CWSWine
Contributor
I have dove single sidemount off boats and haven't had a bit of problems. I use a clip on the neck of the tank and clip on the bottom and just clip them both, route the hoses and giant stride. After I'm in the water and adjust the hoses and hookup the bungee. Dual tanks are a little harder to deal with, either I just sideways though the door or just hookup one tank and have the crew member hand my other tank down to me. This is using AL80 not steel tanks.
I was a little concerned about back rolling off smaller boats but after doing several times in single and dual tanks it isn't really a problem. The last thing I do before rolling is lean forward and make sure the bottoms of my tanks are handing over the edge of the boat then lean back and roll off the boat.
My last trip down to Playa Car I was told I had to check out dive with DM because I did not have a sidemount cert.
I was a little concerned about back rolling off smaller boats but after doing several times in single and dual tanks it isn't really a problem. The last thing I do before rolling is lean forward and make sure the bottoms of my tanks are handing over the edge of the boat then lean back and roll off the boat.
My last trip down to Playa Car I was told I had to check out dive with DM because I did not have a sidemount cert.