look up the story of Capt. Fogarty Fegan VC and the Jervis Bay
He'd be a good candidate for Monty Python too.
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I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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And, from the same convoy (HX84) and the same encounter with the Admiral Scheer, there is the remarkable tale of Second Officer Arthur Hawkins, Chief Engineer Arthur Pollard and the crew of the tanker San Demetrio.Renegadenemo wrote:look up the story of Capt. Fogarty Fegan VC and the Jervis Bay
He'd be a good candidate for Monty Python too.
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Spotted this via face ache.com
http://www.poseidon.com/products/rebreathers/se7en
It seams re breathers have shrunk a whole bunch ! Would love one of these, but fear it would lead to my demise ! It's teeny when compared to your "inspiration" (I think yours is an inspiration.... Cannot remember for sure though) Bill which I thought was quite petite before seeing this one.
http://www.poseidon.com/products/rebreathers/se7en
It seams re breathers have shrunk a whole bunch ! Would love one of these, but fear it would lead to my demise ! It's teeny when compared to your "inspiration" (I think yours is an inspiration.... Cannot remember for sure though) Bill which I thought was quite petite before seeing this one.
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The trouble with small breathers is the small gas volume and ever reducing margin for error. It's a bit like keeping fish in a small tank - it's not a lot of environment to go out of whack and when it goes you get a lot of dead fish. AP do a mini-inspiration called the Evo ( I think) but you'd only ever use one shallow or else carry a world of bailout. The Inspiration I used was for deep, long duration dives and the current one for the same application is off and on the same size to this day.
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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Richie, there's plenty to see without going below 30 metres (or 40 if you really must). There are far too many things to go wrong when you get into all this deep, technical stuff. Ask Bill why he doesn't do it any more.....
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.
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Still a nice bit of kit. As stated I would not go the closed loop route as it would ultimately lead to my demise. The spec on the breather means it can be setup for recreational depths, just means your bottom time goes from 45 mins to all afternoon which is great as long as your group all have breathers.
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I packed it in because,
a. My number would have come up - I tried to persuade Carl to stop too as he had a young family.
b. All the best diving is to be had in 20m if youknow how to find stuff and we're very good at that.
Using the breather in shallow depths was great even if the other guys were on OC. Just send them back up for more gas and keep on hammering.
a. My number would have come up - I tried to persuade Carl to stop too as he had a young family.
b. All the best diving is to be had in 20m if youknow how to find stuff and we're very good at that.
Using the breather in shallow depths was great even if the other guys were on OC. Just send them back up for more gas and keep on hammering.
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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It's all irrelevant anyway..... Costs alone would prohibit such extravagance ! The unit then the required training.
But still a nice looking breather !
But still a nice looking breather !
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Put a set of O2 cells in mine and I'll show you how to work it...It's all irrelevant anyway..... Costs alone would prohibit such extravagance ! The unit then the required training.
I'm only a plumber from Cannock...
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
"As to reward, my profession is its own reward;" Sherlock Holmes.
'It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.' W.C. Fields.
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Or we could play Russian roulette with a full mag ?
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