Seacur once bubbled...
I'm curious too, Chas. Unless he's referring to the long hose flopping around on the deck. 8)
JohnF
Well...since I am one of the guys Brandon dives with that wears a BP/Wing, I'll take a guess.
On one hand, Brandon, in his 7 mil wetsuit ,slips in and out of his new weight integrated BC with relative ease.
On the other hand, I'm in a drysuit with doubles and a weight belt. There simply is a bit more going on.
First of all, 110 degrees and a guy in a drysuit with a 20 oz. undergarment packing a set of doubles makes for an interesting picture. After climbing up a rock slope to get to my truck, I have to ease the tanks down on the tailgate...off with the bungied back up, undo the drysuit inflator hose, unclip the waist buckle and then slip off the crotch strap. Then, out of the harness - taking care to let the air out of the wing first - trying not to lean out too far from the tanks, while occasionally catching a wrist instrument in a shoulder strap. Of course, I have to watch out for my long hose primary so that it doesn't drag in the sand. Then, I have to carefully set my doubles back so that I don't scratch my brand new truck...it hasn't had the bed liner sprayed in it yet. (I know...that one defies logic...but it IS my new truck!) Next, off comes the weight belt as I look to my buddy to unzip my back entry suit. The neck seal is next but I have to take off my compass and my Stinger before I can get out of my wrist seals. Then I unzip the wooly and a perform a contortion act to get my shoulders out of the suit before I die of heat stroke.
I think you get the idea...it ain't easy bein' me.
Seriously, I don't think Brandon was taking a shot at the BP/Wing thing. I think that he was just pointing out the fact that unclipping a waist belt and/or shoulder harness and taking off a BC is about as quick and easy as it can get.
Maybe, next weekend, I'll wear a shorty and a single Al 80 and we can race!
SA