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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Pack it in Aqualung

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!



 

Aqualung Traveller 750
Here's a nifty unit, with built in wheels and extending handles that can be tucked away or closed together. It can also be carried over the shoulders, and there is a removable hipster gab thrown in as well

The main flap rolls upwards, making packing a snap, and there are two outside pockets for accessories and two inside fin pockets.
The whole unit is supported on substantial full-length skid bars.




Aqualung Traveller 350
For the serious traveller, this is an excellent tote bag with a difference. Fins slot neatly into outside pickets, and there's a zippered padded end pocket.
The top flap has a two-slider zip and can be rolled up and secured with Velcro for easy packing.


The bottom of the bag is reinforced with a hard plastic sheet, and the adjustable and removable shoulder strap has a zippered pouch that doubles as a waist mounted hipster bag.
You can also deploy the padded shoulder straps to turn the unit into a backpack.
The main handles can be closed together with a padded grip or tucked into protective pouches.
And there's a padded handle at each end, making two-person toting a snap.



Aqualung Classic
For the purists, you can't beat the Aqualung Classic's style and functionality.
A bright "Spiro" yellow, the Classic stands out a mile, easy to spot in the baggage conveyor, a bus or boat.


Similar to a sailor's "ditty bag". The Classic is a top loading sack whose top handles can be closed together with a padded grip, or tucked into protective pouches when not in use.
It has an adjustable and removable shoulder strap with and anti-slip pad, a fin pocket closed with a snap buckle and a zippered and ventilated external end pocket. The bag opens and closes with a slider main zip, so packing is easy.

You can see the range of Aqualung diving equipment and travel bags, as well as a host of other goodies, at Aquamaster in Phuket, (www.aquamaster.net), wholesalers of fine diving equipment throughout Thailand (see ad this issue).

 
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