Once again Mack, Jim and Darrin geek out about scuba diving and discuss scuba in the news. They correct some items from the week before and make a whole new rounds of mistakes. DEMA had a load of press release lately and the last few weeks. The chat room was full and so was the show. Thank you for listening. ...
## Recalls **Dive Rite Recalls Its Low-Pressure Regulator Hoses** [https://www.scubaboard.com/community/threads/dive-rite-lp-rubber-hose-recall.582605/ ](http://) **Voluntary Recall of The Mares XR Inflator** [https://www.mares.com/us-US/sports/extended-range/recall/](http://) **Shearwater Research is voluntarily issuing a recall for yellow wireless transmitters** [https://www.shearwater.com/announcements/voluntary-recall-notice-yellow-transmitters/ ](http://) **Huish Outdoors Recalls Buoyancy Control Device – Zeagle Sport** [https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2018/huish-outdoors-recalls-buoyancy-control-devices-bcds-due-to-drowning-hazard ](http://) **Sunnto Dive Computer Settlement** [http://www.suuntodivecomputersettlement.com/ ](http://) **Scuba Divers Knew of "Pedophile Island"** *In the waters near now-deceased Jeffrey Epstein’s private St. Thomas retreat in the Virgin Islands, there’s some decent diving, but when guides took scuba divers to spots near Epstein’s Little St. James Island, security guards would immediately walk to the water’s edge. “Everybody called it ‘Pedophile Island,’” says Kevin Goodrich, who runs Alternate Attitude boat charters out of St. Thomas. “It’s our dark corner.” On August 12, the FBI raided Pedophile Island to probe further into Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking ring.* **Restoration of 19th Century Firearms found off the coast of Newfoundland** [https://www.thescubanews.com/2019/01/17/restoration-of-19th-century-firearms-found-off-the-coast-of-newfoundland/#prettyPhoto ](http://) **Archeologists dive back into Franklin mystery** [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/franklin-erebus-terror-shipwreck-archeology-arctic-mystery-1.5250185](http://) **First manned trip in 14 years to Titanic remains made by Triton Submarines of Sebastian** [https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/indian-river-county/2019/08/21/triton-submarine-sebastian-documents-titanic-wreckage/2071692001/](http://) **Historic 17th-century Dutch shipwreck discovered near South African beach** [https://www.foxnews.com/science/dutch-shipwreck-discovered-south-africa](http://) ## Potentially Cool Scuba Gear **360 Camera Or GoPro for Scuba?** [https://www.forbes.com/sites/geoffreymorrison/2019/06/26/360-camera-or-gopro-for-scuba/ ](http://) **Using a Transmitter?** If you have a wireless air-integrated computer, the transmitter, jutting out from the side of the regulator’s first stage, can look seductively like a tank handle to uninitiated boat crews, and they may grab it. Mounting it at the end of a short (six-inch) high-pressure hose avoids costly errors, but don’t also forget to install the little double-ended flow restrictor supplied with your computer’s transmitter, rather than the single-ended one for use when fitted directly to the first stage. ...
Wow 21. More scuba diving and scuba talk. Shellie Howard talks about her open water certification and Jim. Darrin & Mac discuss their chamber dive. How narced did they get? Also scuba in the news. The one-year anniversary of the sinking of the USS Vandenberg, Divers Recover Discarded Toilets Off Malibu Coast, The Revolution of Science Through SCUBA, OIL SPILL UPDATE: Questions and answers from the Florida Keys Dept. of Tourism, Malaysian conference contributes to the future of scuba diving industry and Mudsharks clean beaches, boat launches. ...
