Saturday, June 23, 2007
Thank you, Gustavo!
So, after the inflater hose incident on Wednesday, Greg talked to Carlos in the Centro de Buceo. Carlos thought maybe they could fix it or check in town with other dive shops to see if they had the part. Now, if you thought this would stop Greg from diving, I don't think so! This dive shop rents BCDs, so we took advantage of that.
On Thursday morning, we talked to Carlos again. He had us check with Gustavo, one of the Instructors. Gustavo said he thought it could fix it; it looked like it came apart where the inflater hose was glued to the BCD. He could fix it, but Greg wouldn't be able to use it until Friday morning. We were happy about that!
Greg picked out a rental BCD. Of course, it wasn't at all like his own. But, it would have to do if he wanted to dive. Our BCDs are weight integrated--which means, no weight belt. Not so with the rentals. Now, Greg had to wear his weights around his waist (which I can attest to--it's not comfortable at all).
We both surfaced the two dives on Thursday with Greg wearing a rental and weights around his waist--but that's all we did on Thursday was two dives. I completely understood.
On Friday morning, we met Gustavo in the Centro de Buceo. He had repaired Greg's BCD and the glue was dry! Greg could use his BCD today! What a relief!
And we dove three times on Friday without incident. Thanks, Gustavo, for saving our dive days!
On Thursday morning, we talked to Carlos again. He had us check with Gustavo, one of the Instructors. Gustavo said he thought it could fix it; it looked like it came apart where the inflater hose was glued to the BCD. He could fix it, but Greg wouldn't be able to use it until Friday morning. We were happy about that!
Greg picked out a rental BCD. Of course, it wasn't at all like his own. But, it would have to do if he wanted to dive. Our BCDs are weight integrated--which means, no weight belt. Not so with the rentals. Now, Greg had to wear his weights around his waist (which I can attest to--it's not comfortable at all).
We both surfaced the two dives on Thursday with Greg wearing a rental and weights around his waist--but that's all we did on Thursday was two dives. I completely understood.
On Friday morning, we met Gustavo in the Centro de Buceo. He had repaired Greg's BCD and the glue was dry! Greg could use his BCD today! What a relief!
And we dove three times on Friday without incident. Thanks, Gustavo, for saving our dive days!
// posted by Leenie @ 8:02 AM 
