First dry-suit experience...

[Dr Stevil]

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Quote[/b] ]I think that not enough time is spent during O/W training on the importance of body position. It's a skill like anything else and assists in so many ways.

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Agreed, but often half of the battle is getting them under in the first place, I regularly encounter trainees who won't put enough weight on to achieve neutral buoyancy, &nbsp;so I tend to latch onto any method of getting them to add lead &nbsp;that I can find. Usually this is because they've been talking to diver X who uses SS BP &amp; twin 12s and they can't see why that makes a difference. No doubt I'll be full of such tales next week after the training weekend - We'll probably be the bunch at Wast near the little junction.
Have fun with your CPROx course
Chee-az
Steve

[Mark Chase]

Know how you feel I had an Otter Membrain suit and it took some getting used to. Then I got to love it and even binned my ankle weights. Then the Winter came so I go out and get a 5mm Neopreen O3 suit. MMMMMM toasty and warm. Unfortunatly floaty so its back to the ankle weights and practice untill I get it right.

Its like hiring a jeep in Gozo. At first its scarey coz theres no breaks, it dosent drive in a streight line and the tyres a bald. Then after two or three days of driving it you suss it out and adapt and its sudenly fun to drive. Who needs brakes any way. &nbsp;

You fly home jump in your own car and drive away and nearley put the whole family through the windscreen at the first set of lights as the servo assisted anti lock cuts in.

(Thats what its like when you go abroad and slip back into a wet suit again)

Mark Chase

[Pierre Farrugia]

Hello Mark,
Here in Malta the roads are so stright and perfect bends, so breaks are an extra
Are you still comming here ? If yes why not do the plane Blehnim as well?

[angleseydiver]

Hi Pierre,
How's the decision-making progress going? Have you had a test-drive on the box yet? Unless you are certain you want to go down the CCR-route don't try one- if you do you'll HAVE to have one, irrespective of the cost's involved. There's no going-back!
Warm-water+wet-suit+mega-vis+RB = :palmtree::coolrainbow::dance::angel::knocked-out::cheering:
Even- cold-water+dry-suit+shit-vis+RB= :spank::monkey_2:
All the best,
    Terry

[angleseydiver]

Sorry, Justin, wrong post!:whack:

[Seadart Bob]

Hi Justin
Ankle weights I love em, can’t do without them, mind you I don’t do a lot of swimming mainly because I am partially disabled [done me foot in about 20 yrs ago fell off a roof] so can’t swim to far anyway, keep going round in circles, So if you can do without them it is most probably good advice, wouldn’t want to swim any distance with them on anyway. I only use them to help keep my feet close to the seabed. Working on a wreck site you don’t want to be bouncing around, so the extra weight helps. Sorting a dry suit in a pool wouldn’t have thought that to good an idea you need a bit more than 7ft to make a proper job of it. Dump valves. When I had my suit made some years ago I was asked where I wanted the dump valve, I had heard so many negative views on them I told them not to bother, mind you that was some years ago I expect they have inproved now. I use the old Navy method put a couple of fingers in your neck seal and let the air out slowly. I only do the shallow stuff these days so I don’t really need one. Control my ascent on my stab jacket only use my suit inflation to keep me on the surface.
Take care and happy diving
Bob.

[John Gulliver]

I think some of you are being a bit dogmatic about ankle weights. I don't use them now as I have a heavier pony bottle but I did for a long while, particularly in the &nbsp;winter, when I had double thermal underwear under my undersuit. It was a good way of taking a couple of kilos off my weightbelt and it &nbsp;actually improved my trim. And, I promise, I did NOT stir up a lot of sh*te when finning. As regards the risk of their snagging on monofilament etc, with modern shot ankle weights, the risk is minimal, in my opinion. I'm not saying ankle weights are necessary but I really can't see why anyone shouldn't use them if they want to. I don't think I have suddenly become a better diver since I started leaving my ankle weights at home. :wink:

[Pierre Farrugia]

Hello Terry,
Till now my wife only let's be buy yellow butter boxes :cry: &nbsp;but I am trying evrything to get the go ahead to buy one !!

[Mark Chase]

Hi Pierre

I have contacted the dive centre and tryed to book the Sub. We have three divers up for it so we only need two more to make the date.

What depth is the Blenham is it possable to do it as a second dive after say a 3-4 hour intervall?

If the sub blows out is the Blenham a do-able alternitive dive site?

We (Pilot Divers) look forward to meeting you, think of a good resturant (preferably cheep) and we can do some diving and grab some food too.

Or alternativly come over to Gozo and we can dive then hit the Argentinian Steak House.

Mark Chase

[Pierre Farrugia]

Hello Mark,
The Blenhim is at about 38 to 42m, I don't think is advisable for a second dive, especially from the sub 55m+. If sub is not good then blenhim is same. Also a good dive is the Em El Farud Oil Tanker as a second dive, about 8min from shore and at a depth of 34m seabed but you can do it and stay above 25meters. Yes I like to meet you, maybe join you for sub.