Mr.S
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This might sound like a pretty basic/stupid question, but one that's been puzzling me.
I've just weighed my reel and SMB, and they weigh 2Kg. It's a heavy reel and SMB with a crack bottle.
I believe I am perfectly weighted / neutrally buoyant for my dive, for example, diving in fresh water with a dry suit and 5 kg of lead, split between my BCD and weight belt.
Now here's the question.....
If the reel/SMB are 2kg, I guess that I could have been taking that into account when putting the correct amount of weight to make me perfectly weighted / neutrally buoyant.
(1) Does this mean that if I wasn't diving with the reel/SMB I would need to add an extra 2Kg to my weight belt or BCD?
(2) What happens if I deploy them - would [my body] become positively buoyant given the reel/SMB are in my hand?
(3) Or does it mean I have been overweighted for most of my dive [by 2kg] and only truly properly weighted when I deploy the SMB, since when I have done I have not felt positively buoyant?
The reason I ask is that I now plan to dive with a lighter reel / SMB (Mares all-in-one, at only 300g) so just trying to work out if/how I need to adjust my weight.
Thanks for your help.
I've just weighed my reel and SMB, and they weigh 2Kg. It's a heavy reel and SMB with a crack bottle.
I believe I am perfectly weighted / neutrally buoyant for my dive, for example, diving in fresh water with a dry suit and 5 kg of lead, split between my BCD and weight belt.
Now here's the question.....
If the reel/SMB are 2kg, I guess that I could have been taking that into account when putting the correct amount of weight to make me perfectly weighted / neutrally buoyant.
(1) Does this mean that if I wasn't diving with the reel/SMB I would need to add an extra 2Kg to my weight belt or BCD?
(2) What happens if I deploy them - would [my body] become positively buoyant given the reel/SMB are in my hand?
(3) Or does it mean I have been overweighted for most of my dive [by 2kg] and only truly properly weighted when I deploy the SMB, since when I have done I have not felt positively buoyant?
The reason I ask is that I now plan to dive with a lighter reel / SMB (Mares all-in-one, at only 300g) so just trying to work out if/how I need to adjust my weight.
Thanks for your help.