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Anders Knudsen · June 17th, 2008, 12:27 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by OkiMike)

We had a student in Tokyo get a torn neck seal as we were about to enter the water for the experience portion of a Tech 1 class. As it was a fixed latex seal he couldn't swap it out so he tried to tape it up with duct tape.

Needless to say, that didn't work very well and I imagine he was quite cold in the 63 degree water. I heard he had a second suit shipped to him from his home overnight in time for the second day's dives.

I did that while diving in Norway ( 12-5deg water ) worked like a charm, replaced the duct tape with aquasure for the second dive, ok i did not tore the seal, just ripped a hole in it.

now I either bring 2 suits, or bring seals and glue.

June 17th, 2008, 12:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
Anders Knudsen (Online) Gadevang Underwater Explorers Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 190	Quote: (Originally Posted by OkiMike) We had a student in Tokyo get a torn neck seal as we were about to enter the water for the experience portion of a Tech 1 class. As it was a fixed latex seal he couldn't swap it out so he tried to tape it up with duct tape. Needless to say, that didn't work very well and I imagine he was quite cold in the 63 degree water. I heard he had a second suit shipped to him from his home overnight in time for the second day's dives. I did that while diving in Norway ( 12-5deg water ) worked like a charm, replaced the duct tape with aquasure for the second dive, ok i did not tore the seal, just ripped a hole in it. now I either bring 2 suits, or bring seals and glue. __________________ If someone standing on dry land tells you they're safe diving deep on air, give them a wide berth. If they're that stupid at 1 ATA, you know they won't get any smarter at depth