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Hi Paul, If I can make a couple of suggestions... First, carry the pony as a stage bottle. You'll have better valve control, and you'll know which hose is coming over your shoulder. Next, you can't use a v-weight without doubles. A v-weight sits between the doubles. For a single tank setup, I've had great success with an 11 lbs P-weight that I made which sits in the groove between your back and your backplate. A dive buddy posted the way I made it with pictures on his page. http://www.magma.ca/~rgwood/tech.html If you want to make this, and have questions, just ask. In a drysuit, you can get away with little ditchable weight. If your wings fail, use your drysuit for buoyancy. Hope that helps, steve On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Paul Braunbehrens wrote: > OK, I went through tons of archives last night, trying to get to the > bottom of this. First, let me tell you my setup. I'm diving a > backplate and wings, with a drysuit, and (for now) a single tank and > a pony bottle. Leaving enough air in my suit so I can still move and > do a safety stop at the end of a dive, I need 17 pounds on my belt (I > dive in cold water). > > Right now this weight is on my weight belt, which is ok but not ideal. > > Perusing the archives, it seems the consensus is to make a V weight > for at least some of this. Let's say it will weigh about 9 Pounds. > This still leaves 8 pounds. I could then either leave that on my > weight belt, or I could put it in the Halcyon weight pouches. I > assume that when I go to doubles I won't need most of it anymore? > Also, DiveRite sells a "trim weight" that will fit between the bolts > on the backplate. I was thinking of this as an option. > > Also, I read a lot of posts saying the canister light is 6 pounds > negative (or thereabouts). Mine is 1.5 pounds negative, which means > I have to account for that weight somewhere. > > One post I read which made a lot of sense, said that you should have > about 5 or 6 pounds of ditchable weight (if any). When you ditch > your weight you don't want to become so positive as to end up in > lunar orbit. > > I would like to get as close to hogarthian as possible before moving > to doubles, so any help is appreciated. I'm even moving my canister > back on my harness (I had it upside down and attached to the > backplate, but I find that it has a tendency to sit on the wiring > connection...not good). > > Cheers, > > -- > Paul Braunbehrens mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co* > http://www.daw-mac.com Mailing list for digital audio on the mac > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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