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Post by tomcatpc on May 22, 2016 19:37:09 GMT -8
The Wife and I spend a few hours in the pool with her Open Water Class again today. I brought my Mistral, Calypso-J and HW Scuba Star.
The instructor mentioned about trying out one of the Mistrals (or other vintage regs) he has lurking about the shop someday... Not sure how serious he was, it was a positive comment and think if he has the time he might give it a go. So there is some interest out there. I try to be a positive influence when it comes to diving vintage scuba and if people see it as a good thing and take interest that is a good thing.
Mark
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2016 20:59:21 GMT -8
Michael, I should also add, that one of the main reasons I tried to help you with your project was it something different, and that it would help broaden the knowledge base: the knowledge of knowing that a DH can be a safe regulator to use. I was hoping that it might, like an old car, get people to make more parts to revive our old gear; c'est la vie, SIGH! JB Michael, I was hoping also that this regulator would go, and was about to help out but was on vacation in Germany and Italy when this went down. I don't think the amount of my help would have made a difference though. I really wanted to test dive that SeaWolf regulator though. John John I appreciate all the influx you gave me concerning the development and yeah, it was good you saved your hard earned cash.........perhaps someday I will find a financier who would be willing to risk that kind of money......even then, all the other things I wrote about would have to come to past to guaranty a future for vintage/vintage style diving.......perhaps even changing the name of vintage/vintage style to "Minimal Scuba" or some sort......anyway, thanks again. |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 6:42:44 GMT -8
If ya'll recall, I made an attempt to develop and produce a new doublehose for the market but financing became impossible and my attempt crashed and burned. That being said I discovered quite a few things about the diving community. They are fickle as hell. I understand your experience. When it comes to getting investors, well, they seldom give a darn about the product. There interest is ROI and how soon will it happen. Financing ( via bank ) takes cash flow to start with. Or you have to put most all your assets at risk for the collateral. And you still have income from some place to meet the payments. At least an exposure suit has a wider appeal. Boaters, surfer, water sports in general. If my market was only vintage scuba, Hydroglove would still be a hobby stuck in the corner of a garage. Or scrapped all together. I understand fickle as well. Even in the vintage community I think most of them look for the old nylon 1 or skin on both sides neoprene over a Totes clone. |
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Post by SeaRat on May 26, 2016 8:16:31 GMT -8
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Post by surflung on May 26, 2016 13:01:34 GMT -8
- SwimJim has a very positive attitude about the future of not only Vintage diving but scuba diving in general: "Come along with us, dive whatever gear you feel like diving, and we'll all have a good time. Bring some food to share and lawnchairs". And you know... He is SO right! For example...
- Last weekend at Wazee, I dove my vintage stuff, my new/old dogbone backpack with BCD wing attached, Snark III, Hot DAAM double hoses, Twin38s, etc. Rich dove some straight ScubaPro, Some semi-vintage double hose, and even modern Kracken double hose. Ron dove everything from Vintage doubles and double hose to Semi-vintage UDS triples and single hose. Then Saturday, we were treated to mixed gas tech divers, with huge double tanks and multiple redundancies, and even re-breather divers. Everyone there was an "Enthusiast" for some exotic form of diving. I was wondering why I had such a good time when the visibility was so poor and it was the other divers.
- I was reading a book recently that described how the sport diving industry got dragged into Nitrox and tech diving. They discovered sales data that showed the tech divers purchases accounted for something like 80% of all industry purchases. Dive shops figured out that they should cater to the divers that buy a lot and that's part of the reason Nitrox finally became acceptable to the mainstream industry.
- I hardly find anything I want at most dive shops. But if you look at my Scuba Room you will see I am a darned good customer to SOMEONE... I've bought more diving equipment than probably 10-20 casual PADI divers. It isn't all old stuff either... Just equipment that's a lot more interesting than PADI style gear.
- The Future of Diving Belongs to... THE ENTHUSIASTS!
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