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Scuba Forum / General / December 2006Back to the BC - Or, How I learned to stop worrying about trim and came to love the Poodle Jacket
Or not :-) I've been spending some time in Asia, but didn't expect to have time to dive. As luck would have it, Fearless Leader (tm) decided to tour SE Asia, making it impossible to get hotel rooms in Singapore for the week of November 13th. Since I was supposed to fly back to S'pore that week and couldn't find a place to stay, I figured I'd take a small detour and visit Phuket once again. The diving was as I remembered it - warm, easy, with so-so visibility (20~30ft). A school of lionfish, several morays and a seriously big sea snake were all on display, and I happily remembered how much I enjoyed diving in this part of the world. What wasn't the same this time was the gear - I had to rent everything, including a "regular" jacket style BC. I hadn't used one of these in ~200 dives and had forgotten what it's like to dive with one. Wow. I hadn't realized just how badly out of trim you could be with one of these, and how hard it is to get all the air out of them. I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell, but it was still quite an eye opener to dive with one of these again. Next trip (late January), my own gear comes with me. Alan > I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell. . . Mike has very good trim and buoyancy control, but I'm the one that dives with no weights and no gas in the wing . . . no matter how many times Bob says it's not possible. I think Mike respects my diving, but I doubt he considers it "ideal." Lee > > I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell. . . > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Lee I stand corrected. All the more reason for me to make it out there and dive with you guys. Alan >>>I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell. . . >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Alan Too late, the water's getting too damned cold. >>>>I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell. . . >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >Too late, the water's getting too damned cold. I'll drop the dry suit at Lee's and you'll be good to go! Rick Simms > I stand corrected. All the more reason for me to make it out there and > dive with you guys. We're gonna send a big trucking Marine on a retrieval mission to drag you to South Florida. >> I stand corrected. All the more reason for me to make it out there and >> dive with you guys. > > We're gonna send a big trucking Marine on a retrieval mission to drag > you to South Florida. To do us any good, we have to get the trucking Marine to actually come back to Florida, well, our part of Florida. Lee >> We're gonna send a big trucking Marine on a retrieval mission to drag >> you to South Florida. > > To do us any good, we have to get the trucking Marine to actually come > back to Florida, well, our part of Florida. That's a fact....... > To do us any good, we have to get the trucking Marine to actually come > back to Florida, well, our part of Florida. He hasn't figured out that there is something other than I-10 in Florida? >> To do us any good, we have to get the trucking Marine to actually come >> back to Florida, well, our part of Florida. > > He hasn't figured out that there is something other than I-10 in Florida? He knows, but a trip to S. Florida is a 300 mile ride in both directions. There are longer/wider states, but few, if any, that force you to drive that far and leave you with no option but to turn around and retrace your path. On the few occasions when Doug gets down this way for work, he's usually on a tight schedule requiring him to haul something back again. Guess that's just the price I pay for living in paradise. Lee > Guess that's just the price I pay for living in paradise. News flash; Ft. Lauderdale isn't paradise. You cant even see paradise from there. >> Guess that's just the price I pay for living in paradise. > News flash; > Ft. Lauderdale isn't paradise. > You cant even see paradise from there. News flash. I live in Davie. Davie is paradise. Ft. Lauderdale is where we keep all the tourists. >>>Guess that's just the price I pay for living in paradise. > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > I live in Davie. Davie is paradise. Davie is redneck country. >> I live in Davie. Davie is paradise. > Davie is redneck country. Yes. Like I said, paradise. >>Guess that's just the price I pay for living in paradise. > > News flash; > > Ft. Lauderdale isn't paradise. But Boca is. >>I'm a long ways from Mike Gray's ideal of no weight and no air cell. . . > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Lee Awww, ya do alright for an old guy. (snip) I had to rent everything, including a "regular" jacket style > BC. I hadn't used one of these in ~200 dives and had forgotten what > it's like to dive with one. Wow. I hadn't realized just how badly out [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > with one of these again. Next trip (late January), my own gear comes > with me. Sounds like some great dives. Hanging in my closet is a nearly mint condition 1985ish SeaTec Manta, probably the best jacket style BC ever made (aside from the crappy tank band buckles). I think I may get it out and dive it, just to remind myself how right you are. m p.s. Anyone want to buy a nearly mint SeaTec Manta? > Hanging in my closet is a nearly mint condition 1985ish SeaTec Manta, > probably the best jacket style BC ever made (aside from the crappy tank [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > p.s. Anyone want to buy a nearly mint SeaTec Manta? No thanks, I have an ATPAC and a Fenzy. >>Hanging in my closet is a nearly mint condition 1985ish SeaTec Manta, >>probably the best jacket style BC ever made (aside from the crappy tank [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > No thanks, I have an ATPAC and a Fenzy. Trade? > > No thanks, I have an ATPAC and a Fenzy. > Trade? No chance, we keep them hanging around so that people ask. The Fenzy still works (but the bottle is out of hydro). > p.s. Anyone want to buy a nearly mint SeaTec Manta? How close is it to a similar vintage TUSA Liberator? -hh >>p.s. Anyone want to buy a nearly mint SeaTec Manta? > > How close is it to a similar vintage TUSA Liberator? The Seatec was prettier but the TUSA had better tank band buckles, if my failing memory serves me right. m |
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