fundies in the north east?

[RiverRat]

There seems to be some confusion as to the purpose of Ed’s Buoyancy class. The class was never created as a “Pre-fundies” class, nor was that the intent when the class was started.

Yes you are correct. I've tossed around the "pre-fundies" phrase but only because that for a GUE-F potential diver this course would in fact be a great tool to start learning and honing new skills. From here one could go anywhere, GUE or whatever.

The class was simply created to help diver’s become better divers. GUE Fundamentals had nothing to do with that and Ed hadn’t even become a GUE instructor at that time. (He was working his way in that direction though.)

Yes that is correct. I believe this course fills in the "voids" left out of many diver's OW courses wherever they took them.

The class has evolved over the last 5 years but has never become a pre-requisite of the Fundamentals class. It has evolved based on feedback of the students, and observation of the Instructor and his assistants.

True. Not a pre-requisite of the Fundamentals. But a good base for any learning diver.

Many divers have found it to be an invaluable course to take prior to the Fundamentals class, but the majority that take the class is taking it to improve themselves without Fundamentals being the goal. The primary goal is to become a better recreational diver........

Some diver’s do decide to later take the GUE-Fundamentals class and having previously taken the buoyancy class, enter the GUE course with some basic knowledge that allows them to focus on some of the less familiar subject matter that is introduced.

Hopefully this helps to clear the silt a little bit.

I would think so.