Posted by Mike on August 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
As with most of our dive trips, we tend to write a review and have it published on EzineArticles. Well Shannon does most of the writing. To give everyone some hints of the upcoming review, the Sandals Resort was awesome. If you do a little digging on our past posts, you will figure out what resort we stayed in. If not you will need to wait for the review. As for the diving.... you will need to wait or dig around our blog a little. More to the come. -Mike
Posted by Mike on August 31, 2009 · Leave a Comment
So you are diving and then you try to clear your mask and you are in a forest in fire! Wake up… you are part of a scuba myth.
This is the classic myth portrayed in CSI about the scuba diver in the forest. As the myth goes, a firefighting copter picked up a bucket of water, dumps it in a forest, and out dropped the scuba diver. God. I love it.
They quickly dismissed the fire-fighting airplanes, which have a small nozzle for collecting water, far too small for a diver. They next looked at a “bambi bucket,” which is dipped into the ocean by the helicopter. The one that they looked at was clearly too small for a diver to fit into, but I was disappointed that they moved on without looking at any other buckets. The one in the footage of helicopters was clearly larger, though it had rigging that would prevent a diver from entering as well.
They finally settled on the Ericson SkyCrane mechanism, which is a prop-driven hose that is lowered into the water by the helicopter that sucks water into its tank. Adam liked this scenario because of the active suction.
They picked up an outboard engine and re-welded the propeller downward so that it would be able to suck water up a tube. Sadly, the chicken cannon was carved up for its tube.
According to Jamie: 25% chance of nothing happening, 50% something bad happening, and 50% chance that its going to work (you do the math). In the tests it did work, pumping well over 2000 gallons per minute. Jamie and Adam got into a little debate over how to hook up the pump to the tank to measure its intake, which one of the new support cast mocked as “World-wide wrestling of nerds.”
The final test was to bust the myth. They lowered the tube into the pool and pushed Buster into the intake. With the filter screen on the tube it wasn’t even capable of grabbing Buster. The next step was to remove the filter screen. This time it did hold onto Buster, but when they tried to lift Buster out of the pool, Buster immediately fell off (with a nice hole where the wet suit used to be). busted
src:http://www.scubaherald.com/scuba-myths-of-fact-or-scuba-myths-or-facts/
Posted by Mike on August 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
- American Canadian Underwater Certification (ACUC)
1264 Osprey Drive,
Ancaster, Ontario,
Canada L9G 3L2
website: www.acuc.es - American Nitrox Divers International (ANDI)
74 Woodcleft Ave.,
Freeport, NY 11520
(516) 546-2026 website: www.andihq.com - Australian Underwater Scuba Instructors (AUSI)
PO Box 202
Queenscliff, Victoria 3225
website: www.ausi.com.au - British Sub-Aqua Club (BSAC)
Telfor's Quay, Ellesmere Port
Cheshire, L65 4FY U.K.
44-1-51-3571951
website: www.bsac.com - Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques (CMAS)
P.O. Box 5806
Clearwater, FL 33765
727-510-2343
website: www.cmasamericas.com - Dive Rescue International
201 North Link Lane
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524-2712
(970) 482-0887
website: www.diverescueintl.com
email: training@diverescueintl.com - HSA International
1104 El Prado
San Clemente, CA 92672-4637
Voice: (949)498-4540 Fax: (949)498-6128 website: www.hsascuba.com - International Association of Handicapped Divers (IAHD)
Hazelaarlaan 47
Middenmeer 1775 EE Netherlands
+31/227-503631
website: www.iahd.org - International Association of Nitrox And Technical Divers (IANTD)
1545 NE 104 St. Miami Shores, FL 33138 (305) 754-1027
website: www.iantd.com
email: iantd@iantd.com - International Diving Educators Association (IDEA)
P.O. Box 8427
Jacksonville, FL 32239
(904)744-5554
website: www.idea-scubadiving.com - International Scuba Educators Association 4 A Marketplace Ct.
Palm Coast Fl 32137
(386)585-8360 - Ireland Underwater Council (CFT)
website: www.scubaireland.com - Japan Underwater Leaders and Instructors Association (JULIA)
1st Floor 2-18-6 Kohama-Nishi Suminoe-Ku,
Osaka 559-007, Japan
+81/6-6675-1228
website: www.julia.ne.jp - Los Angeles County Underwater Unit
360 West El Segundo
Los Angeles, CA 90061
(310)965-8258
website: www.LAScuba.com - National Association of Scuba Diving (NASDS)
2619 Canton Court
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970)482-0883 website: www.ssiusa.com - National Association of Scuba Educators (NASE)
134 S. Main Suite M142
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801)363-9274
website: www.naseworldwide.com - National Association of Underwater Instruction (NAUI)
PO Box 89789
Tampa, FL. 33689-0413
(800)553-6284
(813)628-6284
website: www.naui.org - Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
30151 Tomas Street
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
(800)729-7234 website: www.padi.com - Professional Diving Instructors Corporation (PDIC)
P.O. Box 3633
Scranton, PA 18505
(570)342-1480
website: www.pdic-intl.com - Scuba Aqua Association (SAA)
26 Breckfield Road North
Liverpool, L5 4NH
0151 287 1001
website: www.saa.org.uk - Scuba Diving International (SDI)
18 Elm St.
Topsham, ME 04086
(207) 729-4201
website: www.tdisdi.com - Scuba Educators International
1623 W. Jackson St.
Muncie, IN 47303
(765) 281-0600
website: www.seidiving.com - Scottish Sub Aqua Club (SSAC)
website: www.ssac.co.uk - Scuba School International (SSI)
2619 Canton Court
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970)482-0883 website: www.ssiusa.com - Singapore Underwater Federation (SUF)
473 Stirling Road
Singapore 148948
65-6479-9001
website: www.geocities.com/singaporeunderwaterfederation/index.html - Technical Diving International (TDI)
18 Elm St.
Topsham, ME 04086
(207) 729-4201
website: www.tdisdi.com - Worldwide Association of Scuba Instructors (WASI)
134 S. Main Suite M142
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
(801)363-9274
website: www.naseworldwide.com - YMCA Scuba
5825-2A Live Oak Pkwy.
Norcross, GA 30093
(888) 464-9622
website: www.ymcascuba.org
Posted by Mike on August 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Now here is a decent trip. My wife and I have personally been there three times and would love to go again. I have no choice but to pass on this one as I am in school. Bonaire is probably one of the best places to shore dive for the adventurer.
Here are the details:
7 Nights 6 Days ( 6 x 2 tank boat dives & unlimited shore diving)
Divers will be staying at the DiviFlamingo Resort. Breakfast provided daily.
Package price $950.00 - double occupancy. Group air additional.
Bonaire Dive Sites
Bonaire Dive Review
This Trip is sponsored by Adventure Sports Kansas City. If you hare interested please contact Mark or Joe at (913) 962-2323
-Mike
Posted by Mike on August 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
This is very cool. While browsing through http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov, I found that they have a dedicated page on YouTube. This is a definite must see in my opinion. Anyway here is the link.
http://www.youtube.com/oceanexplorergov
-Mike
