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> In a message dated 8/22/00 11:55:56 PM Central Daylight Time,
> Bakalite@ba*.co* writes:

> This discussion brings up some questions.  In the twenty-eight years I
have
> been diving I have never had occasion to ditch my weight and I am not sure
I
> can come up with a reasonably probable scenario in which I would want to
do
> so.  But, if I did want to ditch weight I wonder if ditching a light would
be
> of much use.  A 14 AH battery has a negative buoyancy of 5 pounds.  A 7AH
> battery is actually a better choice for diving the wrecks in our neck of
the
> woods and has a negative buoyancy of only 1 1/2 puonds.  It does not seem
to
> me that that would make much of a difference in an emergency.
>
> Questions:
>
> Assuming you are diving with dry suit and wings, and are weighted
correctly,
> under what conditions would you drop weights?
>
> Under those conditions would a 5 lb increase in buoyancy be of much value?
> How about a 1 1/2 pound increase?
>
> Safe diving,
> Dale
>

I agree to a certain extent with the statement above, but i can think of a
situation where the ditching of gear would be an option.  Wing failure,
and boyancy problems at the surface. 2.5 pounds seems to be not
enough in this scenario, though. Maybe better to sink everything.

During the dive though, ditching of gear is a last resort, and the light
is easily accessible, and gives you a better chance of reaching the
surface than if you keep everything on.


Einar

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