Diving Tips and Tricks: Using a Bolt Snap with Dry Gloves

For the converted living in cold water environs, dry gloves are just what the doctor ordered, but newbies don’t necessarily regard them as handy, particularly when fiddling with bolt snaps. Fortunately, Francesco Cameli has a trick that will make the task a snap. Check it out.

Published

5 years ago

August 6, 2019

InDEPTH

Struggling with your primary regulator’s bolt snap while wearing dry gloves? Instructor Francesco Cameli has a trick for your hand placement to help you with that.

Hold the bolt snap against your middle finger with your thumb
Use your thumb to hold the bolt snap’s head straight
Use your index finger to open the snap and clip on and off

Francesco is Italian but speaks four languages fluently and without an accent. This is probably a trait of his career spanning 25 years in the music industry, where he has worked on or facilitated records that have gone on to sell over 150,000,000 copies worldwide. When he’s not locked away in his studio, Sphere, you will find Francesco submerged taking pictures or sharing his contagious passion for diving with his friends and students. A very active diver in the Los Angeles GUE community, Francesco Is both CCR and Cave trained as well a GUE instructor. He says that he gets really grumpy if he does not get at least three dives a week in. It’s the perfect Yang to the Ying of the dark, soundproof rooms where he also thrives.