What BC for drysuit?

[dfreeman]

Doug I did a liveaboard this summer with my SS backplate and wing. One word: awesome. I wore a full 3mm and did not wear any weights. It was simply perfect.

The one catch is that you need to adjust the harness a bit. It took me a couple dives to get the harness dialed in. Next time I will just use a separate backplate+harness that is dedicated to warm water trips. My 36lb halcyon wing was overkill as well. I could have easily used a 27 or 18. My wing was still smaller than a couple of the BCs on the boat. I expected to be the only guy on the trip with a backplate. But I discovered that the DM and Captain were both diving backplates. That tells you something...
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Great feedback Jason. I expected to have to spend some time adjusting the straps until I get it nice and snug. But the Bahamas in January will require some 7mm gear if not the whole long john and shorty. In 2003, you would have thought my son was diving in Lake Wazee in May. But doing all of those dives makes a difference and it was cold.

My Sherwood Outback and my Current rig use basically the same bladder, so I have learned to adjust.

Interesting that the DM and Captain were using backplates.

Doug