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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Russ Coash on Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 1:42 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

can someone remind me of the conversion factor for going fresh to salt for weights. i have a new wetsuit

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Clay Lansdown on Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 10:43 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

About 4 Lbs seems to work for me. I weight 183 Lbs and with my 3/2 wetsuit I need 6 Lbs in fresh water and 10 Lbs in salt. Your mileage may vary.

 

Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Andrew Clark on Sunday, April 28, 2002 - 10:53 am:     Edit PostPrint Post

Body weight - add going to salt subtract going to fresh.

45-56kg/100-125lbs - 2kg/4lbs
57-70kg/126-155lbs - 2.3kg/5lbs
71-85kg/156-186lbs - 3kg/6lbs
86-99kg/187-217lbs - 3.2kg/7lbs

Assume an average build and equall equipment. Realy nothing beats a 500psi buoyancy check.

Andy

 

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