Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

I have the curved weights on each side - they come in 6,8,10, 12 pound
versions, and the plate does not hit them. I know what you mean - if the
weight is in the back - it binds the plate and with a single it catches
the tank sometimes.


Richard Fanta wrote:
> 
> 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'.

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]