tonydwyer
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Post by tonydwyer on Mar 30, 2007 5:35:14 GMT -8
Hello there all. I'm Tony Dwyer, a native Irishman who has been living in the UK for over 50 years. I'm a kean diver and the Training Officer of my local BSAC club, see: www.basildonsubaqua.comBeen diving for a lot of years and am cerytified with BSAC (Advaced Diver + Open Water Instructor) and with PADI (MSDT). I still have my original Siebe Gorman 'Merlin' Twin hose, I also have Mistral. Both are in A1 condition. regards Tony
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Post by Broxton Carol on Mar 30, 2007 9:12:25 GMT -8
Hi Tony, glad to have you aboard! Come on over and dive a broxton with us. We got plenty of em, also bring some NEWCASTLE BROWN with you when you visit. We all could use a few over here. American beer reeks. Thats why I switched to "Old Hawk" whiskey. Smoother than a hydromatic transmission! Before and after every dive, its OLD HAWK! Its just gotta be yesterday
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Post by duckbill on Mar 30, 2007 19:29:09 GMT -8
Welcome, Tony! Be sure to join in freely on the discussions. This is a great group, and there is much to learn here. Check out the threads via word searches; They go way back and have much information waiting to be gleaned. Share when you can. I hope you are diving your Merlin, or will soon be! Regards, Terry
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Post by JES on Mar 30, 2007 19:39:03 GMT -8
Welcome Tony aka "tonydwyer"! You have definitely come to the right place for Vintage Diving. Thank you for introducing yourself and sharing the BSAC club website. It's great that you have become a part of this community. I think you'll find that the members are friendly, extremely helpful and very knowledgeable. Welcome aboard and remember to stay connected and dive often! Regards, JES
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Post by SeaRat on Mar 31, 2007 18:22:47 GMT -8
Tony,
Welcome aboard! I have been cruising through your club's website, and really enjoyed the photos, especially those of the October 2006 trip to Hurghada in Egypt. One of the guys diving with the turtle has a set of fins that I have not seen before, blue with two splits of flexible materials. That appears a lot like the "scoop fin" design that I have been experimenting with since the 1970s. Could you tell me the name of this fin?
Good to hear from you, and we welcome any contributions you can make.
John
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tonydwyer
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Post by tonydwyer on Apr 2, 2007 2:23:53 GMT -8
Thank you all for the welcome. I got the Merlin and the Mistral back from an overhaul recently. The Merlin is now ready to dive and will be tried soon in the pool and hopefully in open water fairly soon.
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tonydwyer
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Post by tonydwyer on Apr 2, 2007 2:27:41 GMT -8
Oops, Too quick with the mouse!
SeaRat, the diver with the blue fins is Paul Kirkum, I should be seeing him later this week and will ask him about the fins.
Regards to all.
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Post by crimediver on Apr 2, 2007 3:36:32 GMT -8
Welcome. You have come to a great site. There is a lot of knowlege on this forum. Take care-Jim
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Post by shackle on Apr 2, 2007 5:12:26 GMT -8
Great to have you on the forum. Enjoyed your clubs site.
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Post by scubadiverbob on Apr 2, 2007 23:27:41 GMT -8
Hi,
Welcome aboard!
Good pictures. Nice camera also. I use a Nik 4a and an SB-101 strobe (my Nik 2 got flooded). The sb 101 sure beats flash bulbs! (I still have some of them around somewhere). I used to hate changing flash bulbs underwater and you can only carry so many in the pocket of a horsecollar bc. It's good to get more underwater photographers on this site. Check out my picture. I taught my dive buddy Jack to take pictures. He did a good job. Not to many pictures of me floating around. I'm usually taking them.
Robert
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tonydwyer
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Post by tonydwyer on Apr 3, 2007 4:06:33 GMT -8
Thanks for the compliments.
There aren't many pics of me underwater either. Hopefully that will improve now that digital cameras are becoming ubiquitous. Many of our club members are gettting into underwater photography now that it effectively much cheaper than film.
I haven't used the Nikonos V rig much lately. I've been using my Sony WSC-17 much more. It's much smaller and the results are more immediate.
I've had 2 Nik IV's, both died through flooding.
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Post by SeaRat on Apr 3, 2007 9:17:26 GMT -8
I still use my Nikonos II cameras, even had one flood (freshwater flood), and repaired. The old mechanical cameras can withstand a flood, whereas the Nikonos IV and V, which are mostly electronic, cannot. Here is a 1984 photo of a freshwater mussel spawning that I am just now using in a presentation to a group interested (finally) in these mussels: One thing about film is that you have an archieval copy (the slide or negative) which will last for many, many years. I too am starting to switch to digital, but I worry about the images lasting. John
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