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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). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html > > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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