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#61 novicediver

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 03:40 PM

from a Novice's perspective, I agree that not enough emphasis was placed on proper weighting and achieving/maintaining neutral buoyancy. As with most divers, I go out and do two boat dives on one or two consecutive days and that just isnt enough dives to experiment with weight to reach the correct amount.
The benefit of a week long dive trip is that dive conditions are the same - exposure suit, water, etc - which can allow for experimenting to find that perfect amount.
I have been down with way too much and slightly too little and each is a pain to deal with. I cant wait until I can get to the bottom and see how many times I have to press the inflator to get to neutral. I just know my diving will be even more fun once I do not have to worry about buoyancy.
So instructors, from this novice's view, spend more time on buoyancy and weighting and less on mask clearing. In my training, I had to remove and replace my mask at least 5-7 times and that seemed a tad ridiculous.

#62 ScubaDadMiami

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Posted 16 July 2006 - 10:17 PM

I just removed about four pounds or so of lead from my CCR.

As a newbie CCR diver (which I still am), I always felt underweighted when I first started with my new toy. So, I added some weight until I didn't feel like I was on the brink of blowing up to the surface. However, all of this extra weight made it pretty much impossible for me to hold my stops during ascent.

After about five months or so of experience, which amounts to about 30 hours or so, I decided to start removing weight to see if this would make things better. It worked!! With this extra weight removed, I can finally ascend, stopping anywhere I wish, and I seem to be able to keep within a foot of my target. Finally, some progress! :banghead:
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