Dive Cow

[John L.]

Hey Joe,
Are you up for Cow Saturday nite? Let me know.
John

Moved from the EN thread. J

[CaptainSpeleo]

John:

Did you get your sidemount rig put together and dive it yet?

Frank

[John L.]

John:

Did you get your sidemount rig put together and dive it yet?

Frank

Hey Frank, yes I dove Ginnie with it Wed. for my first overhead dive. Did the bone room, big room circuit. It was not too bad. I noticed alot of drag going in the eye, and the lips, but other than that, it was ok. Saturday I dove my second dive with them and did really well. Just went up the peanut line about 1500'. I was slightly lower at the hips than I wanted, so I pulled the boots off the tanks, and moved the clips farther down towards the end of the tanks to shift my weight foward. It worked, except too well. I was front heavy bigtime when I went to orange grove, and I had to turn the dive only 500' in due to cramping ankles from trying to maintain my trim. I have to move the straps in between the two positions I had previously used, and try that. The gas management part went well. I used a 7' hose stapped to the left tank, and ran it over my head, and a regular hose (which needs a swivel!) on the right. It's coming along. It's a different feel, but I will get the hang of it.
John

[CaptainSpeleo]

It took me several dives to get my sidemount rig just right. I'll need to set it up with my Genesis 120's as soon as I get the new valves installed. I've been using the shorter, fatter, heavier steel 95's for awhile.

Swivel-type first stages are definitely the way to go because it makes adjustment changes much easier, and routing the hoses is easier and cleaner with right and left side second stages instead of 2 right side ones.

[Tegg]

John:

Did you get your sidemount rig put together and dive it yet?

Frank

Hey Frank, yes I dove Ginnie with it Wed. for my first overhead dive. Did the bone room, big room circuit. It was not too bad. I noticed alot of drag going in the eye, and the lips, but other than that, it was ok. Saturday I dove my second dive with them and did really well. Just went up the peanut line about 1500'. I was slightly lower at the hips than I wanted, so I pulled the boots off the tanks, and moved the clips farther down towards the end of the tanks to shift my weight foward. It worked, except too well. I was front heavy bigtime when I went to orange grove, and I had to turn the dive only 500' in due to cramping ankles from trying to maintain my trim. I have to move the straps in between the two positions I had previously used, and try that. The gas management part went well. I used a 7' hose stapped to the left tank, and ran it over my head, and a regular hose (which needs a swivel!) on the right. It's coming along. It's a different feel, but I will get the hang of it.
John

John,

Don't use a swivel. Buy a 90 degree elbow. Less moving parts = less failure chance.

[John L.]

I did'nt know there was a 90 degree elbow. Where do you get one? That definately makes more sense. Thanks.
John

[MikeH]

Don't use a swivel. Buy a 90 degree elbow. Less moving parts = less failure chance.

300+ dives on my 2 swivels.....not so much as a bubble from either one.

Mike

[Tegg]

Don't use a swivel. Buy a 90 degree elbow. Less moving parts = less failure chance.

300+ dives on my 2 swivels.....not so much as a bubble from either one.

Mike

That's nice for you... my 90 degree elbow from Zeagle costs less then the swivels and I don't have a "possible" fail point...

[Jay]

Yeah, it's a possible failure point, I have 1000+ dives over 16 years using a swivel and it could fail sometime.

John , can you adjust your tanks in the cave? Are you using a solid connection for the tank mount or a cam buckle?

[John L.]

Yeah, it's a possible failure point, I have 1000+ dives over 16 years using a swivel and it could fail sometime.

John , can you adjust your tanks in the cave? Are you using a solid connection for the tank mount or a cam buckle?

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