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The whole thing here with ditch the belt, save your life and a friend will donate weights to the guy who ditches is kind of like the "here is a life jacket for you to use and return program" like we see for river rafters and swimmers provided at the camp hosts trailer or the life guard tower.

This a good idea, wonder how it could expand like the life jacket use and return program. 


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I'm in, if a fund is set up for reimbursing divers who ditch their belts.  Only request I have is that they share what happened with the rest of us so we can all learn from their experience.


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I would be happy to contribute to this, either with cash or spare weights.  Great idea. A lifeguard at Salt Point once told me that most of the drowned divers they recovered were still wearing their weight belts and they probably would have survived if they'd dropped them.


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It would be really neat if we started to donate more than weights and money. I was thinking of all the people who have useful scrap metal. If we could compile that and start making weights, that would be cheaper than buying new ones as well.

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I see on the DAN insurance (highest paid plan - Guardian) that loss of dive gear is covered. Does anyone know if that means speargun, float, etc and how it works? I've never used the insurance, but have had it for 2 years.

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I see on the DAN insurance (highest paid plan - Guardian) that loss of dive gear is covered. Does anyone know if that means speargun, float, etc and how it works? I've never used the insurance, but have had it for 2 years.

https://www.diversalertnetwork.org/landing/guardian/home201404/index.html
Covers weight belt but def not speargun. Thats at least what I have heard when dealing with DAN. But if anyone ever has to ditch their belt I can donate some weight
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Yes mako has a program. And the start of this thread was a generous offer and idea that could be doable.
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If ditching your weights saves your life I'll gladly donate. I've got lead and a melting pot you make a mold I'll pour you what ever you want. 
 All I ask is that your honest and only take me up on this if you actually had to ditch. 


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I do not dive, but my grandfather did. I’ve got his old dive bag and weights I will likely never use. Anyone who needs weight is welcome to them. Located in Concord


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I do not dive, but my grandfather did. I’ve got his old dive bag and weights I will likely never use. Anyone who needs weight is welcome to them. Located in Concord

I'm always looking for spare lead if you'd like to get rid of it for cheap.  Dive instructor and always need it for students.  I've dropped many weight belts, and lost a few, but all in the name of training. 

I have heard a few stories of scuba divers being saved by dropping their weight belts, but not without permanent injury from DCS, but lot different with those depths/wetsuit compression and the extra weight of gear.  Never a freediving or spearfishing story, you're so much more streamline from downcurrents and such. 
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