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Hiya George, > A weightbelt is a beautiful thing and has always been a key element in > how the game is played. For harness with a dryusuit, you put it on under > the harness and it takes two steps to remove ( yet will not fall off by > itself since the harness catches it), but then it is generaly not a dire > need to ditch it since you have both a bc and a drysuit and the drysuit, > if it is a shell with insulation, maintains is buoyancy characteristics, > and if it is a wetsuit, you put it on over the harness so you can lose > it fast, just like always. I dive with a wetsuit but find that if I can't put the weight belt on over the harness since it hits the backplate. This isn't happening because I'm short - I'm 6'1" with a long torso - it seems to be happening because of the length of the backplate. If I put the weight belt below the harness, it'd ride very low on my hips (so low that the danger of falling off is significant)... As such, I put it under the harness for now. This isn't ideal, but as soon as I make a P-weight for singles, V-weight for doubles, the belt will have a lot less weight on it, so there'll be less to snag. Another imperfect (and somewhat dangerous) option is to bring a lift bag as a backup to help start (if not finish) the surface ascent, if needed. Can you suggest better, safer alternatives, or tell me what I'm doing wrong? Like Cam, I dive in Monterey and Northern California where the wetsuits are all 6.5-7mm... Thanks a bunch, Rick Fanta -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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