LESS lead with a drysuit

Posted by Chuck Tribolet on April 21, 2005 at 21:45:54:

In Reply to: Amen posted by Walt on April 21, 2005 at 12:06:38:

I'm using less lead with the dry suit. With the
wetsuit, it was 32 or 34 pounds with an AL80.
With the drysuit it's 19 pounds + 6 pounds on
the back plate, plus the HP100 is about 5 pounds
less buoyant, so the net is 19+6+5 = 30, so I've
got 2-4 pounds less weight.

Chuck

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• Re: LESS lead with a drysuit Dave 23:12:46 04/24/05 (0)
• I'm diving wet with 10 to 12 pounds these days... Walt 11:07:26 04/22/05 (1)
  • Bet you'd drop 2 to 4 pounds if you dove with the same tank Walt 11:19:45 04/22/05 (0)

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