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Scuba Forum / General / June 2005so, who's really diving (on topic)
Perfect weather yesterday, rain & overcast, great for keeping the swimming only crowd down. Did a "quickie", 120 ffw for 14, 30 min TDT (bud using single 80), then a few shallow minutes down the run to shorten the walk. Used 31% in dub AL80s, 3 mil full, 2 mil hood. Water was 74 deg, vis around 75 ft, fair number of fish in spring & run, bikini count zero. :-( Have all 3 sets of dubs ready for a busy summer, starting next weekend. Y'all diving or just talking? Curtis > Have all 3 sets of dubs ready for a busy summer, starting next weekend. > > Y'all diving or just talking? Talking for now. It's really 25 more days before I leave for a 9-day Cocos liveaboard, but since I have to spend the weekend before in Denver for a cousin's wedding, the upcoming travel is getting closer than I like given my current workload. Therefore, no time to waste playing in the cold local Pacific waters when I'll be doing 25+ dives in warm remote Pacific waters in a few weeks. > Therefore, no time to waste playing in the cold local Pacific waters when > I'll be doing 25+ dives in warm remote Pacific waters in a few weeks. Our local waters are never cold and dark, and never a waste of time. :-) Curtis >> Y'all diving or just talking? I'll do a 5 or 6 foot dive sometime next week to find out what has fouled one of my props. The water in my boat club isn't cold, but it is dark and dirty. Other than that, I'll have to wait until Friday of next week. Lee >>> Y'all diving or just talking? > > I'll do a 5 or 6 foot dive sometime next week to find out what has fouled > one of my props. The water in my boat club isn't cold, but it is dark and > dirty. Other than that, I'll have to wait until Friday of next week. That's the second time in a week I've been misquoted for Curtis. Please y'all get it straight: He's the bigger one. I'm the more handsome. He's the bigger one. I'm the more handsome. <snicker>  SignatureMy diesel truck has been modified to run on an environmentally friendly mixture of clean burning Caribou fat and whale oil. "Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions" G.K. Chesterton >>>> Y'all diving or just talking? >> I'll do a 5 or 6 foot dive sometime next week to find out what has fouled >> one of my props. The water in my boat club isn't cold, but it is dark >> and dirty. Other than that, I'll have to wait until Friday of next week. > That's the second time in a week I've been misquoted for Curtis. Please > y'all get it straight: He's the bigger one. I'm the more handsome. Not misquoted, just not deleted. Curtis is definitely the bigger one. Lee > Not misquoted, just not deleted. Curtis is definitely the bigger one. Nobody correcting the better looking part? :-( Curtis >> Not misquoted, just not deleted. Curtis is definitely the bigger one. > > Nobody correcting the better looking part? :-( Nobody confirming it either. >> Nobody correcting the better looking part? :-( > > Nobody confirming it either. Sounds like a lawyer's comment. Curtis >>> Nobody correcting the better looking part? :-( >> >> Nobody confirming it either. > > Sounds like a lawyer's comment. It related to a lawyer's claim. >>>> Nobody correcting the better looking part? :-( >>> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > It related to a lawyer's claim. At least I won't try and say I'm smarter than the whole lot of you, we'll leave that to Ding-a-Ling, but either I'm good looking enough or I married a vision-impaired woman. :-) Curtis > At least I won't try and say I'm smarter than the whole lot of you, > we'll leave that to Ding-a-Ling, but either I'm good looking enough or I > married a vision-impaired woman. :-) More likely, you married one that can see past the surface. > More likely, you married one that can see past the surface. Um, well, yeah, thanks.......I think. Curtis >> More likely, you married one that can see past the surface. > > Um, well, yeah, thanks.......I think. You're welcome . . . I'm sure. > ...Other than that, I'll have to wait until Friday of next week. Isn't that *this* Friday? -hh >> ...Other than that, I'll have to wait until Friday of next week. > Isn't that *this* Friday? Probably, but to be sure to avoid confusion, it's Friday, the 10th. > Isn't that *this* Friday? Yeah, and the weather mucked up a little surprise visit. Hope y'all have a great dinner, sure you will, or, by this time, are. Was tempted to show anyway, but it's a 300+ mile round trip, in possibly nasty driving conditions. Curtis > Was tempted to show anyway, but it's a 300+ mile round trip, in > possibly nasty driving conditions. Yeah, those long drives really suck. 300+ mile round trip, huh? >> Was tempted to show anyway, but it's a 300+ mile round trip, in >> possibly nasty driving conditions. > > Yeah, those long drives really suck. 300+ mile round trip, huh? Do them frequently to DIVE Boynton, 500 to dive Largo, 400-700 to dive cave. Florida's currently getting kissed by Arlene. Your point? Other than you failed geography? :-P Curtis Dinner on Friday night was at the famous Bell Bar. It even included a little food :-) Tonight will be the main epicurian (sic) event...sthere's still (just) enough time for you to drive down to make it in time, although the weather's still going to be a factor for such a drive. -hh > Tonight will be the main epicurian (sic) event...sthere's still (just) > enough time for you to drive down to make it in time, although the > weather's still going to be a factor for such a drive. Yep, we're under tornado watch all day.......and, it's my daughter's birthday. Curtis >> Tonight will be the main epicurian (sic) event...sthere's still (just) >> enough time for you to drive down to make it in time, although the >> weather's still going to be a factor for such a drive. > > Yep, we're under tornado watch all day.......and, it's my daughter's > birthday. She won't need any help blowing out the candles. > She won't need any help blowing out the candles. Damn, I should have read ahead... You beat me to it... Warped minds think alike, I guess... Of course, we could debate whose mind was warped in a concave direction vs a convex one... > Yep, we're under tornado watch all day.......and, it's my daughter's > birthday. Well, it should make blowing out the candles a bit easier... Call me. Lee > Dinner on Friday night was at the famous Bell Bar. It even included a > little food :-) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -hh > Call me. OK You're a wet and salty type of guy. If not, I plan to see you get that way this afternoon. Mossman, eat your heart out, we're going diving!!! Curtis > OK You're a wet and salty type of guy. If not, I plan to see you get > that way this afternoon. > > Mossman, eat your heart out, we're going diving!!! I'd drive over, but we're having earthquake warnings right now. >> Mossman, eat your heart out, we're going diving!!! > > I'd drive over, but we're having earthquake warnings right now. Yeah, we felt the tsunami.......besides, a tad out of your driving range. Curtis > > Call me. > > OK You're a wet and salty type of guy. If not, I plan to see > you get that way this afternoon. > > Mossman, eat your heart out, we're going diving!!! Weather finally cleared; first up was a hook into the MV Castor Wreck (w/Goliath Groupers), then a fast Boynton Ledge Drift. "And a good time was had by one and all." Lee, thanks for the 32% & Curtis, thanks for the Guiness :-) -hh > Weather finally cleared; first up was a hook into the MV Castor Wreck > (w/Goliath Groupers), then a fast Boynton Ledge Drift. water a toasty 78-80 deg, seas not bad, vis sucked, company excellent! > "And a good time was had by one and all." > > Lee, thanks for the 32% & Curtis, thanks for the Guiness :-) :-) Curtis >Dinner on Friday night was at the famous Bell Bar. It even included a >little food :-) One of the best stocked bars in southern Florida! Has the cutest barmaid ya ever seen. >-hh Rick In article <G6Hoe.287851$cg1.171389@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, > Y'all diving or just talking? Pool lesson one for a friend who has always dreamed of diving. Reminds me of why some of us teach... |-> Photo shoot in the islands next week, life is good. > Pool lesson one for a friend who has always dreamed of diving. > > Reminds me of why some of us teach... Yep, if you have the patience. Friends do make that easier. Most agencies would hate me, I'd send one in five to the golf course. Curtis > Perfect weather yesterday, rain & overcast, great for keeping the > swimming only crowd down. Did a "quickie", 120 ffw for 14, 30 min TDT [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Curtis Was in the water last Thursday: 65 min, 15m with viz around 6-7m. It's cuttlefish season and at the end of the 2 dives I did, I had 2 very enthousiastic and happy newbies... I'm back in the water next Thursday (but inland) and on Sunday I'm going back to observe the cuttlefish (without newbies this time). Only 3 more weeks and I'm on Borneo... SignatureMichael Wolf ------------ Cthulhu for President! Why settle for the lesser evil? remove stopspam to reply > Perfect weather yesterday, rain & overcast, great for keeping the > swimming only crowd down. Did a "quickie", 120 ffw for 14, 30 min TDT (bud [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Y'all diving or just talking? Just got back for a couple of dives. First, the USS San Diego off LI, NY. Our largest armour clad cruiser sunk by German mine during WWI. Since it was my buddies AOW "deep" dive, stayed above 100'. Vis was about 40' with water temp a wonderfully comfortable (for us dry suit divers) in the upper 40's. The dive lasted about 30minutes. The second dive was the Reggie, a busted up steel wreck in 100' of water. This was the lobster dive. Thousands of schooling porgies, very large sea bass, a few black fish, and of course, what we came for... lobsters. Vis was 50'. Oh and a few sharks were spotted. Awesome! > > Perfect weather yesterday, rain & overcast, great for keeping the > > swimming only crowd down. Did a "quickie", 120 ffw for 14, 30 min TDT (bud [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > about 40' with water temp a wonderfully comfortable (for us dry suit > divers) in the upper 40's. 40' on the SD? outstanding.Before I leave here forever for the South, maybe we can get together for a dive, even though I'm a bleeding heart Clinton Liberal (and fairly DIR)? >>> Perfect weather yesterday, rain & overcast, great for keeping the >>>swimming only crowd down. Did a "quickie", 120 ffw for 14, 30 min TDT (bud [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>about 40' with water temp a wonderfully comfortable (for us dry suit >>divers) in the upper 40's. > 40' on the SD? outstanding.Before I leave here forever for the South, > maybe we can get together for a dive, even though I'm a bleeding heart > Clinton Liberal (and fairly DIR)? Yep... 40'! I have been on it when it was more. And lots of times when it has been less. We tied in on the "dark" side. I don't usually dive that side. All the "action" is on the "light" side except for the blast hole. The stern is rapidly deteriorating and collapsing towards the bow. Penetration is, for me "iffy" since the bulkheads are real filmsy back there. But, rest of the wreck is doing fine. The Reggie was a lobster hunt dive. 100' at the sand. Steel wreck flattened all over the place. Easy to get "lost". This time of year, before the "warmer" waters come, the vis on most dives off shore is excellent. As for diving with me? No problem! We don't talk politics on the boat. As for gear config's... just don't look at us and where we stick stuff (reels, liftbags, catch bags, crowbars, hammers and whatever danglies we can add to our non-dir stand rigs!) everywhere!! Oh, and don't look to hard at the "bondage" wings either! > Just got back for a couple of dives. First, the USS San Diego off LI, NY. > Our largest armour clad cruiser sunk by German mine during WWI. Since it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > bass, a few black fish, and of course, what we came for... lobsters. Vis > was 50'. Oh and a few sharks were spotted. Awesome! Sounds like a great time except for that sub-50 deg part.......I'm not as big a WWW as the guys down south of me, but if it's too cold to be in contact with the water, it's too cold to dive. :-) Curtis >>Just got back for a couple of dives. First, the USS San Diego off LI, NY. >>Our largest armour clad cruiser sunk by German mine during WWI. Since it [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >>bass, a few black fish, and of course, what we came for... lobsters. Vis >>was 50'. Oh and a few sharks were spotted. Awesome! > Sounds like a great time except for that sub-50 deg part.......I'm not > as big a WWW as the guys down south of me, but if it's too cold to be in > contact with the water, it's too cold to dive. :-) The best diving up here is when the water is colder. The warmer things get, ususally, the vis drops to the normal 20-30' range. After suiting up in a dry suit on a hot deck.. I'm dying to get to the colder water to cool off! > Y'all diving ? Sunday, late afternoon, 100' 72 minutes total dive time. Monday, close to noon, 124' 82 minutes. Only took one set of tanks and those were about 700# from full. (80's) Water temperature is a balmy 40 degrees at depth. Haven't seen a 39 for over a week. There were a few divers, none in bikinis. The bass are fun to watch in there nests. Yesterday an eagle was swooping not 20' from shore picking off shallow swimming fish. I see one dead in the sand on the bottom so I suppose the eagle went hungry. A loon is there every day and you can hear the faint buzz of mosquitoes and other flying vermin as you suit up. I guess that qualifies a diving. (snip)> > Y'all diving or just talking? Well, I'm not diving now, but last week, I did 17 dives in 6 days. (no nitrox) Water temp 84-86, air temp 90+, skies completely clear, viz reaching 100+ feet. Bugs, viscious. > Well, I'm not diving now, but last week, I did 17 dives in 6 days. (no > nitrox) Water temp 84-86, air temp 90+, skies completely clear, viz > reaching 100+ feet. So you finally went diving. Good for you. Did you see anything? > Bugs, viscious. And malarial: initial symptoms include fever, chills, sweats, headaches, muscle pains, nausea and vomiting. Or did you stay out of the bars? > > Well, I'm not diving now, but last week, I did 17 dives in 6 days. (no > > nitrox) Water temp 84-86, air temp 90+, skies completely clear, viz > > reaching 100+ feet. > > So you finally went diving. Good for you. Did you see anything? All manner of magnificent creatures, a couple of which I can't name. I shall have to a diligent internet search as soon as I start to feel better. Apparently, I've returned with yet again, another Honduran flu/pneumonia. > > Bugs, viscious. > > And malarial: initial symptoms include fever, chills, sweats, headaches, > muscle pains, nausea and vomiting. I have all of those symptoms except for the vomiting. I'm taking Choraquine but I started it a bit late, I think. Regardless of that, my hands are breaking out in little fluid filled bumps . . . just like the kind I get when I drink too much tonic water. Mere coincidence? > Or did you stay out of the bars? You are so funny. Cave diving!!!! > Y'all diving or just talking? > > Curtis SignatureJim Wyatt www.cavediveflorida.com |
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