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travs wrote:
 Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
> equivalent of the PADI open water.

Better.....from what I have seen and heard... 

Ken

travs wrote in message <886367935.29040.0.nnrp-09.c1ed8c2f@news.demon.co.uk>...
>Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
>courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>equivalent of the PADI open water.


See the ukrs web site on http://www.perrydell.u-net.com/ukrecscuba/, especially the
'Jasons Summary' part which goes some way to explain the differences.

>
>Please e-mail your reply.

Nope. The whole purpose of a newsgroup is to share information and experiences, if you
want a reply, you get it from the newsgroup where everybody can read it.

Keith L
[Header is false, real address is keithl@perrydell.com]

Kenneth A. Smith wrote in message <34D4E9CE.5CFB@ix.netcom.com>...
>travs wrote:
> Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>> equivalent of the PADI open water.
>
>Better.....from what I have seen and heard...
>


Subjective Ken. Different - yes, better - depends on the individuals perspectives.

Keith L
[Header is false, real address is keithl@perrydell.com]

Keith Lawrence wrote:

> >Please e-mail your reply.
> 
> Nope. The whole purpose of a newsgroup is to share information and experiences, if you
> want a reply, you get it from the newsgroup where everybody can read it.
> 
> Keith L
> [Header is false, real address is keithl@perrydell.com]

Keith, some people have a poor news feed and email is therefore more
reliable. You can hit the "both" button on your news reader to to send
both email and news. It is more helpful to do that, and just as easy.

Cheers

John
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John Visser wrote in message <34D5BFAC.2F32@ozemail.com.au>...
>Keith Lawrence wrote:
>
>> >Please e-mail your reply.
>>
>> Nope. The whole purpose of a newsgroup is to share information and experiences, if you
>> want a reply, you get it from the newsgroup where everybody can read it.
>
>Keith, some people have a poor news feed and email is therefore more
>reliable. You can hit the "both" button on your news reader to to send
>both email and news. It is more helpful to do that, and just as easy.
>
Fair point John, I was not having a good day at the time! My newsreader does not have a
'both' button, my mail reader is a separate product! Many people (like you and me<g>) use
fake addresses and mailing them can be a pain. The ukrs URL I sent also has two 'back
door' methods (Areti and DejaNews) of reading the newsgroup.

Keith L
[Header is false, real address is keithl@perrydell.com]

divingbum@nospam.geocities.com wrote in message
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>Depends on where you are.
>
>BSAC is nothing but a bad joke in australia.


Yes, how us BS-AC guys laugh when we pick up *all* our divers...

K

Depends on where you are.

BSAC is nothing but a bad joke in australia.

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travs wrote:

> Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
> courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
> equivalent of the PADI open water.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Please e-mail your reply.
>
> Travs.
>
> e-mail: travs@letterbox.com



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On Sun, 1 Feb 1998 22:34:39 -0000, "Keith Lawrence" <false@no.spam>
wrote:

>travs wrote in message <886367935.29040.0.nnrp-09.c1ed8c2f@news.demon.co.uk>...
>>Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
>>courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>>equivalent of the PADI open water.
>
>
>See the ukrs web site on http://www.perrydell.u-net.com/ukrecscuba/, especially the
>'Jasons Summary' part which goes some way to explain the differences.
>
>>
>>Please e-mail your reply.
>
>Nope. The whole purpose of a newsgroup is to share information and experiences, if you
>want a reply, you get it from the newsgroup where everybody can read it.
>
>Keith L
>[Header is false, real address is keithl@perrydell.com]
>
>
Hi Travs,

Have you considered doing a NAUI course?
IMHO,  NAUI fills the gap between the rigours of a BSAC course (length
of time, depth of content - all good stuff, but makes for a long
course), and the resort style - 'get them in and out of training in
the shortest possible time' -  that PADI uses and is infamous for. 
In truth however, a good dive course basically comes down to the
quality, experience and the underlying philosophy of the instructor.
What ever training agency you choose, speak to the instructor first
and get a feel for whether they are really interested in producing
safe, competent divers, or more interested in just getting you through
the course as quickly as possible.

Yours in diving
JT

travs wrote in message
<886367935.29040.0.nnrp-09.c1ed8c2f@news.demon.co.uk>...
>Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
>courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>equivalent of the PADI open water.


At the end of the day, you need to ask yourself the question:

'Do I want to try and find someone to go diving with (PADI)' or 'Do I go
along to the club and meet poeple this week to find out what dives are being
arranged this weekend?'.....

You pays *your* money, you takes your choice :)  I never looked back joining
a BSAC club, having read far too many incidents relating to what I can see
as 'eager' open water PADI divers.....  I'm not saying BSAC are without
incident, but I've read far too much about PADI divers which leaves me a
little concerned regarding the duration of training.

--
Jason Aspinall
Cardiff BSAC
www.cardiff-bsac.demon.co.uk

> Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
> courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
> equivalent of the PADI open water.

If you want to try BSAC look at the Ocean Diver course which will
replace the old 'Novice Diver' courses, this should take about 4-5
days to complete, will leave you qualified between a PADI open water
& advanced diver and allow you to (officially) dive with another diver
of similar or higher qualifications to a depth of 20m.

A PADI advanced open water diver is about four 'rescue dives' short of
a BSAC sports diver, I do believe there is a rescue diver course in
PADI that should allow a complete crossover to BSAC sports diver.

The biggest difference at present is probably the 'club' idea behind
BSAC, obviously the choice is still yours and still confusing.

Best of luck with whatever you decide.....

Dave...

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                 Dave A. Booth  -  dave@fremen.demon.co.uk
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Dave A. Booth wrote in message
<34DE2931.MD-0.198.dave@fremen.demon.co.uk>...
>> Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
>> courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>> equivalent of the PADI open water.



You want to take up SCUBA diving.  Yes, it's a difficult decision to decide
who to approach for advice.  Please consider The Sub-Aqua Association - see
our website (www.saa.org.uk).

Andy Barnes
SAA-WM

Hi

Check out the info on the Sub-Aqua Association.  Visit the site at
http://www.saa.org.uk

Well worth a visit I think you'll find.

Andy B

Dave A. Booth wrote in message
<34DE2931.MD-0.198.dave@fremen.demon.co.uk>...
>> Hi, I want to take up SCUBA diving, should I join a club and do the BSAC
>> courses, or do a PADI course. Whats the difference and what is the BSAC
>> equivalent of the PADI open water.