Sidemount: Principles For Success (eBook)

The complete, fully illustrated, guide for first-time success with your sidemount gear configuration. Everything you need to know for fast optimal results and a sublime sidemount diving experience.Get it right - first time!

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251 Pages. Printable PDF format. Fully Illustrated.

eBook contents:

• Introduction
• The benefits of sidemount
• What is and isn’t sidemount diving?
• Sidemount stages/bail-outs
• Stage-only diving
• Monkey diving
• No-mount diving
• Why choose sidemount
• A history of sidemount diving
• The two styles of sidemount BCD design
• Florida & Mexican-cave sidemount principles
• Mexican-cave sidemount BCD design
• The Florida-cave sidemount BCD design
• The principles of sidemount function
• Steel versus aluminum cylinder trim
• How steel cylinder sidemount works
• How aluminum cylinder sidemount works
• A strategy for aluminum cylinder trim
• Principles of dynamic trim
• Why trim weighting doesn’t work for aluminum cylinders
• How to build a sidemount harness
• Basic harness construction
• How to rig the bungees
• Loop bungees
• Continuous bungees
• Individual bungees
• Ring bungees
• How to set up cylinder bands
• Cylinder hardware and clamps
• Worm screw bands
• Sidemount cylinder boltsnaps
• Hose retaining bands
• Diagnosing sidemount trim problems
• Optimal regulator configuration
• Long hose / short hose
• Hose-routing
• Setting up stage/deco cylinders
• Selecting the right sidemount training
• What are common failures in sidemount training?
• About the author