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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:02:36 -0500
From: Jeff Bentley <jbentley@cr*.co*>
To: Jeremy Downs <dcrco@jp*.ne*>
CC: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: Dry Suit Diving... dumbfuck ....
Jeremy,

God almighty you are a dumbfuck!

Your problem is that you are an "open fucking water diving" pundit.

Shut the fuck up and read the list for a while..

When you actually dive a set of 95s or 104s with a stage give us a ring.

You have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about.

(Damn... I sound like George..)
Jeff


Jeremy Downs wrote:

> Jeff,
>  The key is proper weighting, if you have too much weight with doubles then
> downsize your v-weight. If your doubles are so heavy that you don't need the
> v-weight and your still substantially negative then I guess you would have
> an exception. I don't have much more air in my suit than to take the pinch
> off. Almost all divers at any level (including instructors) make the mistake
> of being overweighted and they almost allways have themselves completely
> convinced that they have it dialed in, this leads to all kinds of CF's like
> volitle bouyancy, poor trim, overexertion, etc. When I descend all I do is
> simply add air to one place (less confusion) and when I ascend I do almost
> nothing but control my breathing (the suit if dialed in will be automatic)
> and my control is allways perfect.
>
> At 08:33 AM 12/17/97 -0500, Jeff Bentley wrote:
> >Jeremy,
> >How do you do this with full doubles and a full stage? You will have so much
> >gas in you Dsuit that you are an accident waiting to happen.
> >
> >Just go face down and watch your boots blow off your feet...
> >
> >I also use the method of just enough gas in the Drysuit to take
> >the pinch off when swimming. If I am scootering you can
> >put more gas in the suit and you don't care as much about the floaty
> >feet.
> >
> >later,
> >Jeff
> >
> >Jeremy Downs wrote:
> >
> >> When properly weighted & adjusted (this is the key) I allways have simpler
> >> and better control when using only the suit and completely ignoring my
wings
> >> during the dive. With this method your bouyancy is basicly automatic (with
> >> shell suits) and you have less items to worry about. Everybody I have
talked
> >> into trying this has not gone back and their bouyancy control and awareness
> >> (one less distraction) has improved.
> >>
> >> I even had a former student last month come up and ask me about how to use
a
> >> shell suit he had rented for the weekend so I briefed him on this technique
> >> and went with him on his first dive to make sure everything went ok. This
> >> was his first time ever in a drysuit and only about his 20th dive ever. I'm
> >> not overexaggerating at all here but within fifteen minutes his control was
> >> as good as most seasoned divers I know (with or without a drysuit).
> >>
> >> I know George & Jim both don't advise this method but I hope they give it a
> >> real try (this is about the only thing that I don't agree with them on). I
> >> really can't say the same for neoprene suits since I have never tried one
> >> and their characteristics are different (although two converts have been
> >> neoprene users).
> >>
> >> At 02:08 PM 12/12/97 EST, Paul Kaufman wrote:
> >> >Eric,
> >> >
> >> >I always leave the auto-deflate on my TLS-350 set almost fully open (least
> >> resistance).
> >> >Just add enough air to your suit to take off the squeeze.  Then use your
> >> wings to adjust
> >> >your buoyancy.  You have to remember that you are now dealing with two
> >> systems, but it
> >> >works better this way than trying to make all your buoyancy adjustments
> >> with the suit.
> >> >
> >> >Take care,
> >> >
> >> >Paul
> >> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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