A GREAT DAY OUT AT STONEY

[Ali]

I got 6C all the way.
Just nice as long as you keep moving, hand were getting cold towards the end of the 2nd dive though! 54 mins.
1st dive we did the cockpit, coach, Staingarth, APC, Nautilus. The vis wasn't that good to be honest. 2nd dive as Leigh said Wooden Boat and Cessna, much better vis over there. The fish on the way back make it for me, the shoal of roach, pike and the massive perch.

And not forgetting the odd air ring or 2 blown along the way

Ali

[SonicStomp]

Ali,

Ok biff question from a novice - what kind of gloves were you wearing (dry gloves/normal 3mm)??

I only ask because I have just bought my first drysuit and when I asked about gloves they said generally people only wear 3mm gloves not full-on dry-gloves.....

[DIVE BUDDHA]

i use posiedon pro mitts although dive 2 was 55 minutes and i was getting cold

lol! i did like that pike on the far end of the 6m ali just past the blow off point ! and yes viz wasnt too bad over far side once i had got mi sense of direction sorted out .

was an ace dive with both you and mark and wanted to say yor mate had ace bouyancy and can understand him now having the bug !

was ace also meeting others from ya club too !

we will have to sort out wastwater one weekend

[Ali]

Just had 5mm glove on. Finger ends were clod towards the end, but then again it's to be expected in 6C water

[SonicStomp]

Thanks for that - looking forward to doing some UK diving (warm water only so far) - just bought my drysuit so can't wait to try it out!

[Twinsetmad]

I went in last weekend with 3mm on and after 35 mins I felt as if someone had cut my thumbs off.... will be doing the dryglove bit on Monday.

Nice to see your still having fun... will be there next Sunday..see you soon.

[Balders]

Nice piccies, looks like you had a good day if a bit cold.

Just out of interest, in the bottom 2 piccies (i think its Ali's tank) whats the first stage set up?

2 shut off valves yellow and black? Hows that work, i've not seen owt like it before.

Balders

[DIVE BUDDHA]

basicaly you can isolate one side and use the other a little like a mannifold that

you can shut down !

although im sure ali will explain if and what its proper name is!

[Ali]

The valve is a Nautec and is German.
As Leigh said it's like having a twin set on a single if I get a free flow I isolate and go to my Octo.


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Ali

[fatlaz]

Originally Posted by Balders

Nice piccies, looks like you had a good day if a bit cold.

Just out of interest, in the bottom 2 piccies (i think its Ali's tank) whats the first stage set up?

2 shut off valves yellow and black? Hows that work, i've not seen owt like it before.

Balders

I saw that too, was v. intrigued, is it not normally the 1st stage that flows though? Am sure it works but can't quite work out how!!! Am probably being a little slow to be fair