August 10 2008 UK Bogus bends nets Divers £250,000  A pair of divers swindled £250,000 (US$500,000) from the National Health Service for treating bogus cases of the bends.  David Welsh, 49, and diving instructor Michael Brass, 43, are facing prison sentences after being found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the NHS and perverting the course of justice. Welsh ran the Fort Bovisand diving centre, which had its own recompression chamber.  They paid strangers they met in pubs up to £200 to pose as divers who needed recompression treatment, they only needed only the real names, addresses, dates of birth and national insurance numbers of the supposed victims to work the fraud. Most had never been underwater and some could barely swim.  Welsh billed National Health Trusts from all over the UK £6,500 a time for treating the 37 fake victims.  The fraud was discovered when police investigated two cases of divers from Liverpool who were supposedly treated for the bends at the recompression chamber.    Full story...

August 25 2008 HawaiiArchaeologists have located British whaler sunk by bad weather in 1837 off Kure Atoll Artefacts from the remains of a wreck believed to be of the British whaling vessel Gledstanes lost for 171 years have been found off Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The artefacts include four large anchors, cannons and cannonballs. The Gledstanes is the fourth whaling vessel found in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, evidence of the area's significance as a 19th-century whaling area.  The divers who found the shipwreck were taking part in the 2008 Maritime Heritage Expedition, sponsored by NOAA's National Marine Sanctuaries.  Full story...

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L&W: Leading Compressor Manufacturer
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Image L&W: Leading Compressor Manufacturer

The German manufacturer L&W (Lenhardt & Wagner Kompressoren) has been expanding and beginning to network into the Asian market, setting up an Asian sales and support office in Singapore.

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 X-LED in Thailand
Vol 4 No 1

The X-LED torch from Seac Sub is now available in Thailand from your local dealer and supplied by Dive Supply. This new torch combines high and long-lasting performance, light quality and reliability to meet the needs of all divers.

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Pack it in Aqualung
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Since you have to lug all that heave scuba equipment around, might as well do it in style we say.
Aqualung's new range of gear bags is the perfect solution, the ideal luggage for divers and water sports lovers, with nylon zips that are impervious to salt water and corrosion, 840 denier polyamide fabric coated inside with PVC, highly abrasion resistant and virtually rot-proof. Plus, they look really good and are easy to handle.

Aqualung Traveller 1500


A back-packers delight, with padded adjustable shoulder straps that tuck neatly away when not in use. For ease of handling, wheels and an extendable steadying bracket are included, making the rigid-based bag a breeze to trundle around airports and so on.

With two outside fin pockets, zippered dry storage and a padded section in the lining for instruments, masks and so on, the Traveller 1500 is a sturdy, functional bag for all seasons. And, it comes with a few Aqualung regulator bag as well!



 

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BAUER OCEANUS sport a new look
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A new design for the OCEANUS
compressor with no price change!

The OCEANUS comes lighter both in weight and colour. t is equipped with brushed stainless steel frame and carrying handle.Also, the new grey colour of the V-belt and flywheel cover makes it stand out prominently from the Junior II.

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Capacity / FAD = 140 L/MIN
(5 SCFM)
Motor Drives = Either with Electric - 3- phase motor or Petrol driven by 4-stroke Honda motor
Outlet Pressure = 225 bar, 330 bar
225/330bar together with switch-over device

 
Sherwood Snorkel
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New patented design of snorkel from

Sherwood

 

The world's first compact snorkel

'The Avid' features a unique foldaway design allowing it to be  stored in BCD pockets whilst diving, and as it is only worn when required it eliminates any submerged snorkel drag!

When you want to use it simply flip open the top, extend the corrugated tube and clip it to your mask; it's that simple.

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Voyager Dive Computer
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Vol.3 No.2
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Voyager Dive Computer

Beuchat are marketing a diving computer called the 'Voyager', which can be used on air, nitrox or just in depth gauge and timer modes. It has two buttons to toggle between different information displays and metric and imperial. The lithium 3.6 Volt CR2450 battery is user-replaceable and there is the option of a PC interface with the related software. The percentage of O2 is adjustable by the user, from 21 to 50 in increments of 1%.
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