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  Allen, this "up reel" nonsense is ridiculous. Obviouly what 
you are suggesting is the right way to do it. Pop a bag, and drift
with the current with the boat (which should be live) following.
If these guys had a bell down or something like Cousteau used
to do , it would be one thing to fix to a wreck, but in the 
real world it is a dangerous practice spawned by the belief that
neophyte divers, who have no businees doing this, are more
easily handed with a dead boat hooked to a wreck. 

  Operators like Deans, who are teaching diving, fix to the wreck 
with a complete rig which is detachable, but he does not do it that
way if there is current. In fact he does not let the weenies dive if
there is current. When we dive with him in current, he live boats it,
either with or without (in my case) a ball.

  Carrying a huge spool of hemp line is strokery at its best, and 
planning on discarding it in the ocean is the worst form of 
blubbering , inconsiderate assininity. Only a true stroke would do 
something like this.  - G
 

On Sun, 4 Feb 1996, biped@ix*.ne*.co* (L. Allen Beard ) wrote:
>Has anyone ever used a line reel with lift bag for an up line rather 
>than a 'jersey' up reel when wreck diving?  Up reels are bulky and it 
>seems that using a line reel would be more streamlined.
>
>If a line reel is used as an up reel then what size line would be 
>needed?
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