Michael.52
Registered
Hi
Me and a friend are experienced recreational divers; Master Diver and Divecon. We recently got ourselves a back plate and harness style BC, in order to use with singles, in future I probably will do tech also.
Since the BC hose is a different length, I got a different shape/sized bladder, new weight location, I believe it's smart to re-familiarize oneself with all the basic drills, so we plan to dive the new gear for the first time in two weeks.
We plan to go over all the drills of a refresh dive, practice them on each other a couple of times, then swim around a bit, adapting to the feel of the new BCs, and finally to confirm weights by leaving 30 bars of air in out tank and making sure we can still maintain depth and control.
What specific drills would you recommend us to put extra emphasis on? does anyone perhaps already have a "adapting to new gear" checklist they wish to share? what additional things would I want to do before/during this dive?
Drill list:
weight check before ascent (empty bladdar, only breathing), controlled decent, regulator purge&location (two methods), mask clearing (static and swimming), air sharing+ascent, taking off and putting on weight belt, emergency ascent (with and without releasing weight belt), taking off and putting on BC, buoyancy (static and swimming).
Me and a friend are experienced recreational divers; Master Diver and Divecon. We recently got ourselves a back plate and harness style BC, in order to use with singles, in future I probably will do tech also.
Since the BC hose is a different length, I got a different shape/sized bladder, new weight location, I believe it's smart to re-familiarize oneself with all the basic drills, so we plan to dive the new gear for the first time in two weeks.
We plan to go over all the drills of a refresh dive, practice them on each other a couple of times, then swim around a bit, adapting to the feel of the new BCs, and finally to confirm weights by leaving 30 bars of air in out tank and making sure we can still maintain depth and control.
What specific drills would you recommend us to put extra emphasis on? does anyone perhaps already have a "adapting to new gear" checklist they wish to share? what additional things would I want to do before/during this dive?
Drill list:
weight check before ascent (empty bladdar, only breathing), controlled decent, regulator purge&location (two methods), mask clearing (static and swimming), air sharing+ascent, taking off and putting on weight belt, emergency ascent (with and without releasing weight belt), taking off and putting on BC, buoyancy (static and swimming).