Water in wing

Johan Hagelin · June 28th, 2007, 08:11 AM

Hi. I have an Agir 38 wing. When I exit the water the wing has a lot of water in it. Is this common?

I guess its because of my poor gasdumping skills =) What is the best practice here? I use the inflatorhose for dumping only when going down, once down I try to use the dumpvalve only.

PS1 · June 28th, 2007, 11:09 AM

Dump valves on wings aren't one-way valves so you're bound to get some water in when, under water, opening the valve to dump air - it's perfectly normal!

After diving, just open the corrugated hose dump valve and put some sweet water in, slosh around and dump through both valves to get rid of salt crystals.

Sterny · June 28th, 2007, 12:35 PM

Yep, perfectly normal. What he said.

wilbo · June 28th, 2007, 12:57 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by Johan Hagelin)

Hi. I have an Agir 38 wing. When I exit the water the wing has a lot of water in it. Is this common?

I guess its because of my poor gasdumping skills =) What is the best practice here? I use the inflatorhose for dumping only when going down, once down I try to use the dumpvalve only.

The amount in your wing will be proportional to the amount you adjust your buoyancy - i) due to changes during the dive or ii) inexperience.

Don't worry too much about it - either i) the dive warrants it - or ii) as your experience increases, your buoyancy will be better and less water will be present.

As experience increases you will probably start using the rear dumpvalve more and more - and the hose dump less.

Have fun.

***Fiona*** · June 28th, 2007, 01:00 PM

Quote: (Originally Posted by wilbo)

- or ii) as your experience increases, your buoyancy will be better and less water will be present.

As experience increases you will probably start using the rear dumpvalve more and more - and the hose dump less.

Have fun.

Can second this, I also have an Agir38. It isn't the wing it's me

Johan Hagelin · June 28th, 2007, 03:31 PM

Just got a response from Tord at Agir. He confirms whats been said here. It all comes down to this wing being new to me and that I have been a bit to keen on using the dumpvalves.. Thanks all.

June 28th, 2007, 08:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
Johan Hagelin(Offline) New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 15	Water in wing Hi. I have an Agir 38 wing. When I exit the water the wing has a lot of water in it. Is this common? I guess its because of my poor gasdumping skills =) What is the best practice here? I use the inflatorhose for dumping only when going down, once down I try to use the dumpvalve only.

June 28th, 2007, 11:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
PS1(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 76	Dump valves on wings aren't one-way valves so you're bound to get some water in when, under water, opening the valve to dump air - it's perfectly normal! After diving, just open the corrugated hose dump valve and put some sweet water in, slosh around and dump through both valves to get rid of salt crystals. __________________ Paul Last edited by PS1; June 28th, 2007 at 01:47 PM.

June 28th, 2007, 12:35 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sterny(Offline) New Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The limpid tropical lagoons of Ealing, West London Posts: 550	Yep, perfectly normal. What he said. __________________ "I thought I had a great idea today, but it never really took off. In fact, it didn't even get on the runway. I guess you could say it exploded in the hangar." - Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes

June 28th, 2007, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
wilbo(Offline) Chimp 4 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Swindon, UK Posts: 872	Quote: (Originally Posted by Johan Hagelin) Hi. I have an Agir 38 wing. When I exit the water the wing has a lot of water in it. Is this common? I guess its because of my poor gasdumping skills =) What is the best practice here? I use the inflatorhose for dumping only when going down, once down I try to use the dumpvalve only. The amount in your wing will be proportional to the amount you adjust your buoyancy - i) due to changes during the dive or ii) inexperience. Don't worry too much about it - either i) the dive warrants it - or ii) as your experience increases, your buoyancy will be better and less water will be present. As experience increases you will probably start using the rear dumpvalve more and more - and the hose dump less. Have fun. __________________ Cheers! Wilbo DIR explorers: DIR Yorkshire Divers: YorkshireDivers One of the Foxturd chimps

June 28th, 2007, 01:00 PM	#5 (permalink)
*Fiona*(Offline) Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Up North Posts: 1,203	Quote: (Originally Posted by wilbo) - or ii) as your experience increases, your buoyancy will be better and less water will be present. As experience increases you will probably start using the rear dumpvalve more and more - and the hose dump less. Have fun. Can second this, I also have an Agir38. It isn't the wing it's me __________________ Fiona Resistance was Futile Move Along YD GUE Member

June 28th, 2007, 03:31 PM	#6 (permalink)
Johan Hagelin(Offline) New Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sweden Posts: 15	Its me.. Just got a response from Tord at Agir. He confirms whats been said here. It all comes down to this wing being new to me and that I have been a bit to keen on using the dumpvalves.. Thanks all.