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Dry Suit Diving: A Guide to Diving Dry

Authors: Steven M. Barsky, Dick Long, Bob Stinton
Publisher: Watersport Publishing
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 2185538

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 185

ISBN: 0922769362
EAN: 9780922769360
ASIN: 0922769362

Publication Date: April 1993
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Also Available In:

  • Paperback - Dry Suit Diving (Specialty Diver Series)
  • Paperback - Dry Suit Diving: A Guide to Diving Dry
  • Paperback - Dry Suit Diving, Third Edition

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Editorial Reviews:

Book Description
Dry Suit Diving, 3rd Edition is considered the ultimate text on the selection, use, and maintenance of dry suits. This book picks up where the owner's manuals and certification agencies texts end. If you are an avid dry suit diver, technical diver, instructor, or dive store owner, this book is a must-read reference.

DrySuit Diving, 3rd Edition contains the following chapters:
• A Brief History of Diver Thermal Protection
• Why Thermal Protection is Important
• Contaminated Water Diving
• Types of Dry Suits
• Dry Suit Valves
• Dry Suit Undergarments
• Dry Suit Accessories
• Setting Up Your Dry Suit System
• Dressing Into Your Dry Suit System
• Diving with Your Dry Suit System
• Maintenance of Your Dry Suit System
• Dry Suit Repairs
• Bibliography
• Thermal Guidelines

DrySuit Diving, 3rd Edition is heavily illustrated with numerous photographs and tables.


Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Heavy on facts and figures but light on "how to" information   April 23, 2005
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Don't get me wrong, this was a book packed with excellent information about the history of dry suit diving, maintenance requirements, and thermal properties of various configurations, but it was not the instructional text I was looking for. I found the text worthy as a guide to making repairs, but found it terribly boring to read. I was hoping to draw on the experiences of the authors to aid in my growth as a dry suit diver, but that is simply not what this text is suitable for. This makes a fine edition to my collection of texts and I will refer to it in the event a repair is required to my suit, but this text is NOT the instructional manual, packed with "how to" tips, I was searching for.


3 out of 5 stars Where did the diving go?   January 30, 2002
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

Although being an instructor and supposed to teach others how to dive, including dry suit diving, I've never had a dry suit diving course myself. Till I bought this book I've brought on my own experience - I thought I would have a guide that could break my self-taught bad habits.
Not so. This book gave me a lot about the history of the development of dry suits (which very much took place in my neighbourhood) and a lot about maintenance and caretaking of dry suits. These subjects deserve the three stars rating. But I still dive like I did before, as the useful tips of actual dry suit diving are scarce and should not be the reason for buing this book. Or, on second thoughts - isn't there more to dry suit diving than this?



4 out of 5 stars Very Informative   May 16, 2001
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

We found this book very informative. In addition to teaching the aspects of dry suit diving, it also tells you how to maintain your equipment properly.

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