My wife won't sink

[CycleCat]

Does she weigh the same as a duck?

Yes... a 130-pound duck!

 

[mcohen1021]

I'm pretty sure she's not a witch.

My ex-wife was the same way

even with a concrete block I couldn't get her to sink.

 

[tridacna]

My ex-wife was the same way

even with a concrete block I couldn't get her to sink.

Come to Jersey. We’ll show you how to do it properly.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Come to Jersey. We’ll show you how to do it properly.

I was going to say maybe some of our east coast members can help with some cement shoes.

 

[LFMarm]

She knows of this thread but doesn't do Scubaboard. I've passed over my laptop a few times and she has read some replies. A trusted dive instructor who did our AOW thinks she's overweighted. We have checked buoyancy during safety stops by dumping air to 500 PSI numerous times and she's overweighted. I have not tried to rush her to give up her cozy BCD until she was ready. She asked for something simpler and likes my BP/W so when she was ready, I put one together for her. She has yet to dive it. Maiden voyage may be this weekend at NM Blue Hole.

If you confirmed by emptying the tank at the of dives that she is overweighted, I would really focus on finding the right weight and then working out how to get submerged.

I don’t think that adding weights to start the dive is a good strategy.

As long as you empty all your buoyancy devices and you are correctly weighted, getting down the first 3m/10’ should be feasible by using the methods recommended in this thread.

Personally, I would recommend staying vertical, exhaling and doing 2-3 back kicks (ie pulling down). Once you get fully submerged, the crushing of the wetsuit will take care of the sinking.

 

[CycleCat]

We went to the New Mexico Blue Hole today and my wife tried the new BP/W. With her 7mm wetsuit and previous BCD we agreed 14 pounds was too much on her last dive there. According to her dive log the plan was for 12 this time. Because it was the first dive of the season (we have been busy) and first time with the new rig and I knew she would have a hard time relaxing, we started with her usual 14#. SHE SANK LIKE A ROCK. She putted out to the middle of the pool, burped some air out of the neck seal of her wetsuit, started venting her inflator and before I knew it, she was ten feet under. I've never seen her not fuss and struggle... ever. I was so dumbfounded I nearly lost my reg. When we got out of the water she said the BP/W was a game changer. We'll try 12# next but I'll bet she can do 10. And this is just an aluminum plate.