Hi everyone, I am back on the same topic. So, I had a chance to test my "new gears" (new to me), BP/W and steel tank 85. I hope some expert can have time to read and input. Let me remind everyone without reading back from the beginning, I am ....
weight: between 200 to 205 lbs depend on the day. Height: 5.9". Have some belly.
Previous dives:
- I had full jacket BCD, AL 80, 7 mm farmer John wet suit (so, let say 8mm). I wore 32 lbs weight. Very hard to decent, and hard to stay put on bottom
- Another dive I had same setup but back inflate BCD and 30 lbs weight. Still hard to decent and stay put on bottom, but little better than the full BCD.
New gears:
Back plate is SS DSS, 7 lbs I heard.
Wing 35 lbs capacity.
Steel tank LP 85
I wore 5mm top/jacket, 3mm bottom/pants, open cell freediving wetsuit. So, let say 4mm wet suit
6 lbs weight attached to the tank, and 13 lbs at the belt. That is 19 lbs total.
The test:
4 full blown by mouth to inflate the wing before I got in the water. After several seconds swimming out from the rocky shore, probably 10' dept, when I looked up, with some kicking and breathing, water level started at my eyes level and sinking slowly. Then I inflated the wing to the max, with some kicking and breathing, water level was at my mouth level and still sinking slowly. Now, I am sure that I am over weight, but how much? Can anyone "guess" how much I was over weight by the above?
Calculation 1: base on steel tank 80 (I have LP 85)
divebuddy.com gave me 19 lbs for 5mm and 15 lbs for 3mm = 17 lbs for 4mm wet suit.
Calculation 2: base on previous set up...
32 lbs - 7 lbs for the back plate = 25 lbs
- 6 lbs from AL 90 to steel 85 tank = 19 lbs
- 8 lbs from 7mm farmer John (let say 8mm) to 4mm I wear now (5mm top and 3mm bottom) = 11 lbs
Does that mean I should wear only 11 lbs of weight, including the back plate is 18 lbs total?
Does the 8 lbs over weight did the above test result?
Thanks everyone.