Northwest Dive Club

It'd be a Cove 2 kind've day ... the tide chart's showing some serious cleavage on Saturday ... http://www.dairiki.org/tides/daily.php/sea/2006-07-22

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Tom Nic wrote: Who else but divers would talk about "loving their computer"?!?

Geeks ... and in some cases they mean it literally ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

but on the lighter side its not my fault im illigitemate youy know I cant read or wright ](*,) \:D/ \:D/ \:D/ Ah, Sparky ... I think you meant to say "illiterate" ... "illegitimate" means that you don't know who your daddy was ... :dontknow: And John you could ask Bob B he knows...

Welcome back Doug ... when are we going diving?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Crabs ... yum!

I've got the license ... the goodie bag ... the gauge ... the catching skills ... the cleaning skills ... and the appetite.

So when are we goin' ???

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Likewise ... just let us know when you can dive ... somebody will be able to hook up with ya ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I second that question Calvin ... I think we should have a "let's take the noobs diving" day ... what're y'all doing this Saturday?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Maverick wrote: bob, i would love to have a dive with you some time, as would Cuppie.

That's easy ... all you need are the three magic words ... "let's go diving" ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Cuppie, me and the JIms finished our rescue class today, and man was it fun and informative. I love diving and now i feel like i could help someone if needed. but i want to take and oxygen class, anyone know how to do that? Well, there are two DAN instructors that I know of on this board ... me and...

That's a nice crinoid Dave. Kgdiver, the torus is very nice. I was amazed at how stable it was and how well you could move with it. I haven't dived another singles wing, but according to Bob the torus is one of his (if not the) favorite. I'd take him up on the offer to give it a try, prior to buyin...

It was great meeting everyone. Cheng and I had a great time ... and Cheng said this is the friendliest dive club she's ever seen. Huge thanks to John for the presentations ... as always, interesting and informative. And even HUGER thanks to Calvin for coordinating and hosting the get-together. Cheng...

Sorry to hear that Sparky ... them's the brakes (groan) ... ](*,)

Hope to see you up this way sometime soon ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Well, Cheng and I (both of the "Maybe" votes) will be there.

I moved my morning dive plans up an hour so we should be there by 1.

... Bob

After using my drysuit for buoyancy control for about 600 dives, I decided to try doing it the other way. I found that when I put minimal air in my drysuit (just enough to relieve the squeeze) and used my BCD more, I had far better overall buoyancy control. I could orient myself vertically without f...

I know I probably have some work to do w/ trim, etc. and I've never dived with a pony, but I recently remembered how much I like diving singles. To me, it's like driving a sportscar again after driving a truck around (the doubles). What usually takes two pushes from both fins to spin me around can ...

Looks like I should be able to make it, although I might be a bit late ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Anytime you make a major gear change you should give it a few dives before you make any judgments about the gear.

When I first switched from wetsuit to drysuit I hated it ... now I wouldn't dive in Puget Sound without it ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

HP100's are a sweet tank ... I borrowed some when I was in Monterey a few weeks back, and really enjoyed diving them ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I don't know how well they rinse it. To solve the problem I think you would need to remove the pin after every dive. I'll ask Dave D tonight. Dave, Gray, and I are diving the Mukilteo Oil dock for crab around 8pm, your welcome to join us. Thanks, but I'm taking a deco day ... I'm diving Lake Washin...

Jeff Kruse wrote:The few people I know who have the quick draw bracket complain about the pins freezing solid (over time) and not being able to remove the bracket.

Do they take the unit apart and clean it? If so, how often?

Salt water will corrode just about anything over time ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Bob, I thought you were DIR trained? ;) Slinging a AL40 full of air is not DIR and I am a little confused at how you could recommend that or a pony bottle??? A slung bottle is great to have but the gas in it is not readily accessible. You still need to turn the bottle on and deploy the hose. Solo d...

Most likely the quick draw bracket from Ultimate Products ...

http://www.quickdrawbracket.com/news.ivnu

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Bob, Another set of great pics! Which was the puget sound king crab you saw on Deep Sea? The larger one, or the small - all orange one? I am especially fond of the pictures of the octopus. Where was that? Jeanna The larger one Jeanna ... the small orange one was at Keystone. We saw two of them ther...

Well, the first week of July was awesome! Started out on Saturday at Kayak Point for an early morning crab dive with Bob Lew. Didn't get too many crabs, but enough for a nice dinner ... so it was a success. Sunday was a long day as Cheng and I drove up to Anacortes and boarded the Deep Sea for a 3-t...

One other thing to mention ... this is a site that's appropriate for no more than maybe 4 divers at a time. Please don't plan a group dive here. Besides the fact that it's a residential neighborhood, there's just not adequate room on the rock for more than a few divers (four starts to get crowded, a...