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Life As It Happens

It still works!: Orca Edge Dive Computer

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onMarch 28, 2021 Comments are off
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The Orca Edge

The Orca “EDGE” dive computer changed everything. Released in January 1983, Orca Industries Inc.’s EDGE was the first commercial dive computer that proved to be reliable. Weighing in at 1.6 pounds, this brick-sized milled-aluminum, EDGE displayed a diver’s theoretical tissue loading in real-time, and enabled users to do full decompression dives to 200 ft./60 m. EDGE is actually an acronym standing for “Electronic Dive Guide.”
Orca Edge Dive Computer – photo by Jett Britnell

Built Like A Brick

I purchased this EDGE in 1988. It did change our diving profiles and Lord knows, I did take it over the edge a few times. Somehow, we always managed to re-surface in agreement, OK, there was that one time on a remote reef in New Caledonia where, if it could speak, my EDGE would have told me… “You’re, done for.” Hey, there were some feeding manta rays somersaulting between 70 to 110 feet deep that I was hell-bent on photographing. I paid for it by pulling some serious deco time wherein I had to sit alone on the edge of a steep drop-off in 15 feet of water at dusk while the zodiac ferried all the other divers back to the mother ship. The dive guides came back for me and I made it back onboard in time for dinner. My trusty EDGE, however, did not emerge from a never seen before “deep freeze mode” until the next morning. Hey, it was the early 90’s, we were young and revolution was in the air. All this to say, in its day, the Orca EDGE Dive Computer was a technical marvel.
Published Work

Published in DIVE LOG Australasia

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJuly 31, 2020 Comments are off
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“DIVE LOG Australasia is striving to constantly produce great reading. August 2020 is a bumper issue. Our plan here is to give something back to the diving industry.” 

~ Mike Scotland, Publisher & Editor

In the August 2020 issue of DIVE LOG Australasia, Kathryn and I are both doing our best to give back to the dive industry, and are also helping to make British Columbia’s spectacular ocean realm better known to our brothers and sisters living in the land down under.

Dive Log Australasia - Jett & Kathryn Britnell

Published Work

“Into The Sea Lions Den” Published in Luxe Beat Magazine

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJuly 23, 2020 Comments are off
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“Into the Sea Lions Den” is our latest Third Age Expeditions story for our column in Luxe Beat Magazine and we have been awarded another Editor’s Pick!

DANCES WITH SEA LIONS

After splashing into the ocean, we quickly descend 10 meters and kneel down upon the rock-strewn seafloor. At the edge of underwater visibility, we could make out some torpedo-shaped silhouettes. Suddenly, from out of the emerald haze more than 20 female sea lions appeared. Glancing over at my dive buddy, I could see a young female sea lion inquisitively peering into his underwater camera system’s dome port. Two coquettish sea lions stop to pose right in front of me as third one mischievously yanked on one of my fins. Then as quickly as they had arrived, the sea lions exploded towards the surface while unleashing a whimsical series of un-choreographed pirouettes, dramatic turns and topsy-turvy spins. Soon enough, they returned to swarm us again and again.

Link to story: here.

Life As It Happens

Proud to be Mobby’s Ambassadors

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJune 3, 2020June 4, 2020 Comments are off
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Mobby’s

It is a distinct honour for both Kathryn and I to announce we are now Ambassadors for Mobby’s the largest dry suit, wetsuit, and marine sports accessories manufacturer in Japan.

This has been in place for a while. but due to the COVID pandemic some plans were delayed. Now, it’s looking like we will be able to get in the ocean this summer so we can put our Croco Dry FZ drysuits to the test.

Gratitude

Our deepest respect and heartfelt thank you to Mobby’s CEO & President, Mamoru Yasuda san, for the faith he has placed in us. Mr. Yasuda founded Mobby’s in 1963 from his home village of Miyagi, a serene fishing community in Northern Japan’s Sendai district. A legend in the world’s diving community… he is someone whom we hope to have the pleasure to meet in person someday soon. 

In the meantime, some of our pictures were featured in Mobby’s catalogue which we just love.

Also, many thanks to our friends Michel Joseph and George Klikach for introducing us to Mobby’s and their drysuits!

In The PressPublished Work

Graveyard of the Great Lakes: Tobermory’s Shipwrecks

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onOctober 7, 2019 Comments are off
5. Wheelhouse of the Niagara II

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for LuxeBeat Magazine has been awarded “editor’s pick.” The editor commented… “Perfect article for October.” Kathryn and I were not thinking about Halloween when the finishing touches to the piece were added, so incorporating the word “Graveyard” into the article’s title was kismet.

The Red Dot Marks The Spot

Tobermory location

Published Work

Raptures of the Deep: Beneath British Columbia’s Emerald Sea

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onAugust 6, 2019 Comments are off

“Raptures of the Deep: Beneath British Columbia’s Emerald Sea”, our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Magazine, has just been published.

Splendor In The Pass

Queen Charlotte Strait lies between the “top end” of Vancouver Island and British Columbia’s mainland. It is an immense waterway with narrow, constricted passages, fjord-like inlets, large islands and a tangled maze of scrawnier weather-beaten islets. Seasonal upwellings combined with extreme tidal water movement produces an enriched planktonic soup that supports a lush profusion of exotic marine life and more than 400 species of marine fish. These waters also support a healthy population of marine mammals and are deemed to be one of the best places on earth to observe seals, sea lions, dolphins, porpoise, Minke whales, grey whales, humpback whales and a resident pod of more than 100 killer whales.

Link to story here

Published Work

Fish Photography: The Ultimate Undersea Skill

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJuly 2, 2019July 7, 2019 Comments are off
Study the fish to setermine what environment you will find them in Longnose Hawkfish copyright by Jett Britnell

Our  latest Third Age Expeditions column about “Fish Photography: The Ultimate Undersea Skill” was published today by Luxe Beat Magazine. It was also selected as an Editors Pick Feature.

Approach tactics

Use whatever cover the reef terrain provides and keep the sun behind you. As you slowly creep forward, use as little extra movement as possible and decide how you will frame your subject. If the fish appears nervous, stop and play the waiting game. Every fish has a minimum approach distance. If you violate this limit, the fish will likely swim away. If the fish seem really skittish, simply leave the area and return later in the dive to try again. By then, they will have forgotten about you and resumed their normal routine.

Link to the full story: Here

In The Press

Luxe Beat Magazine: Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJanuary 15, 2019May 7, 2019 Comments are off
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Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media earned us an “Editors Pick”. This piece we titled, “Unconventional Underwater Photography Tips”. We promised to provide our column readers some photography tips and tricks from time to time so in this dispatch we share some tips to help improve your underwater photography. If you’re seeking something more enlightening than just being told, “Get Close, Get Closer and Shoot at an Upward Angle,” then check it out.  https://luxebeatmag.com/unconventional-underwater-photography-tips/

In The Press

Luxe Beat Magazine: Feliz Navidad From Isla Cozumel

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onDecember 5, 2018May 7, 2019 Comments are off
Cathedral of Corpis Christi alter and nativity scene by Jett Britnell

Christmas in Cozumel

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column for Luxe Beat Media. This story, “Feliz Navidad From Isla Cozumel”, is about celebrating Christmas in the tropics promised to be a grand family adventure with no snow, no tree, no turkey, no stuffing and zero stress. https://luxebeatmag.com/feliz-navidad-from-isla-cozumel/

In The Press

Sombrero Island in the Philippines

Jett & Kathryn Britnell Posted onJuly 18, 2018May 7, 2019 Comments are off
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Sombrero Island in the Philippines

Our latest Third Age Expeditions column, Descend Into Sombrero Island’s Tubastraea Heart, for Luxe Beat Magazine went live today. Check it out at https://luxebeatmag.com/descend-into-sombrero-islands-tubastraea-heart

Sombrero Island in the Philippines

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