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 Vol.3 No.1
Equipment
Fusion BC - Pushing the envelope
Sea Quest has once again pushed the envelope in BC design with the creation of the Fusion BC. This innovative design (patent pending) captures the best qualities of a traditional jacket style BC and back inflation BC to create a new category of buoyancy compensator - The Fusion! |
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Training
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Vol.3 No.1
Medical
Hints for Safer Diving
By: Stan Bugg
All diving involves a degree of risk, because, after all, we are air-breathing mammals who have no sensible reason to be underwater. If we accept this premise, and admit to ourselves that we are voluntarily entering an alien environment, we are more likely to approach our diving with a sensible degree of caution. We must also acknowledge that we rely totally on our equipment while diving.
The following safety hints apply to ALL divers, and should be read in addition to those hints for specific types of diving. |
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Medical
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By: Stan Bugg
All diving involves a degree of risk, because, after all, we are air-breathing mammals who have no sensible reason to be underwater. If we accept this premise, and admit to ourselves that we are voluntarily entering an alien environment, we are more likely to approach our diving with a sensible degree of caution. We must also acknowledge that we rely totally on our equipment while diving.
The following safety hints apply to ALL divers, and should be read in addition to those hints for specific types of diving. |
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ECO
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 Reef Balls: A Concrete Solution
Text & Photos by: Sylvie Yaffe
Earth Day was celebrated all over the world, but in Thailand it went beyond the usual beach clean up. An exciting event took place in Phuket; Thailand became the 50th country to launch a reef ball. This is an important first in the race to protect the marine environment in Thailand. The Reef Ball Foundation, together with The Racha resort and Racha Seamaster Divers are the first in Thailand to make a commitment to this new reef conservation program. It started on Koh Racha Yai, one of Phuket's most visited diving sites and will hopefully be copied through all of Thailand.
It was a learning experience for all who participated: Phillip Goh, director of Racha Seamaster Divers, Jesada "Man" Na Ranong, a dive master working there, Sabine Brosch from Sea Bees Dive Center, some of the staff from The Racha and myself. At the end of the 4-day program, after completing Thailand's first four reef balls, we all received our official certification as Reef Ball volunteers, not to mention some invaluable education about reefs, making reef balls, handling and saving corals. |
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Destinations
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Tunku Abdul Rahman Parks
Pearl of Kota Kinabalu
Text and pictures by Adi & Mala Gehri of www.abcdivers.com
Kota Kinabalu is well known as the international gateway for divers eager to sample the underwater delights of the famous Sipadan, Kapalai and Mabul Islands off the coast of Sabah. However the city itself (just 15-20 minutes away by boat) has its own marine attraction that is frequently overlooked. I grew up in this area, and the enchanting and captivating Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park (TARP) holds many underwater memories for me; my first crocodilefish, the biggest sea snake I've ever seen, a swimming frogfish and an aggressive tomato anemonefish defending its home. |
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Vol.3 No.1
Features
Palau Wrexpedition
Diving into History Photos & Text by: Tim Rock
Sixty years ago, during WWII, Palau was a major Japanese military base. On March 30 and 31, 1944, U.S. Navy bombers and fighter planes raided the Japanese fleet and sunk more than 60 ships and seaplanes in and around the lagoon.
Today, Palau, renowned for its beautiful lagoons and thrilling marine action is also the resting-place for the "Lost Fleet of the Rock Islands". |
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CounterStrike
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The "Beagle" Has Stranded
By: David Strike
Without doubt one of the best remembered events of the past one-hundred years will be that moment, in July, 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the surface of the moon and captured the world's imagination with his triumphant phrase, "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind!". A remarkable feat that is already being overshadowed by plans for a manned mission to Mars.
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Dive Log
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March 2005
In almost twenty years of writing editorials, this is the hardest one I have ever had to compose.
The tsunami that inundated the shores of so many Asian countries left in its wake so much tragedy, loss and misery that words fail to express the grief, sorrow and compassion we at ScubaGlobe feel. As with so many others around the world, we lost friends and colleagues and saw the labours of many years wiped out in an instant. Our deepest and sincerest sympathies and condolences go out to everyone who lost a loved one in this terrible time. |
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