I needed help from the boat handler to pull the gloves onto my hands and do them up. As with most new divers I flapped and fumbled my way down the shot line. My experienced buddy kept a close eye on me. With no direct feed I didn't even attempt to adjust my buoyancy until we were kneeling on the deck at the back of the superstructure. Take a deep breath.
Demand valve out.
ABLJ valve in. Exhale most of it, but keep enough back to clear the demand valve before taking my next breath. Held almost upright in the water by the ABLJ round my neck and 6mm of sharkskin neoprene squashed down to nothing my weight belt slipped past my hips. Many years on as an instructor this is something I have now seen many times, but back then it was new to me and a bit of a problem. With the thick gloves on I couldn't adjust it.