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#1
August 1st, 2005
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http://www.nsyv.com/mermaid.htm
you guys know me and my mermaid fetish, BUT.. this is SUCH a cool wetsuit. somehow she has the feet modified to contain her mono. is this custom? does someone where i could get a wetsuit like this? or even if its a wetsuit at all.. looks like shes swimming in warm water.. but i want this suit. and i don't want to email them JUST asking about the suit..lol and not taking their boat tour. my scuba partner really wants me to have this suit. 
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O train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears! - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors Last edited by monofin_diva; August 1st, 2005 at 06:15. 
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#2
August 1st, 2005
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noooooooooooooooooo that's a fetish of note!!
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#3
August 1st, 2005
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tee hee.. i know i'm weird, but i want that bloody suit dammit!!.. >>pout<<
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#4
August 1st, 2005
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you are not the weirdest
http://home.hetnet.nl/~deepdive/index2uk.htm they might be able to help you get a suit!
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Re: does anyone know where i can get this?
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#6
August 1st, 2005
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i know kitty.. never thought to ask her.. mm good idea.. man i hope i can find that suit.. maybe i can get my rubber friend to make me one out of silicone. he knows where to get silicone sheeting hmm..
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O train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears! - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
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#7
August 2nd, 2005
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Perhaps Elios could make you a nice high-performance mer-suit.
 You'd be the talk of Atlantis.
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#8
August 2nd, 2005
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i'd like a smoothskin one.
hehe the talk of atlantis.. i'd be the cat's meow (or would it be the catfish's meow)..lol
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O train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears! - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
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#9
August 15th, 2005
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The folks at foxmoonproductions.com used to have neoprene tails. They might be able to point you in some direction.
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#10
August 17th, 2005
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hey selkie.. that's a really good idea. i met her at a mermaid message board that i frequent from time to time.
hadn't thought about asking her. i did ask a friend of mine that is a rubber fashion designer. he said he can try to make one for me out of a silicone material. that would be cool too.
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O train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note, To drown me in thy sister's flood of tears! - William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors
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#11
October 12th, 2005
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I have information on this mermaid suit. Anyone interested ?
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#12
October 16th, 2005
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ooh ohh me me !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#13
October 16th, 2005
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It is a wetsuit, made from 3mm neoprene, one piece from neck to the trailing edge of the fin. Zipper was on the back. The suit covers the fin, and a 1" wide velcro strip closes the suit at the trailing edge of the fin. 3 lbs of lead strip screwed to the monofin compensates for the buoyancy of the neoprene covering the fin. It is recommended to use a monofin with foot pockets very close together, otherwise the tail looks too wide below the knees. Alternatively, a pair of bi-fins mounted side-by-side works, too. Any halfway competent local custom wetsuit shop should be able to make a similar suit by modifying the pattern of a standard one-piece wetsuit. Cost should be a few hundred dollars, plus fin. Good luck, let us know if you getting yourself such a mermaid wetsuit !
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#14
October 16th, 2005
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wow thanks! i'll definitely check out a place near me that sells wetsuits. i'll see if they also make custom ones.
that's such a great suit. plus their dive excursions look fun too. thanks for the insight!
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#15
October 17th, 2005
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Actually, that company doesn't run dive excursions, they just rent big sailboats (bareboats).
The best way to don a tank in a mermaid suit is to suspend the tank from the boat with a lenth of line, jump in the water and then put on the tank harness in the water. There is no need for a BC, since the monofin creates so much thrust. Getting back on the boat with a tail is not difficult, either. Alternatively, it is possible to remove the suit in the water. I wonder how big the market for mermaid suits for lady divers really is ?!
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