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Kent - I do the same type of diving here. My old zeagle wouldn't float double hp's @ 65# lift advertised, and my aul wings won't even come close to floating dual 104's w/ a 14 amp light(no v-weight) I recently got a set of the halcyon explorer wings. They are a much bigger wing, and more importantly, a much BETTER wing. I really can't say enough about these. They were designed closely with the WKPP by RMC. Check out the halcyon web site for specs. They float all of my gear just great, and I can even deflate them a little on the surface to aid getting out of the harness without sinking. They also wrap around the doubles _very_ nicely when uninflated, and have a dozen really good small features. Well worth the bucks. I use my aul wing for singles, now. At 08:39 PM 5/29/98 -0400, you wrote: >The reason this is of concern to me is because much of my diving is off of small >skiffs in nearshore waters. Unlike the procedure on bigger dive boats, we clip >off our gear to lines tied to the rail of the skiff before climbing aboard and >then retrieve the gear later. At present, my AUL wings are simply inadequate to >float my doubles rig (steel tanks, SS backplate, AUL Spectrum 14 light, and 6 lb >v-weight) when the tanks are anything but absolutely empty. This is a big >concern to me because if, by accident, my rig should come unclipped from the >line and sinks while I'm climbing into the boat, I may lose the entire rig. >Some of the walls we dive off of are 300-400' deep and I'm unlikely to ever >recover lost gear at that depth. I calculate that my rig is about 32 lbs >negative with empty tanks and 48 lbs negative with full tanks. One expects that >a 60 lb wing should be more than adequate to float this rig on the surface. >Mine is not. > >I've been contemplating buying a larger wing to replace the AUL wing. Perhaps >the Halcyon wing advertised at 65 lbs lift. However, if it's no different than >the AUL wing I won't waste my money. > >Comments anyone? > >Kent Lind >Juneau, Alaska >klind@al*.ne* (or) >kent.lind@no*.go* >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -------------------------------------------------- Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> Northwest Labor Systems http://www.nwls.com Lake Stevens, WA -------------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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