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First, on any kind of deeper dive, aborting to the surface is not an option (if you want to live) during the first half or so of the dive time, so dropping weight is a stupid idea, anyway. Second, even in a wetsuit with no backup drysuit bouyancy, you (I) would normally be carrying a liftbbag that could be used as backup bouyancy. Any kind of advanced open water training will teach you to deploy a lift bag in under a minute, and just using it for bouyancy without the spool or reel takes about 10 seconds. At 05:18 PM 3/15/1999 EST, you wrote: >Jim, >I thought the idea of a weight belt was to drop in an emergency. George has >stated diving with double alum tanks and a wet suit a weight belt is the way >to go in open ocean, so in case of an emergency drop the weight. How do you >drop a V weight in an emergency with double alum tanks and a wet suit if that >is what you were referring to? In any event how do you drop a V weight in an >emergency in open water? >a message dated 3/15/99 4:18:37 PM EST, cobber@ci*.co* writes: > ><< Steve, the obvious answer is to get rid of your weightbelt. > > Jim > > Sender: Steve Lindblom Date: 3/15/99 3:50 PM > > >Has anybody tried the Halcyon weight system? I've always had problem when I > >have to use a weight belt with a backplate - the backplate tends to have a > >"ratcheting" effect on a belt, with the lower edge catching on and pushing > >the belt further and further down until I either have to stop and waste a > >minute of two getting everything back into position, or the belt drops to > >my knees. Suspender are the obvious answer, but then the belt isn't > >ditchable. > >-- >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*> NW Labor Systems, Inc http://www.nwls.com And I suppose you want a user interface with that..... ----------------------------------------------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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