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From: <GarlooEnt@ao*.co*>
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:17:55 -0500 (EST)
To: DiveBase@ms*.co*
cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Hogarth Rig Problems...can you help.
lawrence,
not for nuthin, are you comfortable in the cf 200?
have you ever experienced a problem with boyancy control?
if you have i can certainly understand your question. if not  then what are
you 
thinking about?
dive on & on hank

In a message dated 97-03-20 07:23:22 EST, you write:

<< Subj:	Hogarth Rig Problems...can you help.
 Date:	97-03-20 07:23:22 EST
 From:	DiveBase@ms*.co* (Lawrence Orchard)
 To:	techdiver@aquanaut.com (TechDiver List)
 
 A couple of years ago I started advanced diving, went out and bought all the

 wrong gear big time at great cost. Then went on an expensive liveaboard and 
 training holiday, again at great cost, thinking I would come back a "tech" 
 diver etc etc. I know, what an asshole. Now with hindsight, I realise the
most 
 valuable thing I got from that holiday was a slip of paper with the
techdiver 
 list email address (given to me by one of the American Cave Divers on the 
 trip).
 
 I returned to the UK, got Internet access and subscribed. What did I read ? 
 Every bit of my equipment and its configuration indirectly slagged off. I
was 
 taken back a bit, but stuck with the list and over time, as the arguments
for 
 the Hogarthian approach revealed themselves, I rationalised my rig. 
 Constrained by costs, as I'd blown a lot of money starting off, and with 
 little or no advice available in the UK on the subject, I'm fairly pleased 
 with what I now have.
 
 I started with a DUI CF200 suit, 2 x 12 ltr 300bar (high pressure)
manifolded 
 (with face seals, not barrel), two short hose regs and an octopus, other
hoses 
 coming out everywhere, redundant Zeagle wings etc etc.
 
 Now... I have an OMS SS backplate, one piece webbing (as per George's video)

 SeaPro wing, Spectrum 14 light, Argon bottle, regs all configured and routed

 correctly etc etc.
 
 The problem now... the suit and the twinset.
 
 Since using the backplate and SS bands, the set sits a couple of inches
higher 
 than it did with the Zeagles, thus tilting me forward. If I drilled holes 
 lower down the backplate I would end up with the 1st stages too low for 
 routing the hoses. So I thought I'll get another set, 2 x 12ltr 232 bar (low

 pressure) and thus distribute the weight further down my back (also get rid
of 
 the HP aspect). This worked well on a trial whilst on holiday in the Red Sea

 using two Aluminium 12ltr cylinders with a wet suit.
 
 The buoyancy characteristics of my current set are just right from full to 
 empty for staying at the surface and being able to stay down in low on gas 
 deco situation. If I move to the LP 12ltrs the buoyancy difference is
drastic 
 so a V weight ain't going to help and I don't want to go back to using a 
 weight belt. I've looked at the various cylinder types available in the UK
and 
 the ones that will give the weight distribution down the back and the right 
 buoyancy characteristics are 12ltr 300 bar cylinders, just fill them to 232 
 bar though.
 
 As for changing the suit... apart from the cost, the main reason I bought
the 
 CF200 was because DUI told me it was tougher than a membrane suit and since
my 
 diving involves rummaging inside wrecks there was a high chance of getting a

 rip. Its not because I believe it offers any greater insulation, and I'm
sure 
 its less flexible.
 
 Has anyone out there managed to make the Hogarthian approach work for them 
 using a CF200 whilst diving in cold (7C) sea water? If so I'd really 
 appreciate some help here, before I go and blow another load of hard earnt 
 cash on a new set.
 
 I'd just like to take this opportunity to say thank you to George, Carl
Heinzl 
 and Michael Dunning for their help in getting me thus far.
 
 Best regards
 Lawrence D. Orchard
 Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1483 568435
 Email: DiveBase@ms*.co*
 
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