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The Scuba Snobs' Guide to Diving Etiquette is filled with humorous to hilarious stories illustrating the need for "rules" of etiquette for scuba divers, above and below the water. The tips for divers are spot on, the stories entertaining, and the net result is a delightful little read that anyone, not only divers, can enjoy. From packing to puking, swim wear to story telling, boats to buoyancy, the authors' stories and rules illuminate every facet of diving and dive travel. This book is fresh, insightful, entertaining and not too long. And it is, in fact "Seriously Funny! and Mostly True!" just like the cover says.
About the Author
Between them the authors have over 22 years of recreational diving experience, including hundreds of dives in the Caribbean, pacific, and for Dennis, fresh water venues. Dennis has held the professional rating of Divemaster since 2000. Debbie is a former English and journalism teacher who, when not travelling to dive or writing, now works in and manages Dennis' law office. Dennis practices law and works part time out of our favorite dive center, Underwater Phantaseas of Lakewood, Colorado. Someday Dennis and Debbies hope to be full time Scuba Snobs, or scuba bums, or just retire near warm saltwater dive sites. They are, as of publication date, still in their 50's. That may or may not be true as of the purchase date. Learn more about them in Chapter 1 of The Scuba Snobs Guide to Diving Etiquette. They really are nice people. Ok, Debbie is a nice person. Dennis is kind of nice. Sometimes.
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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The book was very good and my son-in-law loved it, he has just starting scuber diving and found the book great.
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24 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
A slim work, at sixty pages, and a pleasant read. I enjoyed it sitting on my house deck on an afternoon and occasionally tending to the watering. I think this book would be most entertaining for the experienced diver who has already encountered some of the problems discussed.
The authors sometimes come across as self-indulgent old fogies, sometimes as twenty-somethings unafraid to sprinkle profanity in their writing, and sometimes as simultaneously thoughtful, sarcastic, and humorous, in the best possible way. In that last case I was reminded of Benjamin Hoff's "The Tao of Pooh". The Jacobsons can be similarly witty and focused.
I most enjoyed Chapter 10, and its detailed instructions for making up good dive stories. And the "Scuba Snobs Quiz" at the end made me chuckle - I administer a lot of multiple-choice quizzes in drive training and I'd love to sneak a few of those questions into the standard tests.
I think every liveaboard should stock a copy and leave it on a coffee table. On some of my trips I would have enjoyed highlighting a section or two and leaving it in another diver's berth. The Jacobsons are apparently less confrontationally challenged than I am.
The authors sometimes come across as self-indulgent old fogies, sometimes as twenty-somethings unafraid to sprinkle profanity in their writing, and sometimes as simultaneously thoughtful, sarcastic, and humorous, in the best possible way. In that last case I was reminded of Benjamin Hoff's "The Tao of Pooh". The Jacobsons can be similarly witty and focused.
I most enjoyed Chapter 10, and its detailed instructions for making up good dive stories. And the "Scuba Snobs Quiz" at the end made me chuckle - I administer a lot of multiple-choice quizzes in drive training and I'd love to sneak a few of those questions into the standard tests.
I think every liveaboard should stock a copy and leave it on a coffee table. On some of my trips I would have enjoyed highlighting a section or two and leaving it in another diver's berth. The Jacobsons are apparently less confrontationally challenged than I am.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Humorous and helpful
30 Jun 2011
Format:Paperback
This is a fun and interesting little book on the do's and don't's of diving etiquette. The advice is humorous as well as practical and is a must read for beginner and seasoned divers, alike.
OK read, but way too short for the money
11 April 2012
Format:Paperback
Pros: Light and easy read. The authors described situations which I could totally see happening on a dive (or have already seen on a dive). I agreed with many of the authors' observations about what you should and shouldn't do on a dive. I can already think of 1 or 2 people that I personally know that should read this book and learn from it.
Cons: You could tell that the authors attempted to create humour by sounding like "Scuba Snobs", but it didn't work for me. I did not burst out in laughter. At various points in the book, I thought the authors were just plain "snobby", period. But for me, the most disappointing thing about this book is that it was way too short. For the money paid (i.e., $9.99), it was simply not worth it. If the length of the book was much longer, or if the price was less than $5.00, I may have given it 3 stars instead of 2.
Cons: You could tell that the authors attempted to create humour by sounding like "Scuba Snobs", but it didn't work for me. I did not burst out in laughter. At various points in the book, I thought the authors were just plain "snobby", period. But for me, the most disappointing thing about this book is that it was way too short. For the money paid (i.e., $9.99), it was simply not worth it. If the length of the book was much longer, or if the price was less than $5.00, I may have given it 3 stars instead of 2.
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