Drop Bottle

[RogerViking]

they all look good ..what about the skiper just cliping it onto the line of your (now yellow) smb and sending it down to you.

[Diving Dude]

Ideally you don't want the cylinder dropping below it's MOD. However it's better to have a cylinder dropper down with no buoy attached then no cylinder at all.

In my post above when l say the skipper should attach it to the line with the boltsnap l mean your smb line.

[Scubee]

Originally Posted by gobfish1

so what sort of dive, s would need a drop tank then ,,
what are we talking about 30m dive 20 mins deco or much more ,,

Hopefully, it will never be needed, but it will go with me on any boat dive where I have planned deco.

Originally Posted by RogerViking

they all look good ..what about the skiper just cliping it onto the line of your (now yellow) smb and sending it down to you.

I don't think the DSMB would take the weight, and it will just make it more stable. It will also make it a lot easier to recover it.

[Timbobaggins]

Originally Posted by gobfish1

so what sort of dive, s would need a drop tank then ,,
what are we talking about 30m dive 20 mins deco or much more ,,

Gobfish, me doth feel though may be a bit of a wind up merchant.

But in MY humble opinion, anything over 9M with more than 3 mins deco

[stevechesh]

i'd even forget the skipper clipping it onto your line anyway.

1. He/she would have a right royal pain to come along side, stick the boat in neutral, walk out of the cabin, grab the hook, lift your line, hook it the cylinder on, drop the cylinder down, and all whilst competeing with wind and tide, and trying not to drag you up

or:


2. he/she comes alongside and chucks the cylinder, line and bouy as close as possible to your SMB.

i know what i'd do, and it would number 2! It's also advisable to ask the skipper if they are happy to do this for you. After all, once you're in the water, it's technically your responsibility what happens - not theirs.

[gobfish1]

Originally Posted by Timbobaggins

Gobfish, me doth feel though may be a bit of a wind up merchant.

But in MY humble opinion, anything over 9M with more than 3 mins deco

ello timbo,
yep can see it now 12 divers 12 twinset 12 ali 80 and 12 drop tanks ,, Kyarra comes to mind ,, , how dat for a wind up.

[Scubee]

Originally Posted by gobfish1

yep can see it now 12 divers 12 twinset 12 ali 80 and 12 drop tanks ,,

its one of the reasons if i (or the club) book a whole boat, the full fee is divided by 10 - to make room for all the shit... i mean kit... ...

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by gobfish1

yep can see it now 12 divers 12 twinset 12 ali 80 and 12 drop tanks ,,

Oi Fishy, what boats you been on recently?

l doubt there are many boats around with twelve people using twelve sets of historic dive gear......well ok....unless they're Georgie's and Jarrod's boys.

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by stevechesh

1. He/she would have a right royal pain to come along side, stick the boat in neutral, walk out of the cabin, grab the hook, lift your line, hook it the cylinder on, drop the cylinder down, and all whilst competeing with wind and tide, and trying not to drag you up

Unless you've practiced it a few times with the skipper.
One of the many joys of diving midweek is that if you go out with say six people on the boat the skipper's more chilled and happy to feck about with drills like this.

[gobfish1]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Oi Fishy, what boats you been on recently?

l doubt there are many boats around with twelve people using twelve sets of historic dive gear......well ok....unless they're Georgie's and Jarrod's boys.

dude is called , pulling one,s piss-er ,, , i just wanted to know when you guy s think a drop tank is a must ,, all i see is more kit getting put on boats , more kit dont alway s = safe diving ,,,

twat or Mr gobfish to you , ard dude .

ps
i ant having a pop a Morag,,