How To Choose a Dive Partner

Good advice!! Short Feature: Choosing a Good Dive Partner

Nautilus Lifeline

This device will revolutionize the sport of diving! No more worries about being left behind by your dive boat. The price is a little hefty, but what kind of price can you put on your life! We could have used this in WPB when the boat couldn't find my son and me after a bad weather dive. Copy & paste this into your browser:

http://www.alertdiver.com/nautilus_lifeline

How To Make a Scuba Tank

Ever wonder what goes into making an aluminum cylinder? Wonder no more!! Click the link or copy & paste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAgSU6BCpsY

Top 10 Questions To Ask Before Diving

Thanks to Chris Rule for finding this excellent website! Copy & paste this in to your browser:

http://scubadiverlife.com/2011/01/30/the-top-10-questions-you-need-to-ask-before-diving

Ocean Quiz

Thanks to Bill Davis for sending this link to National Geographic's website. If you'd like to be quizzed on several different ocean-related topics, copy & paste this link:

http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/oceans-quiz/

The February webcast will be on the benefits of DAN's insurance program and Air Assist. If this presentation doesn't encourage you to join Dan and purchase dive insurance, nothing will.

Interesting Reading

Here's a good article on the bends.

http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s100405.html

Back in the Saddle

Happy New Year!!

Sorry for the long layoff. When it gets cold in North Florida, I tend to hibernate for a while. To make matters worse, the site where I get most of my articles for the blog, Cyber Diver News Network, has been down until I checked it for the upteenth time tonight and found it back online.

Anyway, it's time to get back in the saddle. Since the diving weather has been less than ideal, NOW is the time to get your equipment inspected and serviced for the soon-to-come diving season. Please don't wait until you have booked a dive trip to check out your gear. You will most assuredly be disappointed when that o-ring ruptures or that burst disk bursts immediately before jumping in the water.

Another thing to consider NOW is that you will need a passport to travel outside the United States. Passports take several weeks (if you're lucky) to be processed, so you better start now if you plan to dive with Marshall on any of his world-wide excursions.

I have spoken with DAN about a webcast for the February meeting. The subject will be determined in the next few days and I will publish it herein. With respect to a few complaints received about the webcasts, we will be doing things a bit differently this year. The business meeting will start promptly at 7 PM. The Club President will keep things moving briskly so that we conduct all necessary business by approximately 7:30. At 7:30 (give or take a few minutes), the webcast will begin. If the webcast runs a little long (20-30 minutes is desired), club members may stay until it's finished or leave early if they need to move on. I think this approach will satisfy everyone while not degrading the quality or integrity of the webcast. As always, your feedback is welcome.

Now that CDNN is back online, I will post a few articles in the next few days.

Thanks, and dive safe!!