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Hello Our waves are bigger than your boat and a wet suit of less than 12mm is a waste of time and money.In fact I cant remember the last time I seen a wet suit. In message <Pine.A32.3.91.960418093148.47208G-100000@bi*.bi*.ha* i.org>, Richard Pyle <deepreef@bi*.bi*.Ha*.Or*> writes > >Hi David, > >I'll tell you my solutions to the problem, although I don't think my >solutions are of much general use. > >First, I put a lot of effort into keeping both me and the rig (with empty >BC) neutral in the water. That way, if me and rig need to part company >momentarily for any reason, we're not heading off in opposite >directions. Keeping me neutral is easy - my rule number one is never >dive in any water cold enough to require more than a 1/8" wetsuit jacket >(like I said - may not be of general use). To keep the rig as close to >neutral as possible, I use aluminum 100's and aluminum bailout bottles. > >As for getting in the boat, my solution to that is to only dive from >small boats (17' Whaler is the craft of choice for me). You can clip the >rig to the sternline, hop in the boat, and haul the rig over the gunwal. >An alternative is to have a good swimstep at sea-level. Again, probably >not of general use. > >Aloha, >Rich >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. -- john thornton
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