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In summer I wear 20 year old wool/lycra cycling tights (the crotch is showing its age)
Ya know...I never thought to wear cycling tights as an undergarment. I like this idea. Thanks! :kiss2:
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In summer I wear 20 year old wool/lycra cycling tights (the crotch is showing its age)
So what I'm wondering is how much effect my undergarments will have on my weighting and am I having to add an abnormally large amount of weight compared to what I wear wet? I'm thinking that I could probably lose 2 lbs from that last dive, but still means I'm wearing 11 pounds more than when I dive a wetsuit. I was wearing a lot of fleece during those two dives and I'm thinking that if I stripped half of it off I might be able to reduce my weighting a few more pounds. I definitely was using a lot more air on those two dives than I usually do.
I'm still working it out. I did two more dives on Tuesday. The first one with a polypro underlayer and one layer of fleece on over that. I started with 30 lbs, but at the end of the dive I pulled out 5 lbs., did a buoyancy check at 10' and was still able to go slightly negative, so I was somewhat overweighted with those undergarments on. Unfortunately, I was also cold. For the next dive I added a heavy button down shirt and the pair of jeans I had been wearing earlier that day. I know that's exactly the kind of stuff you're not supposed to wear for a dive, but I hadn't planned on wearing more and it was what I had with me.
Anyway, since I was adding additional clothing I kept the original 30 lbs of weight. The second time I stayed warm, so I'm thinking that in the future I'll go to a second layer of fleece and probably add a thin layer of cotton thermals too. Regardless of cotton's insulating properties when wet, the suit was much more comfortable with a layer of it present. On the first dive I had been sweating a little in the suit while gearing up and making my way to the shore and it felt muggy, damp and kind of itchy inside. On the second dive I didn't experience any of that and the suit seemed dryer inside after surfacing.