Should I purchase a full-length wetsuit?

hammond@not wrote:
> In article <jb5ki1logrvsigdn0n2l3tq5ietp93738h@4ax.com>,
> BillD <billd@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
> >I forgot to mention the hood. Excellent point and eithe a light hood
> >or a bonnet make a huge difference to me.
>
> I agree. I addition to keeping the head warm, a hood keeps cold water
> off the neck and improoves the neck seal for you setsuit.

Nonsense.

A hood is good to protect the loss of heat, even in VERY warm water
diving, whether you wear a wetsuit or not.

Ever since I was on the Tahiti Aggressor, and purchased THREE hoods
that had a shark's fin on top (because I thought they were $17 each
but turn out to be $70 each <G>) Sue and I wear those hoods on
every dive now, in warm or cold water.

It's particularly good to wear a shark hood when you are diving
with sharks because they get curious and come to look you over
and you wouldn't have to chase them.

As a matter of fact, it's good to dive anywhere with FISH. None
of them ever saw sharks blowing bubbles out of their mouths
like we do, and so they come to investigate.

I think Dan Bracuk too a pic of me in Cozumel in one of those
hoods. That's why Dan even got a picture of a seahorse in one
of those dives that he had never seen before.

The THIRD hood I have has TWO protruding fin-like objects on
top -- but they are not supposed to be fins, but the horns of
the devil. I have never worn it to know how sharks and fish
react to the Devil, but Chris Pflaum did, on the Tobago
liveaboard. If he is still around, he can tell you about it.

Ah, that reminds me ... hoods are particularly good for those
without an abundance of hair on top of their heads.

da Feeesh.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:
:Nonsense.
:
:A hood is good to protect the loss of heat, even in VERY warm water
:diving, whether you wear a wetsuit or not.
:
:Ever since I was on the Tahiti Aggressor, and purchased THREE hoods
:that had a shark's fin on top (because I thought they were $17 each
:but turn out to be $70 each <G>) Sue and I wear those hoods on
:every dive now, in warm or cold water.

Admit it Bob, you wear them to look cool, not stay warm.

Dan Bracuk
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Dan Bracuk wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> pounded away at his
> keyboard resulting in:
> :Nonsense.
> :
> :A hood is good to protect the loss of heat, even in VERY warm water
> :diving, whether you wear a wetsuit or not.
> :
> :Ever since I was on the Tahiti Aggressor, and purchased THREE hoods
> :that had a shark's fin on top (because I thought they were $17 each
> :but turn out to be $70 each <G>) Sue and I wear those hoods on
> :every dive now, in warm or cold water.
>
> Admit it Bob, you wear them to look cool, not stay warm.

That's the trouble with you Dan, jumping to conclusions without any
evidence to support it.

If what you said were true, I would not have several NON-Tahiti
hoods in my scuba closet; and no one would have seen me wearing hoods
diving in Cozumel and on the Cayman Aggressor BEFORE I bought those
hoods in 2003. I've been diving with hoods in warm water for years
before that -- but NOT wet suit!

Those shark hoods do look better than my other hoods, and since I
had paid $70 for them, why should I NOT wear them, but not for the
reason YOU speculated.

-- Bob.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1126897702.771878.77780@o13g2000cwo.googlegro ups.com...

> Ever since I was on the Tahiti Aggressor, and purchased THREE hoods
> that had a shark's fin on top (because I thought they were $17 each
> but turn out to be $70 each <G>) Sue and I wear those hoods on
> every dive now, in warm or cold water.

Which one of you has two heads?

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1126897702.771878.77780@o13g2000cwo.googlegro ups.com...
>
> > Ever since I was on the Tahiti Aggressor, and purchased THREE hoods
> > that had a shark's fin on top (because I thought they were $17 each
> > but turn out to be $70 each <G>) Sue and I wear those hoods on
> > every dive now, in warm or cold water.
>
> Which one of you has two heads?

Sue can wear all three without my help: the red-devil one on her
head, and the matching shark-fin ones to keep her chest warm.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1127305061.250682.221480@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

> Sue can wear all three without my help: the red-devil one on her
> head, and the matching shark-fin ones to keep her chest warm.

Actually, a woman's chest is the warmest part of her body, as it has the
most insulation. Optimally-designed woman's wetsuits should have cut outs
for breasts so they don't overheat.

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1127305061.250682.221480@g49g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
> > Sue can wear all three without my help: the red-devil one on her
> > head, and the matching shark-fin ones to keep her chest warm.
>
> Actually, a woman's chest is the warmest part of her body,

How would YOU know?


> Optimally-designed woman's wetsuits should have cut outs
> for breasts so they don't overheat.

That's true, but only in Warm Water diving.
I have a Cozumel documentary video that actually showed several
well-insulated wimmin scuba divers diving in them.

"Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1127326550.455912.271610@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

>> Actually, a woman's chest is the warmest part of her body,
>
> How would YOU know?

a) it's very close to the body core and heart

b) it's padded with more insulating fat than other parts of the body

If your experience with women tells you that their breasts are always cold,
perhaps you're the underlying cause of the frigidity.

Greg Mossman wrote:
> "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:1127326550.455912.271610@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>>>Actually, a woman's chest is the warmest part of her body,
>>
>>How would YOU know?
>
>
> a) it's very close to the body core and heart
>
> b) it's padded with more insulating fat than other parts of the body
>
> If your experience with women tells you that their breasts are always cold,
> perhaps you're the underlying cause of the frigidity.

why would that not surprise anyone?

>
>

bob crownfield wrote:
> Greg Mossman wrote:
> > "Reef Fish" <Large_Nassau_Grouper@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1127326550.455912.271610@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> >
> >
> >>>Actually, a woman's chest is the warmest part of her body,
> >>
> >>How would YOU know?
> >
> >
> > a) it's very close to the body core and heart
> >
> > b) it's padded with more insulating fat than other parts of the body
> >
> > If your experience with women tells you that their breasts are always cold,
> > perhaps you're the underlying cause of the frigidity.
>
> why would that not surprise anyone?


Where have you been? Did they let you out of the funny farm to see
who's still worshipping whom?