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Date: Wed, 17 Dec 1997 11:58:24 -0800 (PST)
To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
From: Jeremy Downs <dcrco@jp*.ne*>
Subject: Re: Dry Suit Diving.
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
BTW my main DM uses a strokesuit and he was able to implement my techniques
with some weighting adjustments (his wife did so too).

At 09:30 AM 12/17/97 -0500, Jim Cobb wrote:
>Jeremy-
>
>I think your key words are "shell suit" and "properly weighted". With a 
>neoprene (I know, I know, a stroke suit, I'm saving up) this does not 
>work because you can't be properly weighted to begin with.
>
>The other issue is when you are getting into lots of head-down attitudes 
>(lobstering, wrecking) the less air in your suit the better because it 
>all winds up in your feet anyways.
>
>  Jim
>
>On 12/17/97 6:12 AM Jeremy Downs wrote:
>
>>When properly weighted & adjusted (this is the key) I allways have simpler
>>and better control when using only the suit and completely ignoring my wings
>>during the dive. With this method your bouyancy is basicly automatic (with
>>shell suits) and you have less items to worry about. Everybody I have talked
>>into trying this has not gone back and their bouyancy control and awareness
>>(one less distraction) has improved. 
>>
>>I even had a former student last month come up and ask me about how to use a
>>shell suit he had rented for the weekend so I briefed him on this technique
>>and went with him on his first dive to make sure everything went ok. This
>>was his first time ever in a drysuit and only about his 20th dive ever. I'm
>>not overexaggerating at all here but within fifteen minutes his control was
>>as good as most seasoned divers I know (with or without a drysuit). 
>>
>>I know George & Jim both don't advise this method but I hope they give it a
>>real try (this is about the only thing that I don't agree with them on). I
>>really can't say the same for neoprene suits since I have never tried one
>>and their characteristics are different (although two converts have been
>>neoprene users).
>
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