He was fine yesterday. Dinner called so it was back to the The Marina Bar. Day 3; Wednesday 29 th August. The alarm went off at in my one man palace however I was started to feel a little tired so I rolled over and tried to catch up on my sleep for another hour.
Unfortunately this was wasted. I knew it would be; it always is. Bloody body clock. I got up at in a zombie state wishing I had gone for a run to wake me up. A quick shower and I was out for as team Bogbottom had decided to have breakfast at Blue Bear Deli.
The other 2 went for the full monty whilst I decided to still with my staple diet of poached eggs on brown toast. As approached we headed over to the shop for day 3. Today was a change as Brian had opted for a full day in the classroom thus giving us a full day in the water tomorrow so we had as much time as we needed to hone our skills to ensure we all got a Technical pass.
First things first; the video de-brief. We all watched the video and each identified the areas we needed to work on. Surprisingly I had very little other than my back kick. Although it was effective I should now try to make it more fluid as opposed to separate demonstration movements. Sorry mate. Next up was more theory; dive planning team work, gas planning, gas stratagies , breathing gases narcosis, hyperoxia, hypercapnia, more Nitrox inc Daltons Law, standard gases , decompression and diver safety.
And lets not forget a Blue Bear Deli lunch in the middle. Most of the day for me was revision however every days a school day. From 30m, I think not! GUE tend to run 3 different strategies;.
Cave penetrations. In addition there are also the following 3 factors:. The amount of gas required by 2 divers to go from the bottom to the next available gas source staged bottle, surface.
Total Gas-Minimum Gas. Once this is reached the dive is called ended. The above stratagies always ensure that the dive is ended when the MG is reached, which depending on the depth may only be 30 BAR but it could also be BAR.
And finally there was the exam. Again the added pressure was building but hey, lets give it my best shot. Open book right? I put it down to a few ambigious questions and I should have listened to my first instincts!
Finally it was also decided that we would meet directly at NEQ on the last day to enable those travelling me to head off straight from there so it was time to settle the bill and load up. Try getting that price anywhere else! The day finished at an almost social so Brian invited everyone over to The Marina Bar for dinner. Chilli beef nachos mmmmmm. By it was time to hit the sack ready for the last day. Day 4; Thursday 30 th August.
This was it, the last day. I was looking forward to it but I was also a bit nervous. Had I done enough? What level pass would I get? Brian never misled any of us and he was always straight to the point, however there was a variety of mixed messages coming across. Bloody instructors! Just outside NEQ we found Martin waiting in a layby so with a bit of shunting we both managed to fit side by side.
Following a short delay, Brian arrived and it was back to business. The first dive was back to the platform with Martin as the team leader. Raffi was practicing his back kick with Brian. Whatever had changed had worked; Raffi looked much better. His trim was there and he was starting to kit his back kick.
Unfortunately the good strokes would be wiped out by a bad one thus returning him to the start point. From here we all went back into the star formation and did our skills; basic 5 and the valve drill.
The valve drill caused me no issues as did the first 4 of the basic 5. During the mask removal and replace I must have left my common sense on the surface as it took me 4 attempts.
During the first I started to ascend and Brian dragged me down. I think he got the gist! Finally we were done then it was and then it was demo-do with Brian and Joe on the no mask swim followed by our practices.
No problems there; even I managed it ok with my mask off. We all individually sent ours up and at 92 minutes, ascended under Martin's direction with stops at 4m and 2m.
During the surface interval the laptop was out and we went through the video de-brief. All rights reserved. As we were packing away our kit, all in our little worlds, Brian came over to each of us individually for our de-brief and results. Nah, Tech pass well done. Expected nothing less. What can I do to make the course better? Nothing, the course was spot on. Thank you for a great time and thank you for your amazing offer.
Well, that was it. Many times thinking; Am I good enough? Could I pass? Now I know my answer. A technical pass and now a member of the GUE fraternity. Technical pass. Recreational pass. Demonstrate proficiency in the ability to deploy a spool and a surface marker.
Demonstrate good buoyancy and trim. Demonstrate proficiency in underwater communication. Demonstrate basic equipment proficiency and an understanding of the DIR equipment configuration.
Demonstrate aptitude in the following open water skills: mask clearing, mask removal and replacement, regulator removal and exchange, long hose deployment. Demonstrate safe ascent and decent procedures. Demonstrate proficiency in executing a valve drill. Equipment Requirements Each student should have, and be familiar with, all of the following required equipment.
One of the first-stages must supply a pressure gauge and provide inflation for a dry suit where applicable. Backplate System: A rigid and flat platform, of metal construction with minimal padding, held to a diver by one continuous piece of nylon webbing.
This webbing should be adjustable through the plate and should use a buckle to secure the system at the waist. A crotch strap attached to the lower end of this platform and looped through the waistband would prevent the system from riding up a diver's back. A knife should be secured to the waist on the left webbing tab. The harness below the diver's arms should have small restrictive bands to allow for the placement of reserve light powered by three in-line c-cell batteries where necessary.
Demonstrate proficiency in the ability to deploy a spool and a surface marker. Demonstrate good buoyancy and trim. Demonstrate proficiency in underwater communication. Demonstrate basic equipment proficiency and an understanding of the DIR equipment configuration. Demonstrate aptitude in the following open water skills: mask clearing, mask removal and replacement, regulator removal and exchange, long hose deployment.
Demonstrate safe ascent and decent procedures. Demonstrate proficiency in executing a valve drill. Equipment Requirements Each student should have, and be familiar with, all of the following required equipment.
One of the first-stages must supply a pressure gauge and provide inflation for a dry suit where applicable. Backplate System: A rigid and flat platform, of metal construction with minimal padding, held to a diver by one continuous piece of nylon webbing.
This webbing should be adjustable through the plate and should use a buckle to secure the system at the waist. A crotch strap attached to the lower end of this platform and looped through the waistband would prevent the system from riding up a diver's back.
A knife should be secured to the waist on the left webbing tab. The harness below the diver's arms should have small restrictive bands to allow for the placement of reserve light powered by three in-line c-cell batteries where necessary.
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