I'd really appreciate some feedback here, because I get conflicting opinions
both here and amongst the divers with whom I hang out.  Some say to use the
drysuit for buoyancy, leaving the BC deflated, except on the surface, while
others are saying nearly the opposite.  I've done two drysuit dives, having
done all of my other dives in Hawaii.  I'm back home in California, and my
drysuit is on order.  Can anyone give me some guidance?

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Fjelsten [mailto:fjelsten@ma*.do*.dk*]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2000 3:54 AM
To: Jim Cobb
Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
Subject: Re: How to shoot a lift bag / trim problem

Den 14-03-00 11:45 -0500 skrev Jim Cobb (At 14-03-00 11:45 -0500 Jim Cobb
wrote)...
>Sounds to me that you have too much air in your drysuit. You need to keep
as
>little air in your DS as possible and use your wings to control your
>buoyancy. Then you are "hanging" from your doubles and and your rig won't
>slip.

I continually read this on TD.

OK you warm water people - when you dive really cold water you wear more
undergarments than in 20 C water. Therefore the suit holds more gas than in
warm water. Also, you want to keep a fair amount of gas in the suit to stay
warm. Therefore "as little as possible" to prevent squeeze definitely is
less
than to keep warm.

Please keep this in mind.

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