At 08:07 AM 10/23/99 -0400, Dave Sutton wrote:

>Viking surveyor drysuit, Trident rubber weight belt with
>wire buckle, Durward ankle weights, Plana Avanti fins, Orca Edge computer
>on SPG, backup Suunto computer on wrist with thin surgical tubing, mini
>Aqua-Sun light rigged as described before, Q-light in bycycle tubing sheath
>on harness, knife here and knife there, and cave reel on D-ring. That's it.
>Looking at me from the front you would see a man wearing a drysuit and
>some straps. I can swim 6 inches off bottom and not drag. I am no wider
>or higher than my bottle profile.

It would seem you don't use any stages. What kind of profiles do you dive 
and what's in your back cylinders? If it's all air and shallow depths 
that's fine, yet most of us will need to fit in a stage bottle or two. 
That's when a rig may get interesting with different items competing for 
the same space. Ankle weights may make sense for stationary digging and 
"vacuuming" with an air lift or suction pump. They are, however, not much 
for swimming. Further, the absence of a BC seems strange since it would fit 
right unto your harness/ backplate without causing any clutter. I assume 
this is offshore free swimming diving where you'd really appreciate ample 
buoyancy at the surface in case you got swept away. A leaking membrane suit 
would not get you to England, even if you dropped all your tools and 
weights :-) Add to this the absence of chase boats in the Northeast and I'd 
really not be found dead there without a proper BC -- a true statement 
interpreted either way!

regards,

Hans

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