Due to internet problems, I found out quite late that my training slot was shifted back  one hour. Would have been good to know that ahead of time, but so what, thats what it is. I find myself the only one of my team training today, but I was hoping for the Canadian safety team to help me out and safety for me.

As I came to the Blue Hole, everyone was just about to leave and no Canadians around. But I am still determined to procede with my preparations anyhow. I arrive at the platform and meet the divers from the Canary Islands. They offer their help, which I was very happy about. I set my alarm to 66m, although I actually had my mind set to go for 70m. It was a rather unusual training for me, as 6 people were watching me, being that I was the  only one training.

Nothing spectacular today. Just fine-tuning on my timing, equalisation and speed for my standard 100m training dive. It seems that I am very close to my optimum. Therefore I think I will take  a shot at constant weight without fins tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about it, since I have not done a CNF Dive  once since the last world championship in 2007. This is more or less my last chance for a "taste" of this discipline before the qualifications on the 28th, because I do not want to burn my arms to close to the real dive. I have no clue where to start at - what depth?

So far, I have only trained for constant weight with fins, but I still haven't made up my mind if I also want to compete in constant weight without fins or stick to my original plan to concentrate only on constant weight with fins.

On top of that I will attempt some world records directly after the WC, in several disciplines. Variable weight is one of them. Sooner or later I will have to start building some kind of sled, which is tricky since the counter-weight system does not allow sufficient weight to be used needed for a conventional sled setup.

Anyhow, no deep dives today. I was planning for a 70m dive without packing, just to feel some pressure. Unfortunately my nose-clip came loose on the descent, so I lost my air for equalisation and consequently turned early. After this 60m dive I waited some 20 minutes in the beautiful afternoon sun, before I dove to 70m, borrowing a better nose-clip from Johan.