FredT
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divemistress once bubbled...
what's the hurry?
don't worry,
be happy
dm
Agreed
A diver should NEVER "hurry"! That can precipitate mistakes and/or waste air. I don't even want to mention the hazards of "rushing" to get in the water. :upset:
IME "wasted" time in gear up can cost you time to do the 10th or 17th dive on a day hunting trip hitting small "shallow" dive sites. Minimizing gear prep time will often allow you maximize time underwater. After all you learned to dive to dive, not mess with gear.
OTOH On a head charter if you get your gear together relativly quickly you can get out of the way of those who just HAVE TO spread their gear all over the deck to find something they mispacked. By the same token tear down and repacking in an efficient manner keeps those same divers from "mispacking" your gear into their bag, and makes for a safer stern deck and platform.
Pushing yourself to make things "go faster" is almost always counter-productive in the long run. As new divers gain experience and stable buddies the "time to water" decreases naturally and at a reasonable gradient. As they watch the mossbacks they learn what steps can be combined, what is unnecessary, and what wasted motion they are causing themselves. As this all sorts it's self out they get "better" at making it into the waves in a "reasonable" time and enjoy their diving day more since "gear chores" shrink to a very small part of the day.
FT