PADI RD with Twins and Wings

[GLOC]

I thought I posted this last night but I can't find it in this sub-forum.

I am trying to tee up an RD course but as my buddy and I dive with twins and a single piece harness and wing, can you do the course (from a PADI POV) with this kit or do you need a different setup? I can get hold of a BCD but as I do nearly all my diving with this rig I thought it would be better to do the course with what I dive.

Thanks

[Conor]

Ask the instructor. If you want to know about specific requirements for people using this kind of kit it would probably best if you did it with an instructor who used that kit

[MATTBIN]

Originally Posted by GLOC

I thought I posted this last night but I can't find it in this sub-forum.

I am trying to tee up an RD course but as my buddy and I dive with twins and a single piece harness and wing, can you do the course (from a PADI POV) with this kit or do you need a different setup? I can get hold of a BCD but as I do nearly all my diving with this rig I thought it would be better to do the course with what I dive.

Thanks

Exactly. Its what I did, twins and wings. Bloody hard work though.
Buddy cant get a grip of your tank(s) to stop you spinning or cant get his arm round you to hold the reg in. Best done in what you dive though.
AFAIK there are no set rules for what you 'must' do the course in kitwise.
Well worth the effort. You WILL get a lot out of it.
When/where are you doing it. Do you need any 'bodies'?

Matt

[ross the diver]

i teach a lot of rescue divers with twin sets as i dive in a twin my self i want to know they can get me out !! it is very hard work with all the weight i recomend using your wing and back plate but attach a single but its up to you if you would like to know more about the course just e mail me i try to teach every one who wants to use a twinset together as some skills differ from the basic ... rossisdiving@hotmail.com

[Clare Gledhill]

Originally Posted by GLOC

I do nearly all my diving with this rig I thought it would be better to do the course with what I dive.

My thoughts exactly.

You may wish to consider whether you need to do PADI rescue or whether you would be better served by a technical rescue course such as the IANTD one.

I did both - combined - with Frank from e-aquanauts. Hard work but good fun and relevant.

Looking here and here may help...

[Andy Phillips]

Sod that for a game of soldiers, I strongly recomend using a single, damn hard work towing a diver with twins on.

Andrew

[GLOC]

Thanks Gledders. I am looking to the future and getting a PADI OWSI qual which is why I was looking at the PADI RD. I have just rung PADI and they have confirmed that the IANTD qual would allow me to progress to PADI DM without doing PADI RD and would allow me to teach PADI RD in the future too.

I will email Frank tonight re: dates and prices for the IANTD RD course.

Thanks again.

[Rob Dobson]

Originally Posted by GLOC

I will email Frank tonight re: dates and prices for the IANTD RD course.

I could be interested in that too... I did the PADI RD course a couple of years back and whilst it was a good course it's not entirely relevant to the diving I do now (twins, single piece harness etc).

[ellisn]

Hey check your email Gareth, have been in touch with Frank and looks like we could go for January.

Neil

[ellisn]

That is combined PADI and IANTD with Dan o2 etc. I have First Aid but Frank can also do the EFR if needed.

Neil