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Kevin wrote: > Now, how much air do you have in your BC to maintain >neutral buoyancy? If you have them inflated more than "just a little >bit", then you're overweighted. Kevin, if you ever take a set of double 104, you'll be overweighted! You don't need any weight on your waist to accomplish that. >I forgot that not everyone is doing cold, salty, water kinds of diving. >As a result, you may need to have more than a small amount of air in your >BC, what with twin 104's, a 3mm wet suit, in fresh water, you may need >appreciable amounts of air in your BC even without a weight belt -- >especially when those tanks are full of gaseous matter at high compression. Oh... it was already said. I want to add that it is true even if you dive with a full dry-suit and underwear. With my DUI-CF200 and a viking open cell underwear, I inflate my dive-rite BC to approximately half capacity to stay neutral. I did not try with my DUI Thinsulate underwear (the 35-50F one). > If your mask comes off >and you lose it, you can still see, and you're only going to turn your >dive right then anyhow. Sure, your Deco hang is going to be pretty >boring, but you can still get out of the water safely. This may be true for dives made in Florida, but I would like to die if it happens in 36 degree water and I have to spend another hour there. I take a spare mask on my dives and I often exercise changing mask underwater (as I exercise any other skills)... this is a PAINFULL experience! I would not like to be even five minutes without a mask for anything in the world (in cold water). Have a nice day! Michel Therrien m.therrien@ne*.qc*.ca*
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