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In article <5sJDb.606$5M1.397284@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net>,
ap <xie10@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Hello Boys & Girls
>
> I am off to Sharm over Christmas , I would like some advise as to the
>most appropriate currency to take with me. Eygptian pounds , Sterling ,
>Dollars , VISA , What is best for small change for Taxi`s , porters
>Etcetera.

Egyptian pounds and a switch/visa/mastercard to use in the ATMs.

> Also am I going to regret only wearing a 5mm shorty (with hood) in
>December?

Unless you are unusually sensitve to the cold, you'll be just fine. One
tip: Don't stand round on the boat with a wet tower covering you if you
are cold. Get in the sunshine! (And take plenty of sunblock!)

If you are using a dive centre with British staff, take them some
newpapers, chocolate, HP sauce and anything else they might have a
fancying for...

Gordon

In article <brrqu2$6qcv9$1@ID-203763.news.uni-berlin.de>,
Imorital <me@> wrote:
>> A dry for 18*C? I use a 5mm 2 piece wetsuit in 12*C quite comfortably
>just
>> the longjohns for 16*C+. red sea would probably see me in a rashie only.
>
>Good for you, as I said it's personal preference. People in Norway in 4C
>water were diving 8mm semi's for 60min runs. Sorry, that's not for me.

A dry suit is only as good as the thermals you have underneath is. When
diving in very cold waters maybe a good semi-dry is better than a dry
suit? What if the dry-suit floods... There was a case off the Orkneys
a few years back where the divers suit flooded after a long dive to 80m+
The hypothermia nearly killed him before they could get him to the
chamber to recompress him...

Each to their own though.

Gordon

> A dry suit is only as good as the thermals you have underneath is. When
> diving in very cold waters maybe a good semi-dry is better than a dry
> suit? What if the dry-suit floods... There was a case off the Orkneys
> a few years back where the divers suit flooded after a long dive to 80m+
> The hypothermia nearly killed him before they could get him to the
> chamber to recompress him...
>
> Each to their own though.
>
> Gordon

but a diver diving to 80m+ plus who doesn't have the right gear ! this
group talks about the rule of thirds for gas to breath and what about
surface support and choice of equipment
when planning a dive to that depth is a flooded suit not part of the
planning process

What do you wear Gordon on your deeper than average dives. ?

Regards David

In article <brs6td$9mq$1@sparta.>, david <im@fedup.com> wrote:
>
>> A dry suit is only as good as the thermals you have underneath is. When
>> diving in very cold waters maybe a good semi-dry is better than a dry
>> suit? What if the dry-suit floods... There was a case off the Orkneys
>> a few years back where the divers suit flooded after a long dive to 80m+
>> The hypothermia nearly killed him before they could get him to the
>> chamber to recompress him...
>>
>> Each to their own though.
>>
>> Gordon
>
>but a diver diving to 80m+ plus who doesn't have the right gear ! this
>group talks about the rule of thirds for gas to breath and what about
>surface support and choice of equipment
>when planning a dive to that depth is a flooded suit not part of the
>planning process
>
> What do you wear Gordon on your deeper than average dives. ?

I'm sure you all know - I dive with an O'Three 2.5mm compressed
neoprene suit with a 100gm thinsulate under it (C-Bears) I also
add some lightweight fleeces when it's cold.

This isn't optimal if it floods and I'm at depth though and I know this,
so make sure the zip isn't going to give way through my dive as best
as I can by looking after it as best as I can.

But my question: When diving in very cold waters maybe a good semi-dry
is better than a dry suit? Still remains... Maybe it isn't? Who knows.

I learned to dive in a semi-dry and that kept me very warm for my first
150 dives including a winter diving most weekends in Stoney. I changed
to a dry suit purely for the convenience of being able to step out of
it between dives. (And the neoprene had, er, shrunk!)

Some years back I did a lot of very cold water diving - based in Boston,
MA I was diving in rivers which were a cool 1C and the sea which was
a slightly warmer 2C. I did these in a 400gm thinsulate and a DUI dry
suit. I also had 2 hoods on and big gloves. It was still f'ing cold! My
buddy had a semi-dry suit with a "chicken vest" (thin neoprene jacket
thing) and 2 hoods and big gloves. He did OK on these dives. If I'd had
a suit flood who knows what state I'd have been in. Progbably not that
bad since all those dives were no-stop, but even so, surface swimming
back wouldn't have been plesant on the sea dives.

Gordon