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Simon Go harness, backplate and correct sized wing for the diving setup you use - you'll not regret it. Pockets in a drysuit are very useful, and I can see no reason why they would not work with a wet suit, though don't dive wet very often. Anyway, just a thought about your need to carry a "training" weight. The closer you carry the weight to the centre of your body, the less moment will be exerted and so there would be less of a tendency for side-to-side trim problems. Secondly, you can buy weights with clips moulded into them. The ones I have seen have had suicide clips, so I would avoid these, but why not make/mould a weight of your own with a bolt snap attached. You can carry this on your left hip D-ring or on a butt ring, well out of the way, and unlikely to cause trim problems. (See my earlier mail about side-to-side trim.) David Shimell Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Sandton, South Africa. Email: shimell@se*.co* <mailto:shimell@se*.co*> -----Original Message----- From: Simon L Hartley [SMTP:shartley@sc*.ed*.au*] Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 3:48 AM To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Spare weight (was RE: Weight belts and backplates) Hi all, I've been following this discussion with interest because I'm looking at the possibility of changing over to a DIR style wings and harness setup (currently experimenting with a home made wings and harness (before commiting the big bucks, and effort (difficult to get the gear in my neck of the woods)) to see how to fit things to my style of diving). Strictly single tank recreational diving mind, with at most a small pony (once or twice a year) and canister light (as often as I can talk someone into a night dive). One problem I have is that leading dives (doing Dive Con at present) I need to carry extra weight (not very DIR I know) that I can pass off to another diver. Usually this means sticking a 3 pound weight in the bc pocket (and yes being a little over weighted). I've thought about putting a pocket on the right hip (for spare weight and slate (I carry a largish fold out slate for attaching waterproof paper for my shark research)) where the light canister would otherwise go. Problem with this is that I'd have to remove this to add the light and I would imagine it would tend to throw me off balance too. Another option is a suit pocket but similar problem with balance I'd imagine. Yet another option is to attach the weight to my harness but I'd prefer to be able to hand the weight off quickly because usually you only have a few moments to grab someone and shove the weight in their bc. Having time to take a weight off your harness or weight belt is a luxury you don't often have (particularly towing another diver along against a current in strong'ish surge (flash back to the weekend)) :-) Any thoughts? Sorry if this is a bit REC for TECH diver. I know the other divers should be correctly weighted but most of the divers we encounter around here are one or two dives from their open water courses (completed on the Great Barrier Reef). I'm radical for breathing the long hose let alone diving DIR :-) Simon Simon L Hartley RSM Unit Web Administrator\First Year Course Coordinator Associate Lecturer School of Resource Science and Management Southern Cross University P.O. Box 157 Lismore NSW, Australia 2480 Ph: (02) 66203251 or (61 66) 203 251 Fax:(02) 66212669 E-mail: shartley@sc*.ed*.au* http://www.scu.edu.au/staff_pages/shartley/index.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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