Hey Hoover ~ Did you ruin someone's dive?

[RiverRat]

For the non-hoovers: what are some of the ways you could be recompensed for having to sacrifice of a significant percentage of your special trip by being paired with a hoover.

Free dives on another trip, a week of Nitrox, something if it was that bad...

 

[lamont]

Bob... that's nice... but it obfuscates and ducks the question. To fault the non-hoover for not having along a suitable buddy isn't the answer. The non-hoover was on holiday with non-diver wifey. Play along wid me 'ere.

But why is he making a once-in-a-lifetime super-duper dive then if its just a holiday with the non-diving wife? If you're on that kind of vacation, the fact that you don't have a rock solid buddy available should factor into your decision to drop a bunch of money on a diveop...

 

[Uncle Pug]

Lamont.... you've never been married, have you.

The cost of the dive is miniscule compared to the cost of the trip... especially since you ended up paying twice as much for the travel and accomodations and your precious opportunity to dive is not really part of the official agenda. Of couse to you it is the agenda.

 

[android]

For the non-hoovers: what are some of the ways you could be recompensed for having to sacrifice of a significant percentage of your special trip by being paired with a hoover.

I dunno? What's the Hoover's wife look like?

 

[kalvyn]

Lamont.... you've never been married, have you.

The cost of the dive is miniscule compared to the cost of the trip... especially since you ended up paying twice as much for the travel and accomodations and your precious opportunity to dive is not really part of the official agenda. Of couse to you it is the agenda.

Hehehe, no I don't think he's ever been married.

My wife dives. As a matter of fact she got certified before I did (and she slays me on air comsumption. It's not fair!). But when we go on a vacation, even spefically to dive, diving is not the only reason we go there to her. She just wants to do a few dives on top of laying out on the beach, shopping in town, etc etc etc. All I care about is the diving, and perhaps getting in a day sail or two. Oh, and doing nothing. A lot of it, in fact.

When we were in Bonaire last year, we only ended up getting in 12 or 13 dives in 6 diving days. That's about all she can handle, and she didn't really like Bonaire all that much because there's nothing to do there BUT dive (and it takes a bloody long time to get there from here; don't think I didn't hear about that once or twice ). I could go to Bonaire every trip for the rest of my life, I think, and never get tired of it.

I think your scenario is a valid one. I know that when we go to Cozumel, I plan on doing the Cenotes on the mainland one of the days. I'm pretty sure Linda will have no interest in that, so I'll be in the exact position you outline; perhaps the dive of a lifetime, and without my built-in dive buddy.

Jimmie

 

[kalvyn]

For the non-hoovers: what are some of the ways you could be recompensed for having to sacrifice of a significant percentage of your special trip by being paired with a hoover.

Well, I'm not a non-hoover, but I am not the first person back on the boat anymore, either. For me, first and them being aware of the fact they shortened my dive, and apologizing for it would go a long way. Also, if he or she was willing to listen to suggestions on how to improve their air consumption and work on those things the following dives would be very cool. That, to me, would be part of the paying forward thing for me; passing along to another what was so freely given to me when I sucked air.

If the person was a total tool about the whole thing... I would move along and find another diver. I am not normally a patient man, but if I see someone really trying and putting effort towards something, I can work with them on it forever.

Jimmie

 

[Jason McK]

Ok so I'm as green as they get and because of this I guess I'm a Hoover. Getting in shape and dropping some pounds is first on my agenda. But my lack of expierience, I think, drains my tank faster that it should.
reading though this thread I started to feel less and less like joining the Sunday dive groups that are around, for fear of recking someones dive. Now I am taking further PADI classes to improve and I guess will stick with them until I feel I can hold my own and not disappoint someone I would be diving with.
Maybe I'm more sensitive to this but if your like me simple shallow dives are what you should stick to until you don't bring the expectations of others down to a level that is not enjoyable to them.

Just my .02



J

 

[Uncle Pug]

Just be up front about your hooverage and don't hold it against anyone if they decline to dive with you for it.

However I doubt you will have that problem on your Sunday dive group outings. If you check out the other thread about diving with n00bs you will see that most experienced divers are more that willing to do so.

 

[lamont]

Lamont.... you've never been married, have you.

HAHAHAA....

So, anyway, last night, I was paying more attention to consumption and I was doing really well for the first 10 minutes of the dive, but then I got chilled and started hoovering like crazy... I'm already diving with 400 gram DUI thinsulate, maybe I should try some argon? I was dumping air into my suit like crazy to keep warmer, but I still couldn't get comfortable enough to have my breathing rate drop...

 

[Uncle Pug]

I was a little chilly last night as well... what with a wet arm and all.

400g thinsulate!!! You must be one of those lemmings. Probably cutting off your circulation.