Thanks Pete. I can use all the help that I can get. Before this last forced dry spell, a few negatives did the trick. Now I can pull down a few meters, do a forced exhale through the full mouth and procede to double the pressure, no problem. When I fill on the glide at 30 meters, something goes wrong right a way. Kirk had a few words with me and I managed a variable (my first) to 57 but I struggled all the way. Your parting shot "practice makes perfect" is probably the best advice for now.
Aloha
Bill
Aloha
Bill