Under Pressure

Neutral buoyancy is a condition in which a physical body’s mass equals the mass it displaces in a surrounding medium. This negates the effect of gravity that would otherwise cause the object to sink. An object that has neutral buoyancy will neither sink nor rise. Instead it will remain at its current level in the medium that surrounds it.

Just a wee refresher.

 I haven’t been in the water since September the third, when I had two shallow dives at the A Frames, Finnart Loch Long.

Those dives where not great, I dived in a drysuit with dodgy seals that I hadn’t used before and also used a BCD I had never used, however…

I’ve been starting to get some kit together again after the summer and I managed to borrow a cylinder tonight to get into the Club Pool.

Yes OK it was just a wee session in the pool but it felt so good to become neutrally buoyant!

As soon as I submerged the weight of the world was off my shoulders, I felt so relaxed, the world slowed down and the warm glow we get from diving came right back, now I am so looking forward to getting a real dive in soon.

Seasons Greetings

Davie
 

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