Fortune Pond This Weekend!
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 10:23 am
Fortune Pond May 17-18
- Yes we're heading to Fortune Pond and the first trip of the 2019 Dive Season. I have my motel reservations made and we should be arriving at "the Pond" around 11:00-12:00 Friday morning. We'll hope to get in 2-3 dives Friday, have a nice dinner at Alice's Restaurant, and do two more dives on Saturday before heading for home around 2:00 PM.
- I'll be bringing along my "Crew Served" UV-26 diving scooter (takes a crew to carry it into the water). This will allow at least 2 cruises completely around the lake at 40-100 feet deep... VERY much like playing Superman in flight!
- I'm also bringing my Twin 48s. These are round bottom 1800 psi surplus tanks I converted to Scuba. They're longer than 38s and my research indicates the are 48 cf at 1800 psi and 53 cf at 10% over (1980 psi). I have a beautiful Voit manifold on these and recently adorned them with Karls Voit chevron tank decals... Very nice!
- I'll also have my Sea Hunt 38s, my yellow USD 38s, and the other gray ones I call "Bill's 38s" because I got the tanks from Bill Tucker. These are also gray but with a polished stainless set of bands. I'm debating whether I should put AquaLung stickers on them.
- MAN... I have a tough choice on which double hose regulators to bring. I have a newly rebuilt Snark III Silver that is in Like New condition. I have my Voit NAVY that I fixed up last year. I have an original Royal AquaMaster... Looks and breathes like nearly new. I have my Voit 40 Fathom SINGLE hose I really should give some use to now that it has a proper diaphragm, exhaust, and swimaster first stage... I have a nice blue Voit steel 50 cf tank with white chevron... They would go nicely together... Similar set up to James Bond when he dove from the helicopter in Thunderball. So many regulators and tanks... So little time.
- Yes we're heading to Fortune Pond and the first trip of the 2019 Dive Season. I have my motel reservations made and we should be arriving at "the Pond" around 11:00-12:00 Friday morning. We'll hope to get in 2-3 dives Friday, have a nice dinner at Alice's Restaurant, and do two more dives on Saturday before heading for home around 2:00 PM.
- I'll be bringing along my "Crew Served" UV-26 diving scooter (takes a crew to carry it into the water). This will allow at least 2 cruises completely around the lake at 40-100 feet deep... VERY much like playing Superman in flight!
- I'm also bringing my Twin 48s. These are round bottom 1800 psi surplus tanks I converted to Scuba. They're longer than 38s and my research indicates the are 48 cf at 1800 psi and 53 cf at 10% over (1980 psi). I have a beautiful Voit manifold on these and recently adorned them with Karls Voit chevron tank decals... Very nice!
- I'll also have my Sea Hunt 38s, my yellow USD 38s, and the other gray ones I call "Bill's 38s" because I got the tanks from Bill Tucker. These are also gray but with a polished stainless set of bands. I'm debating whether I should put AquaLung stickers on them.
- MAN... I have a tough choice on which double hose regulators to bring. I have a newly rebuilt Snark III Silver that is in Like New condition. I have my Voit NAVY that I fixed up last year. I have an original Royal AquaMaster... Looks and breathes like nearly new. I have my Voit 40 Fathom SINGLE hose I really should give some use to now that it has a proper diaphragm, exhaust, and swimaster first stage... I have a nice blue Voit steel 50 cf tank with white chevron... They would go nicely together... Similar set up to James Bond when he dove from the helicopter in Thunderball. So many regulators and tanks... So little time.