@1:07 - "I've never gone down on a hookah before" With the accent and without context, this statement would have made me bust out laughing. It did anyway frankly.

Hey mate. Commercial diver here. Definitely need some way of removing the hose from yourself in case of entanglement. We use quick release instead of carabiner and attach to weight belt for easier access.

The normal way to attach a Hookah is to place the demand valve over your shoulder with the hose running down your back, then put your weight belt on over the hose. If you have an issue dump your weight belt and hose is disconnected from you.

You're a good man Stu, and a great friend to the oceans.

I would like to say thank you for all that you have taught me about outboard engines and boats in general. Now I am a former mechanic in the military and have worked on everything from aircraft to Power Equipment to even aircraft tow vehicles. You have saved me lots of money fixing my boat which is the first boat I have ever owned. I would like to say thank you, and the way I will do it is I have bought a dangar t-shirt and I will take it when I go on my boat and let others know about your KZfaq channel and I will recommend you to anybody I know that has a boat with an outboard motor. Once again thank you

...good to see you movin' right along, stay safe and have a great week...

The 'full circleness' of finding a one dollar coin that is sea trash during this fund raising effort is pretty neat.

I came on KZfaq, bored, with no hope. Thinking, "man I wish Dangar Stu would have a new video". 2 mintues ago. Mint.

Thanks for supporting Teamseas. Great channel.

im glad your going to take a breather mate its been a great viewing well played and see you on the flip side cheers dunc

Great to see the participation of your wife with camera work and stuff like that. Hope all is going well, all the best from Canada!!

Awesome addition! You are definitely getting Renko well fitted for its intended purpose.

Love your work👍

Many years ago my friend Dad had a Evinrude style air pump. We had a lots of fun with it, in the lake. Watching you Stu brought back a lot of memories. That is a great idea about custom lead weights. Let the biding begin.

I actually had that Conway Twitty reference on my head as you said it! Love it

Love your work Stu 👍🏻

Always nice to get an update from the Belafonte.

I'm not a mariner why I love these channels IDK it has to be the people your a stand up guy and the DIY nothings impossible attitude and the generously shared experience and knowledge

Super cool setup. What fun I could have with one of those.

"I've never gone down on a hookah before..." :-)

Good on ye Stu! Nice diving equipment too.

Great vid Stu as always! Love your chanel and been here since the start... Got to say you're looking well mate, a much better place now than 6 months ago! Keep it up 😉👌

Awesome Stu!

Excellent!

That looks like a great air option for diving mate😃....Thanks👍👀

Great idea for the lead.

13:48 you're too funny mate. Great vid.

I presume it's 2 stage compressor (high pressure cylinder smaller than the primary cylinder, hard to see). In the early sixties we had to get our tanks filled at a dive shop in Melbourne during the week (shops closed for the weekend at noon Saturdays) from a 4 stage compressor, I've forgotten the stages but say 120psi for stage 1 maybe 350 for stage 2 maybe 1200 for stage 3 and 2200 for stage 4 with the lubricating oil somehow filtered out and we had 1 1/2 hours worth of air in our 40cu ft twin tanks, total 80 cu ft (for each person). After driving to the dive site at Kilcunda for nearly 2 hours we used the air up very quickly then had to go home and refill and drive again the following weekend, we later found a dive club where we could stay the night and fill up from large gas bottles, those were the days!

Brilliant!!

"I've never gone down on a hoover before".LOL you and me too Stu.

Loved how the conversion formula for degrees STU includes BAC. LOL

Great work 👌👌

Nice set-up! The custom weights is a great idea.

Recycling and auctioning the lead is a great idea 👌👍

Great idea with the lead weights!!!

G'day Stu,,, Was a bit worried when you started by saying "youve never been down on a hooker before " Great idea to make custom weights from the recovered lead,, then to donate it to recovering plastics is a doubble whammy....!!! Well done Stu . Respect from Shellharbour

Thanks Stu. Great info about Team Seas. We once spent 10 days in North Zoe Creek. At the end of it we had about 4 large bags of rubbish from Zoe beach. The marina at Townsville was happy to take it from us. I would like to do this again when we head off next time.

That's cook kit sir!! Thanks for sharing!!

Good on you. Keep it up.

nice to see the air flow didn't seem restricted at all by the twisty mess you had. I am looking at hookah systems for boat maintenance in the next couple seasons...this is good info, thanks! Oh and good on ya cleaning up the oceans mate, every little helps.

Always something interesting .

Nice setup on the Hookah system. I have seen people die in 3rd world areas because they have homemade systems using a old compressor and 4 stroke motor pumping fumes and oil mist into their lungs. Also great idea for giving back to the ocean you love so much!

Good to see you taking the lead on the lead and making us weight/s

-15 degrees Stu - love it, glad you remembered to include BAC in the calculations 😂

Lovely work mate 👍.

I’m really missing your regular content, too busy relaxing 😎

Very early 70's I dove commercially for Abalone on the west coast of Vancouver Island. We were based out of Ucuelet. We used a gas powered hooka compressor that lubed with veg oil. After 10 hours under water the air from my lungs smelled like veg oil, yuk! We used a back pack with a J valve and wore 3/8 neoprene wet suits. Our greatest depth was around 30 ft so never felt the need to decompress? The Abalone was sold to Japan and was trucked daily from Ucuelet to Port Alberni and then flown to a major airport and trans shipped to Japan. We were paid shell on so thought that was great since you lost about 50 percent after removing the shell. Your Hooka looks a lot more sophisticated. Cheers from Canada.

I did not notice if you put up the DIVE Flag on your mast.. or if you have a RED beach ball with white stripes indicating a diver below . could be a red pool ring floaty.. an inner tube painted red with white stripes.. that could be handy with a basket or a net in the middle to have a snack handy or to put debris /treasure in.. have to figure out how to uncoil the hose without it tangling. have to lay it bow to stern a few times to get it hot while its out flat and get the twisties out. if you have to lay the hose up one side of the pilot house and down the other side then back and forth.. depending on the length. i spent a lot of time on my friends boat long lining while cleaning the bottom and props.. looking for tools on the bottom of the harbor.. i was about to jump in while over at larsons yacht haven in Los angeles harbor to search for a hole in the hull that was flooding the fuel tank compartment.. when a container ship across the channel honked 5 times. i looked up and saw bridge offices crossing their arms trying to signal me NO .. then they started the bow thruster on the container ship.. i totally understood.. i would have been washed under the docks and up on the rocks.. the bow thrusters on an 700 foot long container ship really move the water.. so i went up on the aft deck .. along comes the long beach fireboat just a few yards from our transom.. i yelled watch the cross current.. they said what cross current.. i pointed .. that fire boat turned 45 degrees in the current trying to power thru it. the boat owner said.. why did you do that.. i was just being polite.. a guy in a 25 foot sail boat came motoring along. again i said watch the cross current. he said. what cross current.. i pointed again.. he almost hit the 3 or 4 boats to our port.. missing them by inches.. that was always fun doing long lining. la harbor is not nearly as toxic as it used to be. the chemical and gasoline refineries don't dump into the canal that dumps into the back of LA harbor anymore.. in the 1980s you could tie up near the canal opening and everything Growing on the bottom of your boat would die and fall off.. be sure to set up a bosuns chair on your davit. makes it really easy to get anybody with issues out of the water and on deck. i had to be hoisted out with the bosuns chair as the docks were 18 inches above the water and nothing to kick against to climb out on the dock.

waiting for you man....

Good on you!

also a small float an any connection that joins hoses helps stop the hose snagging on the bottom

VERY cool set up Stu! I don't get out on the seas any longer but inland waters I do! I and my family do the same thing you are, cleaning up all the crap left by others in the waters...we take hefty trash bags on outings with us and fill them and take them to our local refuse disposal facility. So disgusting to us that people think they can just toss their garbage in the water and leave.

Looks like a great air pump yes one I would have myself .

They sell plastic tanks that are in line float and add extra capacity about 5 to 10 breaths worth could go from pump with short line then tank. Would probably keep your new unit from cycling more often and give you time to make it up in shallow dives

I've spent 5 and 1/2 hours underwater with a Gas powered one before "gold mining " there super fun to explore with as well

done a bit of diving on hooka, the best way for the hose is to come down your back through under your weight belt and back up the front under the belt again, this is easy to adjust for length to your mouth and keeps the hose behind you out of the way. also it's easy to roll over and grab the hose to pull yourself back to the boat. (make sure the hose it tied off securely to the boat first though lol.

Thanks for the intro to hookah diving. Thanks too, for your commitment to saving our marine environment. How about a review and critique of your metal detector. Thanks.

Given that the pipe acts as extra capacity for the reservoir: if the pump cuts out, will you have any way of telling until the air runs out? Would it be prudent to carry even a small tank for that event? Do you know if your SONAR picks you up? Nice idea about the lead weights and the clean up the seas campaign.

Thats a great charity. 👍

"that's a Royale amount of rubbish" basically we myself 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Stu as the song played and you swimming around. My alley kitten was trying to catch you on the screen like a fish game .😳😉😁😅🤣😅😂

Stu, we miss you!

Good music score. 👋🇺🇸

The temperature formula to convert to STU includes your BAC! 😂😂

What a corker. The hookah diving looks great - unlimited air, fairly unencumbered (no tanks), though distance limited.

Great video, liked

I would suggest finding a way to add an air storage tank the high pressure tank on the Nardi. It makes it run a bit longer to recharge but gives much more usable air overall.

Thanks nice ,all so noticed Master locks Thats funny

That’s basically like the Aqua-Bouy that OMC built in the 60’s and 70’s except there’s is a 2 stroke ( lawnboy motor ) in a inner tube harness’s recreation dive masks and 30’ x 2 of hose and a diving flag .

BAC in your formula😂😂😂😂

good for you stu what goes down goes back down spose you can say.....

Pretty nice setup...my only question is if you secure the pump equipment to keep it from being accidentally pulled overboard?

I miss you good friend.

That's a quadruple Royale :)

great vid stu , just an idea , maybe a float at the connection that is in water to keep sand out of quick release. Maybe a pop bottle

Great system. I use air pigs on my portable air compressor to increase the cycle times. I imagine you could do something similar. Not sure if you really need it though.

would it be possible, as a back up system, to have a air intake and filter on the cabin roof and a pump on a clutch driven by the main engine? just a thought.

G'day mate! I've been watching your videos for a while now from Canada, and I love your channel! I've always had a love for boats as well. In fact, your channel inspired me to get one! I bought a boat with a 40 Johnson motor with a remote start, but without a key. I was wondering if you had any idea how to switch it to a push start with a kill switch and choke switch separately? Thanks

Hookah's are great. Have a 50ft attached to a nitrox bottle. Gonna miss you Stu.

I did a dive in the Florida keys using a surface compressor like you describe. They call it "snuba" diving.

Hi Stu!! Great vids. Can you use the pony bottle you picked up for your solo dive course for your bailout bottle

Does the filter on the compressor also operate as desiccant dryer?

I see the advantage to this type of system for certain purposes. Maybe you could add a hose reel to keep the hoses organized and kink free. I'd look into a small diesel scuba compressor for the boat or something that could be run off a PTO on the engine. I'm sure that if you keep an eye out at govt. auctions or on the private market you could find something available that would suit your needs for a deep discount. I put together a system for personal use that is suitable for a dive shop for only about a quarter of the cost of new by watching for deals and grabbing them when I could.

Hopefully you, ahem I mean SHNORKIL ANGOLA will put that music on a compilation CD in time for Christmas. Dangar Music greatest hits for lovers and divers, tunes you can really go down to. featuring hits such as Ned's Quest For Stevesie's Abandoned Earring and many many more

Can you also use the compressor to fill you existing dive tanks

Does the Y piece have a check valve or could you end up loosing pressure to both divers if one line got cut?

Have you thought about a hose reel that you could put on the transom that you can take on and off as needed? It would make feeding out and winding up faster and easier.

Long time no see, how are you mate?

Hi Stu, Next time you want to melt lead try using a fresnel lens, find an old rear projection tv and strip th lens from there. It works a treat and is environmentally friendly.

As a former SCUBA diver found this intriguing. Once had bad air from a SCUBA shop even with their filters in place. The air had a very faint oily taste. That naturally scrubbed the boat dive in the Saint Lawrence River over sunken ships. The point being does the Hookah have efficient and reliable filters???

nice Pulp Fiction reference - but was it a Royale with cheese?

Fab. Applaud the work and tack here. Yes, a bailout is essential on deeper dives but it doesn't have to be huge. A 3L or 7L will suffice with its own reg and can easily be added to the harness but do your sums on air consumption as you go deeper. A surface crew might also be useful to take turns out of the hose and feed it in and out as required and warn if the compressor trips (bash the ladder is prob enough). An inflatable BCD might also be useful if you need surface flotation (but a drag u/w) or you could look for an old ABLJ for the old skool look (the AP Valves' Buddy Arctic would be perfect for the retro-feel). Finally, consider how you'd make a free ascent if the hose got stuck. Then, a bailout might be really necessary and is the hose karibiner well-placed for ditching?

I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on electruc drive systems for boats. It seems like a much simpler solution mechanically, but I know very little about the issues. Your videos are great!

how often do they suggest changing the filters on that Nardi ? and are they expensive ?

So upset stu now you ended the channel I would imagine your patrons are disappointed too . You’ve got a great boat out of us all . Come back soon mate

Cool. More Stu Zissou. Red cap and a speedo. The interns share a Glock. Dig your videos Stu. Always interesting. You rock.

Ah you found my weights when fishing up there and the turtles kept taking the bait..

Did you ever put the compressor on the jimmy?

Nice one Stu but i would really ge t a pony bottle to use with that set up,take care

Sorry to see u go from u tube. However I was getting tired of the series on your steel boat. I really enjoyed your boat and outboard repair videos. Good luck to you