Double Double, Toil and Trouble

No, we're not talking about MacBeth here... or Halloween, although the latter is befitting of the title of this entry since today is October 31   !  Anyway, after my recent bout of wreck diving, I suppose I was long overdue for new gear... sooo... borrowed a set of  doubles (steel 85's) and headed out to sea with a friend to try them out.  Fortunately my dive buddy has quite a bit of experience with doubles and helped me get everything on and in place ..  So, after getting everything buckled, clipped, etc and lumbering to the back gate of the boat to hop in the water, well... there seemed to be a slight problem. I got stuck.  Yes, I was stuck in the stupid little narrow gate. After a minute or so of being pushed and pulled by the crew (and apparently a shove from my buddy which I didn't know about until today :-P  ), I finally made it to the water... ::giggle::   Yes, it was quite comical.  Ok, so we got to the anchor line and descended...  Oh wait- did I say "descended"?  Actually, it was more along the lines of me sinking like a rock....  it was awful~  I've never been so overweighted before and I was having a tough time maintaining decent buoyancy through all 3 dives..  Trim was a little off also~ in a slight head up, feet down position, but thats easily fixable I think.  Overall, no major problems with the gear itself- besides being overweighted, I was perfectly comfortable with the new setup..  Of course it always helps having a dive buddy that you feel safe with & that you trust ~ that takes a lot of stress off of the dive knowing that someone is close & keeping an eye on you in case you need them. So, I think I managed to get myself stuck in the gate on all 3 dives~ yes I'm a total dork, but it was kinda funny.. heh... And no, there are no pics (whew!). Anyway so what this all boils down to is that I've made the decision to move on to doubles.. so the shopping has begun..  I think www.techdivinglimited.com  is my best bet for that type of gear, so check em out if you're in the market for new gear also... besides, I've heard that they have pretty good prices & cool people there..     *smile*

Posted: 01:11, Oct. 31, 2006

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