[goochi]

Thanks Trux for the info, I can't get the guiness book of recods figures up. They don't keep some of their records on the webpage so I assume this one is one of those kept on file. It is amazing both these records (Channel and Neal Watson) were done in the 60's when Scuba was quite young.

X-fins, the water was beautiful. Unfortunately no marine life the whole way. West Australia is suffering a fish shortage at present, I didn't realise it was this bad! Aside from that the bottom was a kalidoscope of blue colours, the current pushed the sea grass in a steady rythm over a light blue canvas and the light danced and spun in that 'wagon wheel' shape it does when you are underwater. Coming into Rottnest there are few reefs, we swam alongside these due to obvious reasons. The ocean floor was otherwise quite sparse (you can only see the bottom half way across!

I used a "Flyer", not a flyer pro. The mono with the blade angle between the foootpockets and the blade. It was my 3rd mono from Leaderfins and they were fantastic to deal with. I would train in the pool between 5-8km a session (20 km a week) with a front mounted snorkel and use the air compressor once a week. The fin is slightly heavy, but that worked in my favour in the ocean as I had problems with my buoyancy (when in my wetsuit) and the weight of the fin helped sink my legs. I further helped this situation by sliding 2 long, lead shot, soft 2.5kg wts inside my wetsuit along my thighs. This gave me close to neutral buoyancy, but I wanted to avoid wearing a weight belt as it affected my dolphin kick technique.

Cheers