Drool....Dive Gear Porn

[1369]

Well, here's another "must have"...

http://www.ts-heinemann.com/images/scubapro_computer_galileo_2.jpg


Uwatec Galileo Sol with Heart Rate Monitor & Transmitter Exclusive Heart Monitoring System, incorporating heartbeat into work load and tailoring the decompression calculations to your dive. Partnered with Polar the world leader in heart rate monitoring. Navigation System with full-tilt digital compass with bearing memory. Extra Large dot-matrix display, which can be fully personalized and user friendly like a mobile phone. Hoseless gas integration and predictive multi gas algorithm for complete flexibility no matter what kind of diving you want to do.

It is no secret that each dive is different and taxes the diver slightly differently. The Galileo Sol is the only dive computer with the ability to track the diver's heart rate and calculate how it will affect the dive namely air consumption and decompression requirements.

The Galileo Sol also offers an integrated digital compass that is completely unaffected by tilt. Now you can navigate the depths of the sea without worrying if your headings are accurate. The large display lends an additional hand to keeping you on track, in terms of direction, air consumption, and general dive data.

After your dive, you can download the Galileo Sol's dive data directly to your PC. The easy-to-read charts and graphs allow you to accurately review and evaluate your dives. The Galileo Sol stores the 100 most recent hours of dive data for you; no need to wonder what happened with the Galileo Sol as your dive computer.

One pitfall of many dive computers is they become outdated very quickly. With the Galileo Sol, you don't have to worry about that inconvenience; simply use the infrared interface and upload the latest and greatest features and functions from the UWATEC website. What could be easier?

Integrated heart rate monitor.
Air integrated (hoseless).
Integrated digital compass.
Stores 100 hours of dive data at 4-second increments.
Download the dive data directly to your PC.
Wrist mounted.
Three screen modes: Light, Full, Classic.
Multi-language alarms.

[Slomo]

:lol

I kinda expected something like that.

I'm an Uwatec user, but has always hated the fact that you have to return the device to a service center for battery replacement.

[1369]

Not with the Galileo, you can change the batteries yourself.

I fondled one today at a local shop, 'tis very nice.

[RashoFan]

With all the talk of porn sites in Quattro13...I thought this thread was going to be different than what it actually is...:lol

[1369]

Depends on your point of view...

http://www.spearboard.com/photos/data/500/4589Taylor-spear.jpg

[RashoFan]

Look at that snapper...:lol
Is that a red or a vermillion??
I would say it was a red.

[1369]

The lady knows her fish....impressive.

[Slomo]

Not with the Galileo, you can change the batteries yourself.

...Major props :tu

[RashoFan]

The lady knows her fish....impressive.
I have done "some" deep water fishing out of Aransas Pass/Port Aransas.
1st time out, caught a 3ft nurse shark and vermillion snapper. 2nd time out, caught a 74lb blacktip snark(he was delicious) and some red snapper. The last time out, ...Ohhhhh Baracuda...3 of them.

The under water spear fishing looks to be intersesting. I may have to get scuba qualified and try it sometime.

[Slomo]

I have done "some" deep water fishing out of Aransas Pass/Port Aransas.
1st time out, caught a 3ft nurse shark and vermillion snapper. 2nd time out, caught a 74lb blacktip snark(he was delicious) and some red snapper. The last time out, ...Ohhhhh Baracuda...3 of them.

The under water spear fishing looks to be intersesting. I may have to get scuba qualified and try it sometime.No fishing with SCUBA :nope

It's not allowed. Only apnea divers are allowed to spear fish. You need a healthy set of lungs for that.

Which of course you have :eyebrows

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Now you can navigate the depths of the sea without worrying if your headings are accurate. The large display lends an additional hand to keeping you on track, in terms of direction, air consumption, and general dive data.

Great, can't wait for the first diver to get lost and die because of this one. As they drift out to sea... "I don't understand, I bought this $1000 computer and it said it would do my navigation for me. Shouldn't it have taken the currents into account for me?"

[1369]

No fishing with SCUBA :nope

It's not allowed. Only apnea divers are allowed to spear fish. You need a healthy set of lungs for that.

Which of course you have :eyebrows

Maybe in Europe, but in the Gulf, you need SCUBA to get to depth to hunt the rigs.

Not only is it legal, it's perfectly acceptable.

[1369]

I have done "some" deep water fishing out of Aransas Pass/Port Aransas.
1st time out, caught a 3ft nurse shark and vermillion snapper. 2nd time out, caught a 74lb blacktip snark(he was delicious) and some red snapper. The last time out, ...Ohhhhh Baracuda...3 of them.

The under water spear fishing looks to be intersesting. I may have to get scuba qualified and try it sometime.

I got my AOW/Deep/Nitrox while I was in Florida, so I think I'll get me Rescue certs next.

You should get certified, it's a lot of fun.

None of my running buddies dive, nor does the wife, but I love to hunt and bowhunt, and since I like to eat fish spearing seems like a good match.

[RashoFan]

Never been hunting.There is a guy who is trying to "woo" me, his family has property out in La Vernia and has invited me to go out there. I think I will stick with fishing...for now.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Maybe in Europe, but in the Gulf, you need SCUBA to get to depth to hunt the rigs.

Not only is it legal, it's perfectly acceptable.

Not to mention essential life support equipment out there. I've watched a buddy get dragged down to the bottom of the rigs by a big fish before, he'd have been toast free diving.

Anyway, I think anyone spearing out there is nuts. Getting dragged into and around the rigs, possibly wrapped in the cable by the fish once they get you into the rigs, barracuda, bigger fish (sharks), all the debris at the bottom around the rigs...

That chick in the photo looks to be on the rigs, can't believe someone would dive there without a wet suit for protection from the rig. With the currents and all the barnacles and growth you can get torn up pretty quick out there.

[Slomo]

Maybe in Europe, but in the Gulf, you need SCUBA to get to depth to hunt the rigs.

Not only is it legal, it's perfectly acceptable.The Gulf must be an exception, because they told us the same thing in Florida (and everywhere else I ever dived). But yes it's a definite no go in Europe.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

The Gulf must be an exception, because they told us the same thing in Florida (and everywhere else I ever dived). But yes it's a definite no go in Europe.

Florida's laws are in place because the lobster population was decimated when people could use scuba to hunt them, so the laws were changed to only allow taking anything via free diving.

They do have a two day lobster mini-season where you can hunt on scuba, though. Couldn't pay me all the money in the world to be there for that though, they typically have 6-10 idiots per year drown during that two day stretch, usually because they run out of air trying to catch 'the big one', or in a a couple of cases people have been run over by boats. It's insane.

The gulf rigs are a different animal altogether, if they didn't allow taking fish on scuba the Coast Guard would just be doing search and (body) recoveries, weekly.

[Slomo]

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They do have a two day lobster mini-season where you can hunt on scuba, though. Couldn't pay me all the money in the world to be there for that though, they typically have 6-10 idiots per year drown during that two day stretch, usually because they run out of air trying to catch 'the big one', or in a a couple of cases people have been run over by boats. It's insane.:lol
Yeah, I know about that mini season, and having experienced tourist diving in the keys I really don't think arming some of those divers is a good idea :lol


The gulf rigs are a different animal altogether, if they didn't allow taking fish on scuba the Coast Guard would just be doing search and (body) recoveries, weekly.I understand that now. If it's done properly (monitored properly), I don't see it as a problem.
It's still a fact that spearfishing with SCUBA is not allowed in most places.