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My wife won't sink
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Ray and Pam
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My wife won't sink
Poke a couple holes in her see if that helps.
But really Pam is the same way, she can go to sleep floating in a pool reading a book but needs 18# to get down with no wetsuit. I've checked her BCD many times during the safety stop and she has no air in it but also has about 1500psi left with a 63 cu ft tank.
It is what it is.
Poke a couple holes in her see if that helps.
But really Pam is the same way, she can go to sleep floating in a pool reading a book but needs 18# to get down with no wetsuit. I've checked her BCD many times during the safety stop and she has no air in it but also has about 1500psi left with a 63 cu ft tank.
It is what it is.
she might have flooty feet i read that in another post it s a condition that affect some diversMy wife won't sink
Poke a couple holes in her see if that helps.
But really Pam is the same way, she can go to sleep floating in a pool reading a book but needs 18# to get down with no wetsuit. I've checked her BCD many times during the safety stop and she has no air in it but also has about 1500psi left with a 63 cu ft tank.
It is what it is.
Ray and Pam
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The reason it may matter is because it makes it easy to be facing and looking at your team the whole time. Much harder to do it if you go face down.
Good suggestion but that may be too much fin for the woman....the old Cressi frogs have a lot of power but take a lot of input power to get them to work well, they tend to cause foot and calf cramps if one does not have the strength for them.
My wife picked up a set to use with her drysuit and after a couple of dives with them she asked to swap the Frogs for my Cressi Reactions....now I only get to dive with my Reactions when she is not diving with me.
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CathyE
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I struggle to sink from the surface until 15 or 20’. Divemasters kept adding weight. :-( I used to have my buddy grab a fin until I was deep enough. With experience I can do it on my own now.
I am bad at retaining air in my lungs (just in case
). I work on overcoming that.
In addition the straps on my BCD trapped air in my wetsuit (female curves), now I leave everything a little loose until the air bubbles rise out, then I tighten straps. It helps.
In my earlier years 24 lbs, in a 3mm and salt water was the norm, now it is 15 lbs in the same scenario. I also no longer feel the need to hurry. If I’m on a charter I’ll either arrange with the dive leader to start descending right away or they will wait for me. Dive leader’s call.
When it is just buddy and me we get there when we get there.
I am bad at retaining air in my lungs (just in case
). I work on overcoming that.In addition the straps on my BCD trapped air in my wetsuit (female curves), now I leave everything a little loose until the air bubbles rise out, then I tighten straps. It helps.
In my earlier years 24 lbs, in a 3mm and salt water was the norm, now it is 15 lbs in the same scenario. I also no longer feel the need to hurry. If I’m on a charter I’ll either arrange with the dive leader to start descending right away or they will wait for me. Dive leader’s call.
When it is just buddy and me we get there when we get there.
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