al80's and redundant buoyancy

[Mayor]

last Wednesday I spoke with a GUE instructor and he mentioned with a wet suit double 80s would be a nice rig. I'm thinking of setting up a pair.

 

[Rick Inman]

I did the dbl 80's, 3mm wetsuit no weight thing in Hawaii a couple of years back, and it was a sweet rig. I had the usual pre-rigged ss in my pocket and a 50# bag rolled and stored on the butt of my PB. This last year I took my Fusion drysuit, an al BP and added (as I remember) a 3# V weight, and I liked that even better.

 

[Flightlead]

I'm a big fan of dual-bladder wings, just like I'd rather fly in a plane with 2 engines versus 1 engine....doubles my chances for coming home! The DIR crowd isn't crazy about dual wings, however, they are more 'acceptable' if you leave the back-up (right post) inflator hose disconnected/tucked away and only connect it IF you have a wing failure and need to use it.

heh heh actually it doesn't. statistically you have a higher likelihood of a fatal off airport "landing" with a single engine out in a twin than an engine out in a single engine aircraft.