jlocke
Regular Diver
Posts: 33
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Post by jlocke on Jul 12, 2012 12:09:02 GMT -8
Anyone interested in an informal gathering sometime in August for a weekend? Now that I have a small collection of vintage stuff (see below) I'd like the opportunity to sit and talk with some other vintage diver-guys about it all. Would really like to see a DH regulator taken apart and reassembled! I know the Oriskany is the "big dive" along this coast but there is another couple of spots I haven't been to in years that are really cool and I'd love to see again. They're both off of Pensacola or Gulf Shores, Alabama. One is the natural limestone reef system and the other is a 19th century for-real wreck called the Brass Wreck. We could charter a boat and dive those (you won't be disappointed) one day and do something else the other day. Whatever. Interest? Thoughts? Info: www.mbtdivers.com/Local%20Dives.htmMy beginning collection:
- Royal Aqua Master with Phoenix
- DA Aqua Master, 1960
- SeaTec horse collar BC (it's new, but looks old-school!)
- UD Divers Kam-Eze backpack
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Post by immadman on Dec 29, 2012 10:30:07 GMT -8
Have you thought about a little further east...Panama City for instance? There is a shop there that will be sympathetic to old school divers. They also have lots of neat dive sites.
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Post by scubadiverbob on Jul 6, 2014 7:22:04 GMT -8
I only did a beach dive when I went to Gulf Shores, Al. When I was young, and in way better health, I was stationed at Corry Station in Pensacola. Took a four day leave, packed my gear, and rode my bicycle there. I remember the crystal clear water, white sand beaches; but, didn't see a wreck. Got sunburned ... so the ride back wasn't too fun. Now I live in Calif ... way to far to go. Show some pictures of the wreck.
I went on the USS Oriskany when it was in Alameda, CA. It's about half the size of the USS Coral Sea. It was a really small aircraft carrier. I don't think they could even launch F-4 Phantoms. If they had been able to keep it floating, today it would probably be a helo carrier.
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Post by JES on Jul 6, 2014 8:45:13 GMT -8
scubadiverbob, you may not have noticed, but this post is almost two years old. Regretfully, I don't even think that jlocke will even see it since the last time he was online was Aug 19, 2012 at 9:53pm.
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