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Geez, here we go again - nobody gets it. The drysuit is not backup inflation, your initial weighting is with the drysuit and insulation . Get in the fucking pool with full tanks and see what the situation is. The drysuit is not going to change buoyancy at depth unless you have a neoprene suit, in which case you have already violated Rule Number One by diving with yourself. Why is this so hard for you guys to figure out??????????? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Braunbehrens [mailto:Bakalite@ba*.co*] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 3:50 PM To: kkauth@at*.ne* Cc: Nick Radov; techdiver@aquanaut.com Subject: Re: Drysuit management and weighting, let's try this again Yeah, I think we need to practice swimming our rig up. I've never actually tried this. However, at the beginning of a dive, if I don't completely empty my wing, I don't sink, so I imagine that the drysuit would have enough lift even with full tanks. I'm going to try it next time I'm out there. kkauth@at*.ne* wrote: ~ >I agree that smaller lights provide less ditchable >weight and eventually this may become an issue. > >Most of the people in our group use the bigger lights >such as the Pro 6 or the Pro 14 for a number of reasons - > longer burn time, ditchable weight, etc. so we do have >the ability to dump weight. > >The fact is, you need to have a balanced rig. Remember >what this means. It means you need to be able to stay >down at 10' with a small volume of gas in your cylinders >and to be able to swim your gear up from the bottom >either by itself or by ditching a small amount of weight. > >As I'm sure you know, there's more to achieving this >balance than just the amount of ditchable weight you are >carrying. Ditchable weight is just one component of the >entire system. You need to consider a lot of other >things including type and size of cylinders (AL or SS), >type of environment suit (wet/dry), size of v-weight, >fresh or salt water, AL or SS backplate, etc. when >balancing your rig. > >Kurt > >> The canister as ditchable weight is becoming less and >less of an >> option, with the advent of smaller lighter and better >battery >> technology. I'm not sure the Pro 3 (or 4) is much of >a "ditch". >> Even the Pro 6 is only 3 pounds negative or so, isn't >it? >> >> >We in SCRET use ditchable weight. We have our >cannister >> >light that can be dropped in case of inflation >> >problems. >> -- 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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