Marek K
Contributor
My wife, 17-year-old daughter, and I have no problem with motionless horizontal trim.
Our 19-year-old son is a different story. He's extremely lean; and although neutral, it seems that he's very foot-heavy -- as soon as he stops finning, his feet drop down until his body is at a 45-degree angle or more.
We've already got him with only 1/3 of his ballast in his BC's quick-release pockets and 2/3 in his BC trim pockets. We just got him some newer, lighter fins, and moved his tank as high up toward his head as possible (AL, so I'm not sure how much that helps). But still, 45 degrees...
I just ordered him a couple of XScuba weight pockets for his tank straps, which will move some of his weight a bit further up on his body. We'll see how that works when we go to Grand Cayman in a couple weeks.
Anyone have any other ideas? I'm not sure how much I like the idea of slinging weights around his valve...
Our 19-year-old son is a different story. He's extremely lean; and although neutral, it seems that he's very foot-heavy -- as soon as he stops finning, his feet drop down until his body is at a 45-degree angle or more.
We've already got him with only 1/3 of his ballast in his BC's quick-release pockets and 2/3 in his BC trim pockets. We just got him some newer, lighter fins, and moved his tank as high up toward his head as possible (AL, so I'm not sure how much that helps). But still, 45 degrees...
I just ordered him a couple of XScuba weight pockets for his tank straps, which will move some of his weight a bit further up on his body. We'll see how that works when we go to Grand Cayman in a couple weeks.
Anyone have any other ideas? I'm not sure how much I like the idea of slinging weights around his valve...