- I'd like to suggest that the NAVED forum be moved to somehow function within the header section of the Vintage Diving Forum. That way, folks who frequent the more active Vintage Diving Forum will be more inclined to participate in NAVED membership and keep the interest in period correct equipment strong.
- Here's my personal reasoning: I actually stumbled on VDH thru it's connection with NAVED... I was looking into a vacation to Silver Springs and saw the first re-enactment of Sea Hunt by NAVED. Looked it up on the web... Found VDH... Spent a bunch of money... And have been having a lot of fun I wouldn't have had without that initial contact with NAVED. But other than a membership card, what else do we do in NAVED?
- I missed out on the last Sea Hunt re-enactment that was put on by NAVED. But it made me think: If I got the call, I'd have had to scramble to get a proper vintage look. I love vintage but my equipment is a mix of old and new. NAVED endorsed vintage events might inspire guys like me to get together a true Vintage looking get-up for these occasions... The vintage dives I've been to so far have been lots of fun but, very few divers looked purely vintage. I think SwimJim at Fortune Pond is the only true vintage equipped diver I've seen so far.
- Being up front with the Vintage Diving Forum might give a boost to some of the suppliers like HydroGlove, VDH Rondine Fins and Masks, etc, too. I'd like to know where to go for a smoothskin vintage style wet suit with a zipper in the front and a beavertail, for example.
- Except for the featured divers, the postings in NAVED are pretty old. I just wonder if being up front might reinvorate NAVED.