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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BE9DFA.6E104F20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Take your best guess calculation. It matters a great deal whether = you're wearing a wet suit or dry suit or no suit at all. Then again, it = matters a great deal how thick the wet suit is and/or how much = insulation you're wearing under your dry suit.=20 Add the weight to your system, either on weight belt or integrated into = your back plate and get in the water, preferably within arms reach of = the ladder, or in shallow water. See if it's enough. If you can barely = descend with all the air out of your B.C., you had better add another = five to six pounds for each aluminum 80 you're packing so you don't have = trouble towards the end of your dive when your tank(s) are less full. Experiment by adding or subtracting weight. If you guess too light, you = end up carrying rocks around or hanging onto the deco/ascent line = towards the end of the dive... Scott Gudmundsen Vernal, Utah ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BE9DFA.6E104F20 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Take your best guess calculation. It = matters a great=20 deal whether you're wearing a wet suit or dry suit or no suit at all. = Then=20 again, it matters a great deal how thick the wet suit is and/or how much = insulation you're wearing under your dry suit. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Add the weight to your system, either on weight = belt or=20 integrated into your back plate and get in the water, preferably within = arms=20 reach of the ladder, or in shallow water. See if it's enough. If = you can=20 barely descend with all the air out of your B.C., you had better add = another=20 five to six pounds for each aluminum 80 you're packing so you don't have = trouble=20 towards the end of your dive when your tank(s) are less = full.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Experiment by adding or subtracting weight. If = you guess=20 too light, you end up carrying rocks around or hanging onto the = deco/ascent line=20 towards the end of the dive...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Scott Gudmundsen</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Vernal, Utah</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000F_01BE9DFA.6E104F20-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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