JonG1
Contributor
Since transitioning to SM bailout most of my diving has been shallow in OHE requiring 2xsteel nitrox bailouts.
In the sea though with higher fractions of HE in the deep bailout I am finding it hard to tame the SM cylinder. Deep bailout is 15/55.
I am gradually moving the rear bolt around the circumference of the cylinder but with around 55% HE it may end up being a bit of a fight to get the bungee on given how high it floats.
I'm also thinking of clipping the rear boltsnap to a d-ring further forward on the waist belt, or maybe a sliding d-ring as per regular SM.
Over the weekend of wreck diving the high tail was inhibiting the dump on the wing and access to reels on the rear D, with a regular stage the slack makes it easier to shunt it about but the torque from the bungees and buoyancy obviously makes this harder.
I'm reluctant to add a trim weight to the cylinder so thought I'd put this out there and see if there are any options I've missed.
In the sea though with higher fractions of HE in the deep bailout I am finding it hard to tame the SM cylinder. Deep bailout is 15/55.
I am gradually moving the rear bolt around the circumference of the cylinder but with around 55% HE it may end up being a bit of a fight to get the bungee on given how high it floats.
I'm also thinking of clipping the rear boltsnap to a d-ring further forward on the waist belt, or maybe a sliding d-ring as per regular SM.
Over the weekend of wreck diving the high tail was inhibiting the dump on the wing and access to reels on the rear D, with a regular stage the slack makes it easier to shunt it about but the torque from the bungees and buoyancy obviously makes this harder.
I'm reluctant to add a trim weight to the cylinder so thought I'd put this out there and see if there are any options I've missed.