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That old diver who told me to never trust a drysuit zipper on a boat...
Last summer off the coast of Galveston, I followed his advice and packed a spare zipper repair kit in my bag, and when my main zipper blew out 40 feet down, I was able to fix it in 10 minutes instead of aborting the whole dive.
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fisher.thomas2d ago
Whoa, hold on, you fixed a blown drysuit zipper in 10 minutes at 40 feet? That's wild. I've been diving for fifteen years and I've never even heard of someone pulling off a zipper repair underwater, let alone with a kit. What kind of kit did you have, one of those emergency sliders and some glue?
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the_robin2d ago
10 minutes at 40 feet"? It was more like 6 minutes and 25 feet, but close enough.
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julia_carter612d ago
Ha, no that wasn't me. A buddy of mine tried to fix a fin strap at 20 feet once with a zip tie, took him most of the dive and it still fell off.
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