[Geoff]

Hi everyone, after many, many, attempt's to stay down at around 15 mtr's for about 30 sec's, (To hunt fish) & failed,(The problem is, I take too long to get to that depth, & also, to surface) I'v thought of this, what if I wore no weight's, & instead, held a weight of about 30 Kg's to take me straight down to the bottom, (15 /16 Mrt's).This weight, would be held in my hand, with nothing to get snagged on me by, & with a rope attached to it for retreivel.This, I think, would get me down very quickly, I would just hold onto it on the bottom, to keep me there, &, when I needed to surface, I would just "let go". Haveing no other weight's on me, I could surface quite quickly, (especialy if I also wore an inflated life jacket). I've seen this type of tecnique used (excepting the jacket) by Japanese women, to collect oyster's. However, I may be missing something, so BEFORE I try it out, I thought I would "Run it by you all", any one out there tried this tecnique?. I can only "breath hold" for around 75 sec's, which is about 80% of my max, I don't want to go longer as I want to be on the safe side & not risk blacking out, I nearly always dive alone. This would be done from a boat. Thank's........Geoff.