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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2017 12:42:28 GMT -8
As in "Central Texas" I mean I live near Austin, Tx, and dive Lake Travis, Huntsville Blue Lagoon, Lake Jackson's Mammoth Lake, and Lake Athens. Hey Jay, I spent about 5 years in Cedar Park (80-85) and used to run a dive trailer (air fills,etc) for a while at Windy Point on Lake Travis. I worked for a gentleman named Don Brode who was the owner of Inland Diving Service and located just a short distance from Windy Point around the lake. Fun Times! Did you ever get down to Amistad lake for diving?
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Post by jay on Apr 17, 2017 22:04:03 GMT -8
I have never dove Amistad, too far of a drive for me. Is the vis any good? Heck, Lake Travis is not very good anymore for good diving visiblity, but its close and easy to get to.
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Post by pyrat on Jul 24, 2017 4:52:53 GMT -8
Hello Jay. I'm new too, and by that I mean just now. I'm extremely new to vintage diving as well. Well kind of, it wasn't considered vintage when I started diving back in 1976. :-) I'm in the DFW area, so not too awful far from Austin. And hello everyone else as well. Looking forward to picking some brains here as try to get information on this stuff from most dive shops elicits a response similar to what you would expect from someone who just witnessed a UFO landing.
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Post by jay on Aug 30, 2017 9:19:57 GMT -8
I know what you mean when you talk to dive shops about vintage equipment! I have had several dive shop owners or teachers tell me they would never dive with a double hose regulator. I would be happy to help you with any questions, I got two of my regulators from Ebay and one from a online vintage dive company. Let me know what questions you have and I will try and answer them.
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Post by tomcatpc on Aug 30, 2017 18:12:22 GMT -8
I'm so lucky that the two main dive shops I regularly haunt are used to me diving vintage single hose and double hose regs. I think I might have the owner teetering on the edge of "considering" trying out a double hose dive? Mark
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2017 14:56:14 GMT -8
Hello Jay. I'm new too, and by that I mean just now. I'm extremely new to vintage diving as well. Well kind of, it wasn't considered vintage when I started diving back in 1976. :-) I'm in the DFW area, so not too awful far from Austin. And hello everyone else as well. Looking forward to picking some brains here as try to get information on this stuff from most dive shops elicits a response similar to what you would expect from someone who just witnessed a UFO landing. Welcome aboard to both of you guys, Jay and Pyrat. I first started diving Lake Travis back in 67-68 when I first was certified by the YMCA........lake was still pretty new then, trees still have leaves on them that were under 30 feet of water....below that no, but the water was warm. Routinely dove to 90 feet without a wet suit. Can't do that now. Plus the high cliff shoreline on the east side is all homes.......just a gravel road back then. My dive buddies and I would carry our gear down, one bag or tank at a time. Dove Athens big stock tank too.......they touted Clint Eastwood's old house boat and a sunken aircraft, not sure they are there now but the water was a lot clearer than most Texas lakes now days. Last time I was there, I dove alone with my twin 38's and Royal Aquamaster r. Freaked a bunch of younger divers out. My avatar is of me with my Royal and my first design, a hookah hose adapter with splitter for my bc and octo. Taken on the wreck of the 'Germania' in the Bay of All Saints at Salvador de Bahia, Brazil in 2008. I live in Burleson, just south of Ft Worth, but haven't been in the water in a while due to health issues. Tying to get back into shape but is a slow process. oldmossback.
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