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[Basslet]

What time do you think this would start on Sat? I'll be fling in from a business trip on Friday night, landing at 7:30 pm. I could go home and drive that night, or leave in the am. I'm not sure if I can get away because my mom will be staying with my son while I'm gone, and I'd hate to ask her to stay the weekend too. Maybe I could drag my son with me if he doesn't have a football game. It sucks when life gets in the way of diving.

[WreckWench]

The final clinic agendas have not been set but from the looks of everything that Trace intends to teach...we'll have to start early both Sat and Sun to get it done RIGHT and to allow for dives and a reasonable departure on Sunday evening if you stayed for all the events. That would mean coming in on Friday or very early on Saturday.

We'll post the tentative course intinery and let you see what you are most interested in. If you are like me...it will be ALL of them!!!

[TraceMalin]

The SingleDivers.com Dutch Springs "Techreational" Workshops (November 19/20 2005)
Instructor: Trace Malinowski

Saturday Clinics/Workshops: - $175.00 per person for Gear Clinic/Equipment Certification Course/Personal Equipment Evaluation/Skill Dives #1 & #2

6 A.M. - 10 A.M. Gear Clinic/Equipment Specialty Course - (Optional: After the course, the student may choose to be certified as a PDIC "Equipment Specialist Diver." This is an internationally recognized specialty certification. Prerequisite is an Open Water certification card from a recognized training agency. Processing Fee: $15.00)
- STREAMLINING YOUR GEAR
- modification of masks, fins & snorkels for scuba, tech & freediving
- exposure suits (wetsuits/drysuits)
- tanks, valves and bands
- regulators (primary & backup)
- wings & BCD's
- gauges & computers
- cutting tools
- weight systems
- dive lights
- recreational modifications
- technical modifications (wreck/cave)
- stage & deco bottles
- accessory items

10 A.M. - 11 A.M. Break

11 A.M. - 12 A.M. Lunch during personal equipment practical evaluations

12 P.M. - 2 P.M. Skill Demos & Practice (Dive #1)
- Team Diving Skills
- BCD/Drysuit Use
- Trim/Buoyancy
- Kicks (flutter, mod flutter, frog, mod frog, back)
- Helicopter Turns/Stillness
- Safety Drills (air shares)
- Valve Drills (single tank/double tank)
- Ascent Practice
- Evaluation of skills

2 P.M. - 3 P.M. Surface Interval (Break/Q&A)

3 P.M. - 5 P.M. Skill Demos & Practice (Dive #2)
- Use of Reels/Spools
- How to make a "sea anchor"
- Line, Team, Environmental, Situational Awareness
- No Mask Situations/Touch Contact Drills
- Liftbag Deployment (open water, drift, wreck)
- No Mask Ascents

5 P.M. - 6 P.M. Surface Interval (Break/Q&A)

6 P.M. - 8 P.M. Night Dive Clinic ($25.00 includes Dutch Springs Night Diving Fee)
- Primary Lights
- Back Up Lights
- Light Signals
- Team Communication
- Emergencies At Night
- Team Awareness
- Problem Solving
- Emergencies
- Night Dive!!!

8 P.M. - ??? Kamala aka "Wreck Wench's" Resuscitation Plans

Sunday Clinics/Workshops: $175.00 per person

6 A.M. - 10 A.M. Mixed Gas Clinic/PDIC Nitrox Certification Course includes book & workbook. Optional $15.00 Processing fee for C-card.)
- Narcosis & Decompression Sickness
- How nitrox solves N2 problems
- US Navy Tables
- PDIC Nitrox Tables
- Equivalent Air Depth
- Maximum Operating Depths
- Calculating Best Mix
- Switching Gas Mixtures
- Blending Nitrox
- Oxygen Cleaning
- Marking & Labeling Cylinders
- Air Diving
- Oxygen Toxicity
- Oxygen Clocks & OTU's
- Using Deco Software (V-Planner)
- Using Nitrox Computers
- Why take a trimix course?
- Mixed Gas Roundtable Discussion

10 A.M. - 11 A.M. Break

11: 30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Skill Demos & Tour Dives
- Skills Review
- Stage/Pony/Deco Bottles
- Surface Support/Multi-Team Diving
- Rescue for Gas Divers
- Pumphouse Tour 1 (Skill Evals)
- Aircraft & Wreck Tour 2 (Team challenge)
- Deep Tour 3 (Optional & if time allows)

4:30 - ??? Kamala aka "Wreck Wench's" Resuscitation Plans

Register for both days & night dive clinic for $300.00 total (Save $75.00... $50 for combo and $25 if SD Premier & Above Member!) NOTE: See first post in this thread for payment details!

Gear Clinic Redux? - Missed the Saturday Gear Clinic & want it Sunday night? We can accommodate you for $175.00.

Note: All certifications must be earned. All dives are optional and not required for either the Equipment Specialist nor Nitrox certifications.

Contact kamala@singledivers.com or tracemalin@singledivers.com for further details.

[PerroneFord]

Man! If I was in the area, I'd be there in a HEARTBEAT! This course covers so many of the areas I'd like to train. I'll get them all spread out in my next few clasess, but this would be a way to get them all now..

If you can possibly get to this event, you should...

[WreckWench]

Trace you have out done yourself! I can't believe how much information we'll receive in 2 days at a very discounted price for SD.com members!!! In fact, I'm so impressed with your nitrox course outline that I'm going to take the course again as I have NEVER been exposed to vplanner software nor any other dive profile software and of course you NEVER can learn too much. (Of course being blonde a refresher is ALWAYS a good idea for me!)

As for the rest of the workshops and clinics...WOW!!!

I was amazed at how much I learned when you did the impromtu gear clinic on the spot when we were all in NC for the Oct SD trip. I can't imagine how much I'll learn when you have had time to prepare and have all the gear there for demonstration purposes.

And for those not in NC with us, the personalized gear reconfiguration ALONE is worth the price of admission but the knowledge is something you'll be amazed at.

A little background on the instructor...

Trace has been diving for 25 years and teaching scuba since 1989. His list of accomplishments is extremely extensive and he has the rare ability to take TONS of information and training and distill it into something that is concise, usable by ANY LEVEL OF DIVER yet pratical and even entertaining. He will not talk over your head and he will not talk under your comprehension. If you haven't been diving long...you should make this a MUST DO event. If you have been diving for awhile and want to learn about more technical aspects of diving then DON'T MISS this opportunity and if you on a technical diving path this is THE TECH PREP course for you.

Regardless of your skill level, you'll be amazed at how much you will learn and wonder how time can fly so fast went as he teaches you material that has taken him years and years to learn and perfect.

A partial list of his credentials:

Certifications PDIC Freediving Instructor Trainer
And Training: PDIC Assistant Freediving Instructor Trainer
PDIC Freediving Safety Diver Trainer
PDIC Extended Range Freediving Instructor
PDIC, NAUI, SSI, NASDS, IDEA, YMCA Universal Referral Instructor
PDIC Wreck Diving Instructor
PDIC Deep Diving Instructor
PDIC Night Diving Instructor
PDIC Drysuit Instructor
PDIC Search and Recovery Instructor
PDIC Navigation Instructor
PDIC Nitrox Instructor
PDIC Assistant Instructor Trainer
PDIC Dive Supervisor Trainer
PDIC Open Water SCUBA Instructor
PDIC Advanced Open Water SCUBA Instructor
PDIC Skin Diving Instructor
PDIC Equipment Specialist
CMAS* Instructor
TDI Advanced Nitrox Diver
TDI Decompression Procedures
TDI Cave Diver
NACD Cave Diver
GUE DIR-F
GUE Tech 1
Drager Atlantis 1 Rebreather
YMCA Lifeguard Instructor (including waterfront and scuba rescue)
YMCA Lifeguard
American Red Cross Advanced Lifesaving/Water Safety Instructor
American Red Cross Lifeguard
American Red Cross CPR & First Aid for the Professional Rescuer
American Red Cross AED Essentials
American Red Cross Oxygen Administration
American Health and Safety Institute CPR Pro (including AED and O2)

This is rare opportunity to tap into so much talent and knowledge and I can promise that you'll consider this the BEST SingleDivers.com event you've EVER attended!

We are so excited about this event that it will be advertised locally as well as sent out to SD's entire database of divers. We have had interest from out of country members so don't delay in signing up to attend this event. We'll be looking at the maximum number of participants that we can fit into the Dutch Springs Conference room and will advise you soon.

Don't delay...these workshops will fill up fast!!! This is sooooooooo

[Ariesno1]

WW, please sign me up for the Saturday clinic.
I will sleep in on Sunday

[WreckWench]

Man! If I was in the area, I'd be there in a HEARTBEAT! This course covers so many of the areas I'd like to train. I'll get them all spread out in my next few clasess, but this would be a way to get them all now..

If you can possibly get to this event, you should...

Airfare is cheap and I know of a number of people flying in. We'll have carpools from various area airports including:

1. ABE Allentown Bethany PA only 10 minutes to Dutch Springs from airport.
2. Philly, PA only 1 hour from airport
3. Newark, NJ - possible shuttle for $50-$75 to ABE

[Drgnfiend]

If I wasn't going to be in the Virgin Islands diving I'd be all over this!

[WreckWench]

If I wasn't going to be in the Virgin Islands diving I'd be all over this!

Dang those Virgins....you really should stick with experience!!!

Sorry you'll miss this...it will ROCK!!

[Drgnfiend]

If I wasn't going to be in the Virgin Islands diving I'd be all over this!

Dang those Virgins....you really should stick with experience!!!

Sorry you'll miss this...it will ROCK!!

I know right, what the heck am I supposed to do with an island full of Virgins?

[WreckWench]

I know right, what the heck am I supposed to do with an island full of Virgins?

Ahhh....just do what the rest of us will be 'learning' at Dutch Springs!



Advanced Diving Techniques!!!

[PerroneFord]

Airfare is cheap and I know of a number of people flying in. We'll have carpools from various area airports including:

1. ABE Allentown Bethany PA only 10 minutes to Dutch Springs from airport.
2. Philly, PA only 1 hour from airport
3. Newark, NJ - possible shuttle for $50-$75 to ABE

Yea, but I have three classes to pay for, I need a light, I have 2 conventions to pay for in Nov. alone, and I am not made of money. It'll have to wait. But like I said, it looks awesome.

[TraceMalin]

If I wasn't going to be in the Virgin Islands diving I'd be all over this!

Dang those Virgins....you really should stick with experience!!!

Sorry you'll miss this...it will ROCK!!

I know right, what the heck am I supposed to do with an island full of Virgins?

Run! If they are still virgins, there is probably a good reason. Run! Run fast! Run far! When you hit the coast, start swimming.

[TraceMalin]

WW, please sign me up for the Saturday clinic.
I will sleep in on Sunday

I hope you're still planning to do the skill dives on Sunday! It will be a continuation of the foundation we'll be doing Saturday. Plus, I give a great tour.

Trace

[WreckWench]

WW, please sign me up for the Saturday clinic.
I will sleep in on Sunday

Got ya on the list!