Hi folks:
Heading south in a few days to complete my PADI Rescue Diver course. I'll be using a Halcyon BP/W setup -- been tinkering with it and modifying it to the point where I've got it pretty much set for tropical diving (removed the weighted insert from the STA, did some pool time with my 2mm shorty, and I float at eye level with the wing empty and nothing on my waist, no weight in the IWS pockets, lungs full, maybe add a pound or two to compensate for the salt water, empty tank, etc.).
Question: The rig doesn't really have any pockets, and there's no room on the waist strap for additional slide-ons. Having dived with it in cold water (STA insert, extra weight, 14 mm of neoprene and all), I've really grown to like it, and wouldn't go back to a jacket-style BCD without an extremely compelling reason. But for Rescue scenarios, you obviously need to be able to carry your reel, your pocket mask, and your inflatable safety sausage. Without D-rings up the yinyang and bits of gear hanging off everything, where do you keep it all? Any suggestions?
(Mods, if this is in the wrong forum, I apologize, and I'd understand if you wanted to move it to someplace you think more appropriate. )
Heading south in a few days to complete my PADI Rescue Diver course. I'll be using a Halcyon BP/W setup -- been tinkering with it and modifying it to the point where I've got it pretty much set for tropical diving (removed the weighted insert from the STA, did some pool time with my 2mm shorty, and I float at eye level with the wing empty and nothing on my waist, no weight in the IWS pockets, lungs full, maybe add a pound or two to compensate for the salt water, empty tank, etc.).
Question: The rig doesn't really have any pockets, and there's no room on the waist strap for additional slide-ons. Having dived with it in cold water (STA insert, extra weight, 14 mm of neoprene and all), I've really grown to like it, and wouldn't go back to a jacket-style BCD without an extremely compelling reason. But for Rescue scenarios, you obviously need to be able to carry your reel, your pocket mask, and your inflatable safety sausage. Without D-rings up the yinyang and bits of gear hanging off everything, where do you keep it all? Any suggestions?
(Mods, if this is in the wrong forum, I apologize, and I'd understand if you wanted to move it to someplace you think more appropriate. )