Deep Sea Diving... it's got a long way to go to test the SDDS! (long)

[JostheBoss]

Growla666...you're right! I think it's a safer bet to get the SDDS with your pimped out shower head! You may need that suit too, and that's where the new clasp really comes into its own :) Of course you'll need fingers to get the watch on. Tough with that suit.

[JohnEaton]

Jos, where in South Africa are you?

My Rotary works with the Durban Bay Rotary, near KwaZulu Natal, on clean water projects for schools and remote areas...

I may visit South Africa with the Durban Bay Rotary in the near future.

[JostheBoss]

Originally Posted by JohnEaton

Jos, where in South Africa are you?

My Rotary works with the Durban Bay Rotary, near KwaZulu Natal, on clean water projects for schools and remote areas...

I may visit South Africa with the Durban Bay Rotary in the near future.

GET OUT!!! I live in Durban!! I used to work as a waiter in my student days at a restaurant on the harbour! Small friggin world! What do you mean "your Rotary?". I know the harbour's undergoing some major dredging to deepen the floor to accommodate more ships. You part of that?

[JostheBoss]

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about a Rotary machine or something... you mean Rotary Society!! Good group. hope to join/be invited at some point in my life. Good ppl, good projects!

[JohnEaton]

Originally Posted by JostheBoss

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about a Rotary machine or something... you mean Rotary Society!! Good group. hope to join/be invited at some point in my life. Good ppl, good projects!

Yes, small world...

Yes, Rotary International, I am president elect 2009-2010 of the Shelton Rotary.

PM me with contact info, the wife [Marion Spence] of one of my sister Rotary members, [Skookum Rotary] is a Durban Bay Rotarian, I'll arrange a lunch for you at a local Rotary...

A fantastic group, over 30,000 clubs throughout the world, over 1 million members, one Rotary project is to eradicate Polio from the planet, something we have almost accomplished.

[timepup]

Originally Posted by JostheBoss

It took him 20 minutes to reach his target depth and 12 hours to ascend!

Here's a question... I wonder if the power reserve on the SDDS would get you back up from 4000 ft if you managed to get down there?!?

I mean, with all that "tissue damage" going on, I doubt I'd be moving around enough to keep the thing wound!

[JostheBoss]

Awesome! PM sent...

[JostheBoss]

Originally Posted by timepup

Here's a question... I wonder if the power reserve on the SDDS would get you back up from 4000 ft if you managed to get down there?!?

I mean, with all that "tissue damage" going on, I doubt I'd be moving around enough to keep the thing wound!

Well, as John says, even on deep dives you move rather easily thanks to the suit you wear. So i think the rotor will still be wound up. Besides, the power reserve should be in the region of most OP's..around 48-56 hrs. Plenty time.

[ttannert]

interesting thread. thanks for the info!

[JohnEaton]

Originally Posted by timepup

Here's a question... I wonder if the power reserve on the SDDS would get you back up from 4000 ft if you managed to get down there?!?

I mean, with all that "tissue damage" going on, I doubt I'd be moving around enough to keep the thing wound!

No tissue damage if done correctly to 2000...

Dysbaric osteonecrosis takes years of inert gas microtrama to happen

liquid is non-compressible, only the air spaces of your body are affected by depth or pressure change.

As for 4000 feet, it has not been done yet, I believe the problem would be a chemical imbalance due extremely high partial pressures, plus at that depth even straight He2 would be so thick, your lungs would tire out immediately. [At 4000 feet the gas you breath would be over 120 times as thick as at the surface... one lung full at depth = +120 lung fulls at surface.]

[JostheBoss]

I'll PM my other questions to John... :)

[CoopJr]

Originally Posted by daveathall

I cant swim!

....I can't either...but I still have my Subby!

[JohnEaton]

Originally Posted by daveathall

I cant swim!

Originally Posted by CoopJr

....I can't either...but I still have my Subby!

We almost always walk...


Because of the increased drag of water and pulling hundreds of feet of umbilical around, when "walking" or "running" underwater, you are not upright like on land [say 90 degrees], you move practically in a push up position [25 to 40 degrees] you run on your toes, that's why the stainless steel spikes are on the toe of my boots, should you stop suddenly you would go to your knees. I use a car inner tube and cut out a type of chap, it is cheap and easily replaced, keeps a rough bottom from wearing out my several thousand dollar suit and should I have to be upside down prevents the legs of my suit from filling with air, [something you really don't want to happen]

In some suits it is possible for the legs to completely inflate leading to a run away with the diver helplessly rushing to the surface, facing bends or embolism, in extreme cases drowning is possible while your feet and legs extend two feet above the surface of the sea.



PS: Jos, I will be speaking with Marion Spence today

[mldaytona]

I dont think anyone would test his SDDS that seriously, Jos. We'll soon read a post where someone would ask if it's safe to wear a SDDS in the shower without having the crown screwed in completely.

[JohnEaton]

Originally Posted by mldaytona

I dont think anyone would test his SDDS that seriously, Jos. We'll soon read a post where someone would ask if it's safe to wear a SDDS in the shower without having the crown screwed in completely.

I agree, I would most likely NOT wear a $9,500 watch while working underwater, two $700 computers are sufficient and more user friendly. It would "kill me" to go down in the deep dark wearing a SDDS, banging around over hundreds of yards of muck and zero visibility and surface only to hear my tender say: "Hey where's your watch?"