The ‘Guide’ – written in late 1999 – was in three parts plus appendices. Part One dealt with ‘Risk Management Considerations’; Part Two, dealt with ‘The Media’, while Part Three focussed on, ‘Crisis Management’. (The appendices included detailed information on:… Read More ›
mixed gas diving
Diving & The Media: A Survival Guide – 1
In late 1999 – in the wake of a spate of highly publicised diving fatalities – I completed a manual intended to help dive industry professionals deal more effectively with negative media publicity and criticism. Although presently in the throes… Read More ›
‘Uranus’ – The world’s first Nitrox snorkel
The following article was first published in Asian Diver Magazine in 1996 ____________________________ Claimed by its designers, an international consortium of diving technologists, to be the world’s first enriched air snorkel, ‘Uranus’ attracted considerable interest among those in the technical… Read More ›
Underwater Navigation (2) – measuring current strength
Having an understanding of the problems posed by the environment and a basic knowledge of natural aids to navigation is fundamental to every good dive plan. Measuring current strength From an anchored vessel, the diver drops a small low-profile marker… Read More ›
Knowing where you’re going: underwater navigation
A diver’s ability to know precisely where they are in relation to the shore or boat is fundamental to every good dive plan. The greater the diver’s proficiency in the techniques of underwater navigation the easier it becomes to know… Read More ›
The Mollusc Fu-2 Dive Computer
At the close of the first Tec-Asia Diving Conference – held in Singapore in 1996 – several of the speakers repaired to the Billiard Room bar of Raffles Hotel to enjoy a quiet drink. Inevitably, the conversation drifted towards technical… Read More ›