Hope you had a great holiday & have a great new year

Merry Christmas!

Thanks for ther reply. The class is going OK so far. Kind of a mixed bag. We fianlly got into the pool Thurs. I had trouble with a couple of the tests. We had to to a breath hold swim in full rig 1 length of the pool (25yds- 75ft). I have been able to make it about 2/3 of the way (about 50ft). I keep stopping atthe same place, so I know it's mental. Right now I've got a couple of weeks to get it down to pass that portion. The othe part that was troublesome was buddy breathing 2 pool lengths. My buddy & I made it just past the 1/2 way point, but got our timing really screwed up after the turn &  we couldn't finish (I wound up drinking & inhaling 1/2 the pool). I will have to get these 2 parts down to pass. theother parts- Swim in scuba with no mask & the rig ditch & don went surprisingly well. Any ideas to get past the mental block on the breath hold swim? This one's driving me nuts. I tried practicing a couple times tonight in a single tank (was helping with a class) & got just a little further. I'm  maybe now only 15- 20ft away from making it.

thank's Mike for your comment and offer of teaching...smile...

you are very nice!

Yoshito

I was out in the M.E. when the Gulf War started, had to leave for 6 months until it was all over. I was in Muscat a city in the Sultanate of Oman. After there i spent 5 years in the Turks and Caicos islands. Don't do too much diving up here, quite liked diving out of brockville in aug/sept when the river is toasty warm!

Middle east & Carribean diving wow. Must have been a adjustment  to the cold Canuk waters, Ill bet. I hope to get to the Red Sea soem day, I'll have to get in touch when things settle down over there. Too much sabre rattling with Iran & Israel right now , for my liking.

Mike D.

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No, it was the actual DIVE SHOP. It was the only job i could get after getting married to a canadian gal and moving here after 12 years in the middle east and caribbean diving.

You are correct. The slow demonstration will only come as a result of practice & complete comfort in the task.

Good morning. Going good so far. We've only had 2 sessions so far. Tonight we will go to the pool for an initial skills evaluation to determine where we need to improve to pass the course. I spent 30 min practicing (only had a partially full tank) all my skills. After going through them several times, I think I got the worst of the kinks worked out. It's not what would be considered pretty nor of instruction quality yet, but I was able to get through them without making a complete fool of myself.

Now that will be fun.  I went down there about 2 years and did just dive.  Lots of things to do.  I took an ATV ride for about 3-4 hours.  Hourseback ride and yes dove. 

Hey Mike,  if you get a once a year trip you should check out who is all going on the Black Beards trip in Sept.  We (they) still have opening.  It going to be fun.  And nice warm water. LOL