December 24, 2009 – Pt. Lobos

December 24, 2009

Elissa, Devin, and I met up with April, a visiting diver from Seattle. Fortunately for us, there was a mid week lull between two storm systems. As the result, we were greeted with calm seas and only moderate surge.
In the water, visibility was a clean 20′, and you could see outlines and shapes [...]

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Hog looping – misinformation about the Hogarthian configuration

December 15, 2009

This week, BSAC’s “Technical Group Leader” sent a message to their technical instructor corp regarding BSAC’s position that the hogarthian configuration should not be taught.
While BSAC has prerogative to make any ruling on gear configuration or teaching methods and philosophy, it’s the misinformation about the Hogarthian gear configuration and the OOA procedure that’s unforgivable.
As the [...]

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