Knowing when to adjust the tanks position in the bands

[Gareth]

Link is fixed, sorry -- that's one of my favorite tricks.

Van Isle, we call that "blow the suit up, float on the surface, go a little head down and STRETCH" the Raoul maneuver, after Raoul Alvarez, a local GUE diver who used to do that. It's kind of funny to hear someone ask, "Have you Raouled?"

I do something similar. I put enough gas into the suit at the surface so that the drysuit slides over the undersuit, and then stretch out. Then I descend vertically to squeeze out the gas again. This ensures that the undersuit will not be restricting my movements.

Oh, and thanks for the link

 

[TSandM]

Good to see you here, Gareth! That's still THE best writeup on reaching valves that I've ever seen, and it's a great resource for people new to doubles.