Looking to hook up with Vancouver Island UTD members

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Permalink Reply by Bill O'Brien on September 10, 2009 at 2:22pm

How are you. I have not taken any courses yet either but I did take the GUE fundies course. I am always interested in diving and finding a tec oriented partner is hard. The main hob seems to be in Victory and I have found it to be somewhat hard to break into.
I started diving with a local store that promotes TDI tech training and there are a some good divers in the mix.
There are a lot of drills to go over for the basic program and having a partner helps for training. My problem is reaching my valves for that specific drill.

Do you dive doubles? I believe UTD like GUE looks to people to dive doubles for tech training.

Permalink Reply by Glen Polson on September 10, 2009 at 4:37pm

I live in Victoria and often head up to comox for weekends. I dive with a small DIR group & a UTD technical instructor in Victoria. We're always happy to dive & meet other UTD/GUE like minded divers. Drop me an email & maybe we can help grow our Vancouver Island DIR community.

Cheers

Check out www.thedirproject.com

glen
technicaldiving@gmail.com

Glen
technicaldiving@gmail.com

Permalink Reply by Lenny Marriott on October 21, 2009 at 6:49am

Hi Bill,
I am a TDI INSTRUCTOR TRAINER here in SURREY BC ( VANCOUVER AREA) my suggestion to you with your issue reaching your valves you may want to try adjusting your tanks either lifting them higher or lowering them on your bands, it takes time finding the right position good luck and if you are ever on the other side of the pond yuor welcome to come for a dive with our group and pls check out face book for a site call BC TECH DIVERS ,a club starting up for tech divers in BC
DIVE SAFE And RememberTo Always Know Your PO2s
Lenny M.
SCUBATECH2000.COM

Bill O'Brien said:

How are you. I have not taken any courses yet either but I did take the GUE fundies course. I am always interested in diving and finding a tec oriented partner is hard. The main hob seems to be in Victory and I have found it to be somewhat hard to break into.
I started diving with a local store that promotes TDI tech training and there are a some good divers in the mix.
There are a lot of drills to go over for the basic program and having a partner helps for training. My problem is reaching my valves for that specific drill.

Do you dive doubles? I believe UTD like GUE looks to people to dive doubles for tech training.

Permalink Reply by Alan Wong on October 21, 2009 at 6:21pm

Hi Bill,
You are refering to reaching valves on doubles or singles?

I had a similar problem, and I found that tinkering with the harness and backplate position, and considering your undergarments and the flexibility you have, make a difference.
I suggest you try a number of adjustments, and from a process of elimination, figure out where the problem is. i.e. it may be your reach, position of your backplate, your undergarments, your drysuit or a combination of the above. As an example, try a short dive with limited undergarments and see if that improves your reach. If successful, that demonstrates that reach is not a problem. After tinkering with your harness/undergarments, it should be enough to get the job done. p.s. I hear that reaching the valves on 130's is fractional farther than on 100's as the 130's have a larger diameter. Good luck Bill and hope this helps! p.s. ever dive in vancouver?

Permalink Reply by Alan Wong on October 21, 2009 at 6:22pm

Alan Wong said:

Hi Bill,
You are refering to reaching valves on doubles or singles?

I had a similar problem when I took the utd course, and I found that tinkering with the harness and backplate position, and considering your undergarments and the flexibility you have, make a difference.
I suggest you try a number of adjustments, and from a process of elimination, figure out where the problem is. i.e. it may be your reach, position of your backplate, your undergarments, your drysuit or a combination of the above. As an example, try a short dive with limited undergarments and see if that improves your reach. If successful, that demonstrates that reach is not a problem. After tinkering with your harness/undergarments, it should be enough to get the job done. p.s. I hear that reaching the valves on 130's is fractional farther than on 100's as the 130's have a larger diameter. Good luck Bill and hope this helps! p.s. ever dive in vancouver?