Vintage Dive at Wazee Sept 20-21st

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- The MN Inland Vintage Divers Club is going to Wazee Sept 21st. Please Feel Welcome to Join Us... You Don't Need to be a Club Member. On Saturday, we'll be participating in the Jackson County "Clean-Up" dive... Getting garbage out of the Wazee dive sites. The county puts on some FREE FOOD in appreciation for the divers efforts.
- It should be good exposure for Vintage Diving. Tom and I are planning a "Sportsways Twin 42s Theme Dive". We did a a Jet Air Theme dive last time and really cracked ourselves up. Ha! Ha!
- Several of us usually stay at the Falls Motel in Black River Falls (WI) so it fills up pretty fast. Cheap and clean lodging. There's also a casino hotel as well as other motels and campgrounds. I'll be staying Friday and Saturday nights I think... Arrive early and gets some Friday dives in!

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- I had to move my reservation to Comfort Inn to get another bed to accommodate a friend who'll be coming along with me. Falls Motel may have my single bed room available... They were full up otherwise.
- Seahunt Jerry's bringing Twin white Voit shorty tanks. Tom's bringing Twin orange Sportsways shorty tanks. I'm bringing my twin yellow Aqualung 38's and twin galvanized 42s. We have the makings of a twin tank "Theme Dive"!
- We're hoping to get there by 10:00 AM Friday and maybe get in 3 dives Friday and 2-3 dives Saturday. It's gonna be fun... I hope to see you there!

Last Time at Wazee: Beautiful Weather, Crystal Clear Water, And Vintage Theme Dives...

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- We had a good general diving turnout for our Wazee weekend. The Vintage guys turned out to be just me, Sea Hunt Jerry and Tom McClusky. But Tom and I brought friends (Becky and Rich) who are modern divers and Jerry invited half the state... Ha! Ha! Glen, Guy, Nanette, Dick, and lets not forget Mike who brought the whole family.
- Weather was okay... Not cold but mostly cloudy. The DIVING WAS GREAT! Water was clear and warm... Plenty to see and do at Wazee. I think all of us got 5 dives each for Friday and Saturday.
- Sea Hunt Jerry treated us to a look at his silver wetsuit... The one he wore for the Sea Hunt Anniversary re-enactments in Silver Springs, FL. Jerry dove some rare shorty Voit Twin Tanks and 50 Fathom regulator.
- Tom McClusky had a mint condition USD yellow tank with a strange looking reserve valve. Tom was diving a beautiful yellow hosed Mistral he just re-built. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Tom.
- I was diving my Cyclone HPR Royal Aqua Master (souped up DAAM), my DW Mistral, my Phoenix HPR with BC Octo SPG, and my Blue Downstream 50 Fathom regs. Tanks were yellow USD Twin 38s and galvanized Sportsways Twin 42s... I did the Octo dive with a modern high pressure steel 80 cf tank.

Above: Sea Hunt Jerry's Silver Suit, Jerry's 50 Fathom, SurfLung and Modern Diver Rich M.

Above: SurfLung w/Jerry in Background, Rich M. w/GoPro Paint Stick, Sea Hunt Jerry Aquabatics.

Above: Fighting Flamingos in the Chris Craft, Surflung Eb and Sea Hunt Jerry, Rich M. in the Tubes

- A Few Side Notes: The Wazee Sports Dive Shop had a set of the old bushing style twin 38s and he let me have them for only $50... So I got a fun souvenir of this trip. They're not in the best of shape, but how could I pass them up?
- Also, I dove the Blue Downstream 50 Fathom for a 48 minute dive along the "WALL"... Depths 25-36ft. Breathed excellent for the whole dive. I am impressed with this regulator.