 100 Deepest Dive 460 surface supplied (east coast doing research) 360 oc on submarine wreck doing research. Rebreather 210 in GUAM on sep 1st 07 in the blue hole CHECK IT OUT Longest Dive 17 HRS....well there was this 93 dayer Favourite Dive All of them Worst Dive drift dive on majuro...bubbles were going in circles...i went down...wife went up...was sweating, boat said we made close to 10 knots in the water What dive/trip would you most like to do the submarine in thailand so i can say good bye to my fellow submariners What ONE other question should I have included? Last edited by grandizer52 : 4th September 2007 at 09:25. Reason: duh |
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| Apprentice Meg Pilot Current Rebreather/s: | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name Kieran Location Perth, Australia First Qualified PADI OW in 1998 Rebreather Qualified Feb 2007 Club Member UWA UC (OC only) Highest Diving Qualification CCR Air Diluent Instructor Yes/No Yes OC, No CCR What other training have you found most rewarding Wreck training - looking forward to the challenge of MOD2 and 3 though What’s your standard Kit Standard APECS Meg 2.01j, Trek wing, 2.7l tanks, and 5.7l bailout Where do you usually Dive In Perth Number of Dives 400+ , 50+ dives CCR Deepest Dive 42 metres lots of times (the magic depth I never seem to crack) Longest Dive 2 hours on OC, about 60 minutes on Rebreather (isn't that the wrong way round ) but in Perth its hard to get a longer dive with MOD 1 unless you really like staring at crabs in the river.Favourite Dive Lots of spots in Manado, North Sulawesi Worst Dive - CCR - trying a dry suit (for the first time) with only a few hours on the Meg; flooded the loop and drained my bailout in the process of attempting to get to terms with the drysuit. Fortunately, I'd had the good sense to do this on a shore dive in 12m of water so I could hail CESA without any negative consequences - OC - choking on an o-ring or something that shot into my throat through a dodgy second-stage while struggling against the current to get to the best part of a divesite, really thought my number was up What dive/trip would you most like to do 1- Chuuk 2- Exploring Raja Ampat area for wrecks etc 3- Rowly Shoals and the list goes on What ONE other question should I have included? What's the biggest downside (if any) to switching to CCR? Getting the CCR and all the paraphernalia on a plane, particularly in Oz |
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| Ladies bring a plate ![]() ![]() Current Rebreather/s: | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name Steve Location Perth, Australia First Qualified OW in 1987 Rebreather Qualified 1992 Club Member Nope Highest Diving Qualification Adv 3mix OC and a few CCRs Instructor Yes/No Yes What other training have you found most rewarding Cave training and most rewarding was Field Medic and Chamber Operator What’s your standard Kit Sold the Meg and am in limbo for a deep rig. The SK is fun to dive for now Where do you usually Dive In Perth Number of Dives logged 3.5k last year. About 700 CCR dives Deepest Dive 147m OC and 143m CC Longest Dive 7 h 15 min Favourite Dive Tough call. Probably one of the wildlife encounters like whales. Worst Dive Oh there has been some real crap in there. Another tough call. Probably doing a body count in Bougainville. Still have dreams about that. What dive/trip would you most like to do An endless summer What ONE other question should I have included? How much for the little girl.
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| Crash Test Dummy Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Other CCR Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Cairo
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Sold the Meg ![]() Quote: How much for the little girl. You have a sick mind, and I love it... ![]()
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| New Member Current Rebreather/s: | Name Roland Somodi Location Kaposvar, Hungary First Qualified Back in 1998 NAUI OW Rebreather Qualified Not Yet ;-) but working on it Club Member For some reasons it is extremely hard to get a group of GOOD people together with a same interest. For some people diving is just for a short period in their life,just as long as their neighbours, dentists, lawyers, etc dive. than they switch over to parachuting or playing golf. I gues you all know what I mean! Highest Diving Qualification OC Trimix Instructor Yes/No No and not planning on it either. diving is not for everyone , and I wouldn't hesitate for a second to tell someone to go and play chess. What other training have you found most rewarding DAN Advanced O2 provider, EMT Basic What’s your standard Kit still OC, POseidon regs, alu blackplate, scubapro C1 trilam drysuit. Hopefully before the end of this year it all will be called an Inspiration CCR Where do you usually Dive European caves; Adriatic sea Number of Dives 700+ on OC Zero on CC Deepest Dive 82meters Longest Dive 3 hours Favourite Dive Molnar Janos cave at Budapest Worst Dive all of the dives when I had a headache What dive/trip would you most like to do Dive in the Opal mine of Dubnik Slovakia I'm a 31 years old punk who couldn't live without diving!!! ![]() |
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| Shearwater Copis Divers ![]() Current Rebreather/s: Other CCR Other Rebreather/s: Evolution Other CCR Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: seattle
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name George Location Seattle First Qualified 1994 Rebreather Qualified April, 2006 Club Member none currently...used to belong to the Marker Bouey Dive Club Highest Diving Qualification Padi DM Instructor Yes/No no...never...I enjoy diving to much for that ;~). What other training have you found most rewarding my background in alternative and mainstream medicine has been very helpful, I have a masters degree...In science! :~) What’s your standard Kit Copis Meg with Shearwater GF and HUD Where do you usually Dive a couple of tropical trips a year plus regular local cold water diving Number of Dives 700+ Deepest Dive 175 fsw Longest Dive 2 hours Favorite Dive kayak diving remote areas in the northern gulf islands of British Columbia. Worst Dive 115 fsw, 1.5 knot down welling...on OC What dive/trip would you most like to do 8 weeks in the south pacific...PNG, Raja Ampat and a few others.
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| New Member Current Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Other Rebreather/s: Not Bought Yet Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Margate/London
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![]() | Name MarkyGuitar Yes I Compose & play Guitar too Location Margate/Dover/E. Kent/London Rebreather Qualified Not yet; Just trying Voyager now Club Member ISAC 1803 Highest Diving Qualification PADI (sorry) AI Instructor Yes(ish) DSD, nav, + Dive leading & Saftey Officer (Operation Wallacea and other CRF/BioMap Expeditions) What’s your standard Kit OC 300 + 300 pony & FFM Where do you usually Dive UK or anywhere Deepest Dive 61 m (air) Roatan Banks Longest Dive 1 hr 20 Favourite Dive Jardensfijord (Ice - 1.4 m thick/ -20C air temp - wind 10 Knots) Worst Dive Dont ask! What dive/trip would you most like to do Antarctic/Wookey etc etc What ONE other question should I have included? Does anyone want music for underwater vids? Last edited by MarkyGuitar : 12th September 2007 at 07:13. |
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| Custom Title Disallowed! ![]() ![]() Current Rebreather/s: Dolphin Other Rebreather/s: Dolphin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Land of the Freef, UK.
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Re: Get to Know each other :-) Name David 'Freeflow' Morris Location Woodford Halse [Twinned with Royston Vasey] Northants, UK. First Qualified July 1997, good old Stoney Cove. Rebreather Qualified 2001, Maltaqua, Malta-in monsoon season. Club Member No one would have me! Sort of hanger on with BSAC 955, looking into Banbury BSAC when I get the time. Highest Diving Qualification IANTD Normoxic/PADI MSDT Instructor Yes/No Retired. What other training have you found most rewarding Express Lifts Apprenticeship. What’s your standard Kit Rebreather: Dolphin, 3L bailoout, 7L stage. OC: single 10 to twin 12's and 2 x 10L stages. Where do you usually Dive Stoney bloody Cove as I live near there, South Coast of UK. Number of Dives Just over 900 Deepest Dive 60m, OC, 36m Rebreather Longest Dive 92 min Favourite Dive Big wrecks, Scapa cruisers, Murree. Worst Dive Water 4 degrees C, sat on the surface for 2 1/2 hours being a 'body' on a rescue course as a DM. What dive/trip would you most like to do Bikini-I was planning a trip there, but Jim at Scuba Safaris couldn't pull his finger out. I bought a Speed Triple with the cash instead. What ONE other question should I have included? Have you ever considered giving up diving? [My answer, yes]
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