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[d33ps1x]

warren_l once bubbled...
It was warm and shallow....

Actually, I was with Chris Red at the pool practising some skills. She's getting to be rather proficient!

Did you get out? Man is it cold out tonight. Brrr....!!

Nope. Sitting in on an open water academic class tonight.

Heading up tomorrow for 11 am to do 2 or 3 dives then into the pool at night for skill practice.

Have a Scuba review to do Thursday night. Should be fun. I never did do a PPB specialty so I sure hope I can still demo a hover for the student. ;-)

BTW for all you extra special divers who have taken the specialty course I still contend that it's a waste of money. Attached is the graph profile from my latest dive from my Suunto dive manager. As you will see my buoyancy is spot on! My double bladder bungied wing with 175 pounds of lift is in perfect harmony with my 100 pounds of non-ditchable weight. I have nothing to improve on as far as buoyancy is concerned so back off.

 

[d33ps1x]

Oops! The perfect profile. Sorry.

 

[R_Deluca]

Hey d33ps1x, i just checked out your dive profile! Excellent bouyancy.

Um, by the way i don't think I will be abale to make that dive tommorrow, [cough,cough]

 

[d33ps1x]

Thanks man! Funny you are feeling ill...I was coughing a lot too after that dive and my elbows itched an awful lot.

Went away after a few months though. I figure it was some bacteria I picked up in the lake.

Hope you get better soon...

 

[Conor]

dandydon once bubbled...
If you name is Dave and pee off the side of the boat and smoke weed, I apologize.
So very sorry.

NEVER EVER APOLOGISE TO DAVE

 

[fgray1]

Your a funny guy!
But it did take you a while to respond.
Most likely a side effect of the dive.

Fred

 

[Warren_L]

Yeah, the hover was a difficult skill to get down to demonstration quality, although (not tooting my own horn here) I did manage to get a 5 the first try, LOL. Now the 15 minute water tread is another matter as I am like a lead weight with arms.

 

[d33ps1x]

Same here. It was a 15 minute swim more or less for me.

 

[Don Burke]

Seadiver5 once bubbled... I would need you to explain to me what is so bad about being overweighted by such a small amount.

Being underweighted has obvious possible consequences but a few lbs. overweighted (surface weight) has practically no real appreciable underwater weight and if properly trimmed the average person could never tell they had it on.

Kevin Parkhurst

Kevin,

The message you responded to said, "Being overweighted is just as bad as being underweighted, no matter where you dive. Can't trade one for the other."

While I don't agree with that exactly(I'll take five pounds overweighted over two pounds underweighted any day), I do see the point.

Each extra pound puts 27 cubic inches of gas in your BC. If you are trying to hold a ten foot stop, the pressure changes from pretty small depth excursions cause some pretty big volume changes and result in big changes in buoyancy.

 

[fgray1]

Must be important then.
Knowing exactly how much weight you need or don't need
makes a world of differance.
Gee ain't that why I suggested taking the Peak Bouyancy Module.
But then again you guys think it's a good idea as long as it's for free.
Fred