DIR fun dives
Friday found me at Vobster with EllisN, Rob, Wilbo and GLOC (Gareth) from YD - who were all . interested in learning more about DIR.
First job of the day was get the Gavin in the water and sort the weighting out. Took a while but got it bang on eventually - a fact confirmed by Frank who nicked it for a quick spin later on :o)
I had a look at the boys harnesses and made sure they were fitted corr ectly. One undersuit was giving reaching problems which meant that the wearer had difficulty in reaching his valves - pretty sure it can be worked out though.
Wilbo seemed almost eager to leap on to the picnic table for the obligatory “let’s all look silly finning in mid air pose” His eagerness was explained when, after his turn, he grabbed a camera to take pictures of all the others.
and me… ;O)
In to the water I asked Rob and Gareth to buddy up and Neil and Wilbo. They held together OK and we swam to the platform. A few finning attempts here, plus an easy air share (I was OOA in each instance as I didn’t want any mishaps)
They did OK but there’s only so much you can do on a platform so I led them off for a swim - figuring that you can demonstrate frog kicking and light signals better on the move.
The vis was awesome - the best I have ever seen it. I led them to the top of the wheelhouse and demonstrated how we bag off. I them asked the to do it - it wasn’t pretty!
Surface interval and much chocolate followed and then dive two - in Rob’s newly delived wing and twin 12s. Another fun dive with more buoyancy and finning practice. We ran into a group of divers at the back of the plane and fearful of losing my little flock I signaled a change in direction. They picked up on the light signals immediately - good progress!
A fun day, finished off in the pub with Frank and Howard who had been working on Howard’s MOD 1 that day.
