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I went to Cozumel and Grand Cayman this past January, and the water was beautiful!
It was everything I had hoped for, until around 70 ft on a wall, I gave my inflator a tug to let a little air out of my BC, and the hose tore off in my hand.
I really didn't want to ditch my weights because a controlled ascent with a wetsuit and half-empty aluminum tank would have been really difficult.
Then I noticed that even with no air in the BC, nothing much was happening, except that I needed to keep a little more air in my lungs than normal to maintain my depth.
Anyway, I was very happy that I didn't go plunging down the wall, and equally happy that I didn't go rocketing towards the surface.
I guess that's another reason to watch those weights. Since I wasn't overweighted, there was very little effect when I lost the little remaining air in the BC. If I was 10 pounds too heavy and had an extra quart or two of air to compensate, it would have been A Bad Thing when the extra air went it's own way after the hose broke.
In this case all it meant was that the dive ended early and I couldn't go out again that day.
In any event, I needed to get to get it fixed. I assumed that because I was on vacation, getting it fixed would cost a fortune, but I was wrong! A friend recommend Diver's World on Grand Cayman, and they were phenominal!
Not only did they replace the inflator hose in less than two hours, they put on a hose that was light-years better than the original, and only charged me $25!
I can't tell you how impressed I was, since I would have paid almost anything to not ruin my only vacation this winter, and they did a great job for a great price!
It was everything I had hoped for, until around 70 ft on a wall, I gave my inflator a tug to let a little air out of my BC, and the hose tore off in my hand.
I really didn't want to ditch my weights because a controlled ascent with a wetsuit and half-empty aluminum tank would have been really difficult.
Then I noticed that even with no air in the BC, nothing much was happening, except that I needed to keep a little more air in my lungs than normal to maintain my depth.
Anyway, I was very happy that I didn't go plunging down the wall, and equally happy that I didn't go rocketing towards the surface.
I guess that's another reason to watch those weights. Since I wasn't overweighted, there was very little effect when I lost the little remaining air in the BC. If I was 10 pounds too heavy and had an extra quart or two of air to compensate, it would have been A Bad Thing when the extra air went it's own way after the hose broke.
In this case all it meant was that the dive ended early and I couldn't go out again that day.
In any event, I needed to get to get it fixed. I assumed that because I was on vacation, getting it fixed would cost a fortune, but I was wrong! A friend recommend Diver's World on Grand Cayman, and they were phenominal!
Not only did they replace the inflator hose in less than two hours, they put on a hose that was light-years better than the original, and only charged me $25!
I can't tell you how impressed I was, since I would have paid almost anything to not ruin my only vacation this winter, and they did a great job for a great price!