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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] (Bob Cooper @ Feb. 16 2004,19:39)] |
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]Even in a 2kt current, deploying from the first gas switch won't put you far away from the wreck. And if you are diving in a 2kt current, somebody has f***ed up! |
Come on Bob, that's your average deco dive off of Dover on springs. 60mins on the bottom and comming up in a +2knot tide. Just another Dover dive.
This is not a piss take its a serious question.
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| Originally Posted by [b Quote[/b] ]A word about deploying DSMB's......Since we dive as a team, deploying a DSMB is a "team event" too. When time is up, we leave the wreck and start our ascent. One team member assembles DSMB to reel/spool, offers DSMB to buddy and he inflates the bag with a little purge of the primary reg (switch to backup for this). This is the way I prefer to deploy. Then, reel changes hands between team members, depending on who's doing what (e.g. during gas switches etc.) |
Since it is a fairly streight forward task for one diver to send up an SMB, shouldent all divers do it on their own even if the dive plan calls for one SMB per buddy pair. That way if the unthinkable should hapen and a diver loses his buddy, he will not be atempting somthing out of the ordenary in his already stressed (at loosing buddy and piss take from rest of DIR teem) diver.
Just a thaught.
On the subject of spools. Nothing wrong with deploying with a spool from 21m or less but winding in 20m of line using a bolt snap and a small open spool is a pain in the bum. I have never understood the diferance between a spool on your finger tips and a reel on a spindle in terms of which is more likley to jam.
I do a fair amount of diving and regularly deploy at depths up to 60m and I have had a total of two jammed reels and a total of 0 jamed back up reels ever. If main SMB fails just go to back up and hopfulley collect main unit on the surface. Sureley this is a small price to pay for the conveniance and comfort of using a reel.
ATB
Mark Chase