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M & B 7mm
Wetsuit
Being a starving marine biologist rather than the "other" kind of doctor, Dr. Bill cannot afford to be a trend setter in apres dive gear. In fact, he tends to wear his equipment until it literally falls off his body (hopefully at the surface rather than at 200 feet).
The wetsuit pictured above is his "signature suit." It is, or more accurately was, a custom made M&B 7mm full suit. Dr. Bill was not its first owner. It was given to him by Leon Cooper, a past president of the Catalina Conservancy Divers. Despite Dr. Bill's stockier build, this wetsuit fit him like a glove... a very tight one... and proved to be the warmest wetsuit he's ever worn.
After about 750 dives, the legs were so tattered that Dr. Bill returned the suit to M&B to have them chopped off and the seams sewn to create a unique 7mm 3/4 shortie (full arms, shortie legs) which he continued to dive well into winter.
Eventually the suit fell apart to the point where even the large patches (see butt) could not successfully hold it together. After about 13 years of total service, Dr. Bill retired this suit back in 2004. However, he brings it out for special occasions... but only during the warm season!
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