howarde:
Why? People were diving doubles long before the BP/wing was invented. I dive my doubles with my vest.
Why not Fundies?
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Why? People were diving doubles long before the BP/wing was invented. I dive my doubles with my vest.
howarde:
I used to feel the same way, but man did I get my butt kicked. :lol:
Doubles are easy; it's all the stage bottles that complicate things. You are no longer dealing with one regulator, but maybe 4 or 5 regs. You've got maybe 2 or 3 stage bottles hanging off your left side and you have to maintain near perfect bouyancy switching to the right bottle at the right depth and time. You can't do this without modifying the way you dive. You have to have systems and everyone has to be on the same system. Buddies have to supervise each other's gas switches and if you see your buddy put the wrong reg in his mouth, you must snatch the reg out of his mouth and donate your primary without hesitation. And it has to be 2nd nature. You''ll find out.
TheRedHead:I used to feel the same way, but man did I get my butt kicked. :lol:
And it has to be 2nd nature. You''ll find out.
I guess I will find out... True, but I don't see taking Fundies anyway.
Walter:
Not with my jacket
I agree, the sleeves get in the way, but my vest works quite nicely.
PerroneFord
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Howarde... you just get yourself two empty 5 Gallon Clorox bottles and fill them with water...
Nope, you don't need a BP/W.
Nope, you don't need a BP/W.
howarde:
Well, you don't need to take Fundies. Fundies appear to me to be a subset of technical diving skills, modified and packaged under the name of GUE-DIR. The skills are common to many tech agencies and many kinds of diving including wreck and cave.
They mustn't be that common, because I see divers with technical certifications quite frequently lack basic skills, much less come anywhere near the level of skill required for DIR-F.
Obviously, GUE-trained divers are not the only ones with superior skills, but tech training from another agency by no means guarantees any level of skill that approaches the level of passing DIR-F.
Obviously, GUE-trained divers are not the only ones with superior skills, but tech training from another agency by no means guarantees any level of skill that approaches the level of passing DIR-F.
H2Andy
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whereas if you pass DIR-F you will not lack basic skills?
is this guarantee in writing somewhere?
is this guarantee in writing somewhere?
PerroneFord
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H2Andy:whereas if you pass DIR-F you will not lack basic skills?
is this guarantee in writing somewhere?
No, no guarantee. But it's a more sure bet than anything else I've seen out there in the dive industy.
jonnythan:
What basic skills do they lack?
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