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From: Torbjorn Hamran <torbjorn.hamran@jm*.no*>
To: "'Sean T. Stevenson'" <ststev@un*.co*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: RE: balanced rig, proper weighting and buoyancy
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:52:45 +0100

Nice post, but I have one question:

In case of a flooded suit; how much bouyancy do you actually lose?

Torbjorn


Sean T. Stevenson wrote
>With a rig that is balanced in this fashion, you will always be able to
>get up when you have to.  The worst case scenario is that you have a
>complete wing failure at the beginning of a dive, when you are
>heaviest, and your drysuit fails too.  In this case you lose the
>droppable weight to bring you back to neutral and kick up.

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