@therookie,
You are currently living and diving on the Bay Islands, correct? Lovely area, about perfect to begin your journey to BC free diving. What I would do as an initial step is to acquire both a horse collar BC and a plastic/fiberglass back pack. Try diving with the back pack and the horse collar, using the BC as a surface flotation device only [and back up emergency device U/W]. Practice using these until you are as comfortable diving them as your current rig. By keeping your tank on your back with the back pack, and having no air in your horse collar your trim will change and become more like a skin diver. You'll probably need a weight belt as well, at least if you use a wet suit.
Try it, you'll like it.
You are currently living and diving on the Bay Islands, correct? Lovely area, about perfect to begin your journey to BC free diving. What I would do as an initial step is to acquire both a horse collar BC and a plastic/fiberglass back pack. Try diving with the back pack and the horse collar, using the BC as a surface flotation device only [and back up emergency device U/W]. Practice using these until you are as comfortable diving them as your current rig. By keeping your tank on your back with the back pack, and having no air in your horse collar your trim will change and become more like a skin diver. You'll probably need a weight belt as well, at least if you use a wet suit.
Try it, you'll like it.