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OK - so Santa got me a twinset, I know, I`ve talked about nothing else !!!
Up to Cape we went today for my first dives with it - bloody marvellous!!! - loads of air (obviously) no refill between dives, Trek wing held up great - even at 40lb of lift, got down to 6kg of lead instead of 16.
The difference in diving the set instead of my previous 12+3 was great in terms of balance but need to learn how to turn as the increased bulk is like turning an oil tanker - 2 mins after turning I got to turn.
So in all - great - but a couple of problems that the wiser folk may help me with:
1. I felt `top heavy` in that the weight of the set was pushing the top half of me down - how can I correct this??
2. I suffer from floaty feet (so being a wuss I use ankle weights) and had more problems getting the air from my feet (poss due to (1) above - again any tips??
3. Couldnt get near the isolator valve - even with air in the drysuit (I only use Drysuit for buoyancy to affset ascent problems and it helps keep me warm) - any hints on this or will I have to get a slob knob (Yes - be a mega wuss with Ankle weights AND slob knob)
On the plus side I thought that the set weighed less than my 12+3 - probably an illusion `cos its more balanced but definitely less than I thought it would.
Any help would be appreciated - Bren are you all still up at Cape next Sat?? - I`ll join in , maybe get some more pointers
OK - so Santa got me a twinset, I know, I`ve talked about nothing else !!!
Up to Cape we went today for my first dives with it - bloody marvellous!!! - loads of air (obviously) no refill between dives, Trek wing held up great - even at 40lb of lift, got down to 6kg of lead instead of 16.
The difference in diving the set instead of my previous 12+3 was great in terms of balance but need to learn how to turn as the increased bulk is like turning an oil tanker - 2 mins after turning I got to turn.
So in all - great - but a couple of problems that the wiser folk may help me with:
1. I felt `top heavy` in that the weight of the set was pushing the top half of me down - how can I correct this??
2. I suffer from floaty feet (so being a wuss I use ankle weights) and had more problems getting the air from my feet (poss due to (1) above - again any tips??
3. Couldnt get near the isolator valve - even with air in the drysuit (I only use Drysuit for buoyancy to affset ascent problems and it helps keep me warm) - any hints on this or will I have to get a slob knob (Yes - be a mega wuss with Ankle weights AND slob knob)
On the plus side I thought that the set weighed less than my 12+3 - probably an illusion `cos its more balanced but definitely less than I thought it would.
Any help would be appreciated - Bren are you all still up at Cape next Sat?? - I`ll join in , maybe get some more pointers