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RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Diving Catalina Island
Brian,
That is a unpleasant expierience.
No danger for fast ascending a abient dry sub.
-the volume is constant
-it should have a large vent for the air to get out.
More dangerous is descending too fast, you sinking faster than the regulator
can give air.........
Regards, Emile
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Van: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] Namens Brian Cox
Verzonden: vrijdag 30 november 2007 16:49
Aan: Personal_Submersibles@Psubs. Org
Onderwerp: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Diving Catalina Island
Hi All,
I had a rather unsettling experience out at Catalina Island this
weekend. While diving on the back side of the island, looking for lobster,
we were towards the end of our dive at about 35' we decided to drop down a
bit so I raised my air expel hose from my BC to release some air, but since
this equipment was still somewhat unfamiliar to me I accidentally hit the
air inject button instead ! Which sent me to the surface. I had injected
enough air so that there was no way I could expel the air in time to make me
go back down. I think was rising at about the speed of my bubbles and I
breathed out the whole time going up. It really made me think, in that
situation I really had no way of preventing my accent. If for some reason
a valve like that decided to stick on I don't see too many options for
correcting that situation. I would think an abient sub would have the same
issue. Any thoughts on a solution to a problem like that?
Brian Cox
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