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I am considering introducing some club guidelines so that I can "approve" divers going down in three's. (I don't want to be rigidly BSAC pairs only, neither do I want three newly qualified Sports Divers doing the Kyarra.
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Hi Ian
You may need to be careful not to impose techniques suitable for techie trained divers onto club trained divers. It really comes down to the divers themselves and their capacity for task loading, which comes down to practise and experience. I cut my teeth diving with an archaeology group so moving onto the techie team approach was a relatively small step. Keeping a team together is mainly a matter of being methodical but it needs everyone to be methodical.
In a club scenario I prefer the 2+1. In so far as you have a pair diving as regular buddies and a more experienced diver, equipped to be self sufficient, happy to ascend alone, keeping in touch (usually following). Another (unpopular) option is to clip two of the divers together with a buddy line and have the third leading or following. If at all possible I would stick to pairs on a club dive.