bamamedic
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This may be an odd question, but...
I've recently picked up a set of LP85 doubles. I've got six dives on them, all under the watchful eye of a fairly experienced doubles diver. I feel I've got my trim and buoyancy under decent control (not nearly as good as when I was diving singles, but not too bad), and I can reach my valves with no problem.
The problem is, due to scheduling issues, my doubles-diving buddy isn't able to go diving as often as I like to (I only live an hour from the local quarry, and like to go diving at least once a week).
Usually I just find a willing local diver on Scubaboard, and that's worked out well so far. More often than not, I wind up diving with fairly new divers (under 25 dives). However, since I'm so new to diving doubles, I'm a little bit concerned about managing the doubles without someone more experienced keeping an eye on me.
Is this something that should be cause for concern, or am I just overthinking things as usual? I guess I'm just worried about forgetting something stupid, and not having anyone more experienced to catch any mistakes. I've thought it through quite a bit, and even came up with a laminated pre-dive "doubles" checklist so as not to forget anything, but I kind of wanted to see what y'all think about it....
Thanks for your advice
I've recently picked up a set of LP85 doubles. I've got six dives on them, all under the watchful eye of a fairly experienced doubles diver. I feel I've got my trim and buoyancy under decent control (not nearly as good as when I was diving singles, but not too bad), and I can reach my valves with no problem.
The problem is, due to scheduling issues, my doubles-diving buddy isn't able to go diving as often as I like to (I only live an hour from the local quarry, and like to go diving at least once a week).
Usually I just find a willing local diver on Scubaboard, and that's worked out well so far. More often than not, I wind up diving with fairly new divers (under 25 dives). However, since I'm so new to diving doubles, I'm a little bit concerned about managing the doubles without someone more experienced keeping an eye on me.
Is this something that should be cause for concern, or am I just overthinking things as usual? I guess I'm just worried about forgetting something stupid, and not having anyone more experienced to catch any mistakes. I've thought it through quite a bit, and even came up with a laminated pre-dive "doubles" checklist so as not to forget anything, but I kind of wanted to see what y'all think about it....
Thanks for your advice