Tags: The Art of Diving

As usual, trips I organise have little foybles...

Our trip to Chepstow never actually took place in the end. As the weather had been sooooo cold, at the last minute the few of us who were signed up to go to Chepstow decided it would be too cold outside the wigwams in the evening and so at a very late stage it was decided to change the venue to Nemo33.

Nemo33 is a deep swimming pool on the outskirts of Brussels. It is 35m deep at its deepest point with shelves at various other depths along with a swim through and the temp is 33 C. It is the deepest pool in the world !

We left London Scuba at 05:30 to catch the Le Shuttle train from Folkstone to Calais and then drove to the pool.

We registered at 12:30, pool opened at 13:00 and we got a short breifing on the pool and procedures. We the had 10 mins free diving in the shallower sections before donning our scuba kit (all provided as part of the dive - you have to use thier kit except you can use you own mask & computer) and entering the pool again for a 45 min dive.

It is a great dive venue and I will be sorting out another trip soon.

We then spent the afternoon & evening in various Cafes and sightseeing in Brussels it self and drove back the following morning.

Details of Nemo33 can be found here

Tags: Brussels, pool, Nemo33

1956. Art by Sheldon Moldoff.

 

1956. Cover by Win Mortimer, interior art by Dick Sprang.

 

1961. Art by Sheldon Moldoff.

Tags: Untagged

 

I found these fun dive hoods, if anyone is interested, they can be purchased from:

http://www.scapascuba.co.uk/hoods.htm

Look forward to seeing some of you in them.

Happy diving,

F.

Batman	Kermit	Devil (with tail)
Devil (no tail)	Hammerhead	Elvis
Dinosaur	Tigger	Spikey
Shark	Monkey	Clown Fish
Tigger Mitts 3 Finger Mitts

Tags: Hoods, dive equipment, gloves

Today's entry features a selection of covers from Popular Mechanics and Popular Science.

 

1928. I can only imagine that in 1928 the market for dive gear aimed at siamese twins was a bit bigger than today!

 

1933. "I told you we should have bought a lifting bag Harry!"

 

1951. Looks like these guys are wearing the three cylinder system used by Cousteau. I think Jacques missed a trick by not wearing a fetching blue or green wetsuit!

 

1952. I want one!

 

1953. Hmm, I might have to track down a copy of this one. With the price of dive gear the DIY option seems quite attractive.

 

1954. I wonder how many readers survived to try building an advanced diving outfit!

 

Tags: The Art of Diving