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Re:weights
It is nice to have a small amount of ditchable weight in case of emergency. However, with some setups it's not really possible - I only have 4 lbs with a single tank. If I dive warmer water in my drysuit, I can't have any weight. If I dive doubles, I DEFINITELY don't have any weight and I'm overweighted as well.
The amount that you should have as ditchable varies - it should be enough to pretty much make you buoyant at depth. There are definitely methodologies to estimating your weight needed - I just kinda swing mine from experience. When I switched from a softpack style harness to my backplate, I dropped a little more weight. Everytime you add/remove something, try and guesstimate how much weight you should add/remove to compensate. At the end of the dive, test it out - make sure you're neutral between 10-20 feet. |
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weights - by land shark - 05-10-2004, 05:37 PM
Re:weights - by LKunze - 05-10-2004, 08:20 PM
Re:weights - by Omicron - 05-10-2004, 09:34 PM
Re:weights - by Rik - 05-11-2004, 08:30 PM
Re:weights - by land shark - 05-12-2004, 03:28 AM
Re:weights - by matt t. - 05-12-2004, 06:31 AM
Re:weights - by Omicron - 05-12-2004, 06:46 AM
Re:weights - by FreediveWI - 05-12-2004, 07:11 AM
Re:weights - by land shark - 05-15-2004, 06:16 AM
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