A Weighty Question. . .

[Eino Maki]

LKunze, DanL, willadams and beeger,
Thank You for your responses to my question. I have only logged one dive here in fresh water. I dove
last year and this past Feb. in Cozumel. I use a 3mm full wetsuit. It's the same on that I'll use next
week. I have gradually cut my weight down to 12. I could probably get by ok with 10, but I hate to
experiment on a boat dive and find out I can't sink. A couple of our dives this years were affected
by divers who couldn't get down. Weight wasn't their only problem though. The rest of the group had
to huddle and wait on the bottom while the DM got them back on the boat.
My air consumption is getting better with every dive. I get really cold though, even though the water
was 81 degrees and I had the full suit. After 45-50 minutes, the only thing keeping my teeth from chattering
is the mouthpiece. I'll sort of 'shiver' from the cold and exhale a huge blast of air. I'm taking a new 7mm
hood to Cayman to try to cut down on this. My dive buddy, who dives in a shorty, will tease me mercilessly.
I'll just tell him, "When I get hot, I'll take the hood off."
I'd like to make some dives at Square Lake this summer. I don't live too far away, up near Taylors Falls.
I wish I had taken up scuba sooner. I'm 53.
I'll check in when I get back on April 3rd.
Thanks again,

Jeff (Eino - not his real name)