fishoutawater
Contributor
In preparation for my upcoming Christmas Fl Keys trip, I've been working on my bouyancy skills in an indoor pool. I'm 5'11", 190lbs, wearing a 3 mil shorty, my old sinking jet fins, and I have no problem descending with six lbs of lead on my belt. Problem is, my feet still sink, slowly, but nevertheless, they still sink.
So, in an effort to get horizontal, I managed to shift the weight fwd by slipping six 1lb lead ingots into the shoulder strap sleeves of my old Dacor bladder type BC. Pool isn't open today, so tomorrow after work I'm going to try this new method of weighting myself to see if I can attain a horizontal attitude.
Question is, about how much more lead am I going to need in the brine? Been a while since I dove in the ocean, and I don't remember how much lead I needed last time.
Tomorrow at the pool the plan is to see if I can get horizontal with both the six lbs on my shoulders, plus the six lbs already on my belt. And then I'm going to ditch the belt and empty the bladder and see what happens then.
Think 12lbs total is enough for a guy my size in salt water in a 3 mil shorty? Too much?Or if I can get horizontal with just the six lbs on my shoulders, how much more will I need in salt water? (I'm hoping I can just slip a couple more 1lb ingots in my bc pockets, and get by with a total of 8lbs without even wearing a belt).
And do floating fins make that much of a difference?
So, in an effort to get horizontal, I managed to shift the weight fwd by slipping six 1lb lead ingots into the shoulder strap sleeves of my old Dacor bladder type BC. Pool isn't open today, so tomorrow after work I'm going to try this new method of weighting myself to see if I can attain a horizontal attitude.
Question is, about how much more lead am I going to need in the brine? Been a while since I dove in the ocean, and I don't remember how much lead I needed last time.
Tomorrow at the pool the plan is to see if I can get horizontal with both the six lbs on my shoulders, plus the six lbs already on my belt. And then I'm going to ditch the belt and empty the bladder and see what happens then.
Think 12lbs total is enough for a guy my size in salt water in a 3 mil shorty? Too much?Or if I can get horizontal with just the six lbs on my shoulders, how much more will I need in salt water? (I'm hoping I can just slip a couple more 1lb ingots in my bc pockets, and get by with a total of 8lbs without even wearing a belt).
And do floating fins make that much of a difference?