Going down fast. Dive thread!

OK, anyone who has dived or even taken a course knows about coming up slow, and most of us know that, as Lee mentioned, the last thirty feet up should be even slower.

How about going down? On a fairly deep dive, I prefer a reasonably fast, but controlled descent, slowing when near my depth or the bottom, and going neutral before hitting. If vis is
less or poor, I do slow down. I also double check to make sure that my BC/drysuit is working properly @ 20 to 30 feet before the descent.

Anyone see that as a safety problem?

I should note, if I have a buddy that needs more time, such as my wife, who needs lots of time to equalize, I do stay with them. ;)

Dan

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OK, anyone who has dived or even taken a course knows about coming up slow,
and most of us know that, as Lee mentioned, the last thirty feet up should
be even slower.

How about going down? On a fairly deep dive, I prefer a reasonably fast,
but controlled descent, slowing when near my depth or the bottom, and going
neutral before hitting. If vis is
less or poor, I do slow down. I also double check to make sure that my
BC/drysuit is working properly @ 20 to 30 feet before the descent.

Anyone see that as a safety problem?

I should note, if I have a buddy that needs more time, such as my wife, who
needs lots of time to equalize, I do stay with them. ;)


I suck every bit of air out of my wing on deck and drop like a bomb.

It can be the highpoint of my dive.

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 10:08:15 -0800, "Danlw" <danlw7@nospamcomcast.net>
wrote:

>OK, anyone who has dived or even taken a course knows about coming up slow, and most of us know that, as Lee mentioned, the last thirty feet up should be even slower.
>
>How about going down? On a fairly deep dive, I prefer a reasonably fast, but controlled descent, slowing when near my depth or the bottom, and going neutral before hitting. If vis is
>less or poor, I do slow down. I also double check to make sure that my BC/drysuit is working properly @ 20 to 30 feet before the descent.
>
>Anyone see that as a safety problem?
>
>I should note, if I have a buddy that needs more time, such as my wife, who needs lots of time to equalize, I do stay with them. ;)
>
>Dan

I descend as quickly as possible, with the caveat that one of my dive
buddies has equalisation difficulties at times, so he goes first and
sets the pace. He takes his time & we're always prepared to abort if
he has severe problems.

---
Mike from Ottawa

"Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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> "Danlw" <danlw7@nospamcomcast.net> wrote in message
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> OK, anyone who has dived or even taken a course knows about coming up
> slow, and most of us know that, as Lee mentioned, the last thirty feet up
> should be even slower.
>
> How about going down? On a fairly deep dive, I prefer a reasonably fast,
> but controlled descent, slowing when near my depth or the bottom, and
> going neutral before hitting. If vis is
> less or poor, I do slow down. I also double check to make sure that my
> BC/drysuit is working properly @ 20 to 30 feet before the descent.
>
> Anyone see that as a safety problem?
>
> I should note, if I have a buddy that needs more time, such as my wife,
> who needs lots of time to equalize, I do stay with them. ;)
>
>
> I suck every bit of air out of my wing on deck and drop like a bomb.
>
> It can be the highpoint of my dive.

That can't taste good, but I do it on occasion. Amazing how much air can be
in there when it seemed empty....

"Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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>
> I suck every bit of air out of my wing on deck and drop like a bomb.
>
> It can be the highpoint of my dive.
>


Yep, as long as you have the control to flare out at the end. Otherwise the
coral can hurt.


kula

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> "Douglas W "Popeye" Frederick" <Popeye@finalprotectivefire.com> wrote in
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>> I suck every bit of air out of my wing on deck and drop like a bomb.
>>
>> It can be the highpoint of my dive.
>>
>
>
> Yep, as long as you have the control to flare out at the end. Otherwise
> the coral can hurt.

I got -air brakes-, Baby.

>
>
> kula
>

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>>
>> I suck every bit of air out of my wing on deck and drop like a bomb.
>>
>> It can be the highpoint of my dive.
>>
>
>
> Yep, as long as you have the control to flare out at the end. Otherwise
> the coral can hurt.

who cares but you could hurt the coral

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> who cares but you could hurt the coral

There's my pc buddy! :^)

kula

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>> who cares but you could hurt the coral
>
> There's my pc buddy! :^)

pc?

On Feb 19, 11:06 pm, "dechucka" <dechu...@vomithotmail.com> wrote:
> "Kula" <s...@spammers.com> wrote in message
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> > "dechucka" <dechu...@vomithotmail.com> wrote in message
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> >> who cares but you could hurt the coral
>
> > There's my pc buddy! :^)
>
> pc?

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