Divernet News, dateline 1 November 2005
Diving Gear Top 25
We asked you to vote for your all-time favourite items of diving equipment, so that the top 25 could be exhibited at Dive 2005, the UK's biggest annual Dive Show. Our thanks to every diver who took part in the survey.
If you were at the Show on 29 or 30 October you will have seen the resulting display, which had everybody stopping to see whether their own kit was featured.
If you missed the Show (where were you?), here is the full roll of honour:
1. Suunto Vyper
2. Mares Plana Avanti Quattro Fins
3. Buddy Commando BC
4. Apeks ATX 200 Regulator
5. Suunto Stinger
6. Force Pro Fins
7. Olympus mju 600 Digital Camera and PT029 Housing
8. O'Three Ri 2/100 Drysuit
9. Buddy Delayed SMB
10. APD Inspiration Rebreather
11. Aqua Lung Legend Supreme Regulator
12. Aqua Lung SeaQuest Diva LX BC
13. Scubapro Mk25/S600 Regulator
14. Scubapro/Uwatec Smart Pro Computer
15. Seacsub Pro 2000 BC
16. DUI GF200 XRKN Drysuit
17. Poseidon Cyklon Metal Regulator
18. Otter Britannic Drysuit
19. Oceanic Delta 3 Regulator
20. Cressi Matrix Mask
21. Delta P VR3 Computer
22. IST Pro Ear 2000 Mask
23. Kowalski Speed 1250 Torch
24. McMahon SMB Reel
25. Ikelite PC Lite Torch
And don't forget, you can still vote for your Product of 2005 in the Diver Awards, which is another poll altogether! Click here
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Snakes alive!
Spectacular footage of sea snakes hunting in the coral reefs of the Banda Sea, Indonesia, will be among the underwater action in the second helping of the BBC documentary Planet Earth.
6 October 2006
Hoax diver escapes prosecution
The Channel Islands diver who set off a three-day £250,000 air and sea search after faking a diving accident in September has avoided facing a criminal prosecution, according to a report in the Guernsey Press & Star.
5 October 2006
Octopush worlds in UK
Britain has hosted a successful Underwater Hockey World Championships in Sheffield.
5 October 2006
Walk, paddle or hop for the MCS
The Marine Conservation Society has launched an imaginative fundraising programme - by offering people a near-infinite choice of sponsored journeys to undertake.
3 October 2006
MCS fish guide
The Marine Conservation Society has updated its online guide to buying fish in an eco-friendly way.
3 October 2006
1000th DCI patient for DDRC
Plymouth's Diving Diseases Research Centre treated its 1000th diver for decompression sickness in late September.
29 September 2006
Extended protection for Cornish wreck
The wreck of the St Anthony, near Helston in South Cornwall, has been redesignated so that a bigger protected area will be out of bounds to divers.
29 September 2006
Euro shark group launched
The Shark Alliance is a new conglomerate of conservation organisations, intent on pushing for more effective shark protection measures in Europe.
28 September 2006
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