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  • The Six Bolt Helmet

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    Tasked with updating the Standard Dress diving equipment then in use in the early part of the 20th Century, Robert. H. Davis – the Managing Director of legendary diving equipment company, Siebe, Gorman & Co. – designed a helmet attached… Read More ›

  • Saying No To JIM

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    In diving’s pre-computer age, many occupational divers compiled their own work manuals filled with essential safety information like decompression and therapeutic recompression tables, basic treatment for pressure-related illnesses, and useful trivia … including, in some instances, job offer letters.  My… Read More ›

  • M-24: On Eternal Patrol

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    The 31st May – as well as being the anniversary of the WWI Battle of Jutland – also marks the anniversary of the 1942 WWII attack on Sydney Harbour by three Japanese Midget Submarines. A little over 23-metres in length… Read More ›

  • The Safety-Catch

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    A concept that seldom receives the depth of thought that it deserves, ‘diving safety’ has, for some, become an almost meaningless term. For many people, of course, safety is never an issue.  Taught to believe that diving is, “safe, fun… Read More ›

  • ‘Technically Speaking’ – by Simon Pridmore

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    Offering an engaging, beautifully written, and meticulously researched insight into the phenomenon of Technical Diving, and its impact on a single decade of diving’s evolving history, Simon Pridmore’s new book, ‘Technically Speaking’ is an outstanding tour de force from one… Read More ›

  • “Fins ain’t wot they used to be.”

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    Although a seemingly simple device, fins are a comparatively modern invention made possible by the introduction of vulcanised rubber. In 1929 the inventor, a Frenchman by the name of Louis de Corlieu, produced a prototype fin made from this material… Read More ›