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Steady on George, the name's not Black(or is it Bleak) nor Morin(or is it
Moron)nobody mentioned wetsuits or aluminium tanks: for the record I dive
twin 12's steel and a dry suit. I grant you the dry suit is not ideal, being
crushed neoprene, but it is warm and I do not undertake anything below 50
metres at present. As soon as I change it will be to a membrane. My concern
was really with the possibility of having an entanglement necessitating a
kit removal and how you would deal with it without a weight belt. I am
currently using 6kilos packed in a harness belt, which is a bloody nuisance
when you have your backplate harness over the top. Having read your post I
think your point 2 will mean I must retain the belt or redistribute the
weight in some other way.
Thanks for the advice, it was most informative. Please don't think we are
all like the aforementioned shit-heads. Some of us genuinely want to learn
and are eternally grateful for your input. That said, I can understand why
you loose your rag! Just think, somewhere there is mother proud to call them
son!!!
Good on ya,
Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Trey" <trey@ne*.co*>
To: <tim@hu*.ne*>
Cc: "Tech Diver" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:32 AM
Subject: re - weightbelt


>     Tim, I do not know who the dumb fuck is who told
> you we use v weights with aluminum tanks and a
> wetsuit, but this is self defeating as you
> immediately suspected. Thanks for pointing out this
> farm animality.
>
>     The v weight thing is for drysuit diving where
> you have a shell suit and a lift from insulation
> under it that changes little with depth - in this
> case you balance the rig with permanent weight to
> offset the unchanging lift of the drysuit subject to
> any requirements you may have to float the rig by
> itself on the surface of the water. Our two
> guidelines for weight are 1) have enough weight so
> that with 300 psi left in your backtanks you can
> stay neutral, and 2) be able to lose enough weight
> that you can get up from depth with full tanks and
> no bc.
>
>     one big problem with weighting is that most of
> these nickel rockets have shit insulation, so use
> many layers, and then pound on the weight to offset
> that. I use c-4 ( good from 35-55 degrees) and add a
> small weightbelt in salt water ( nothing in fresh )
> so that I can inflate the suit higher to get warmer,
> not add more bullshit that does nothing but bind you
> up.
>
>     C-4 must be carefully maintained or it will not
> work at all, so I can see how most of these morons
> don't get it right , like they don't get anything
> else right to start with.
>
>
>
>

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