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The bondage wings are dangerous. the "teckkie" thinks they are streamlined,
since in his uninformed mind he does not realize that wings float up to the
tanks unless they are full of gas, in which case they stick out, so good tekkie
tightens the bondage cords to hold them in tight. Some idiots even think that
this will make it easier to control buoyancy. What then happens is that the
tightness of the cords causes the pressure relief valve to blow off when the
tekkie tries to inflate, so he does not get anywhere near the lift he thought
he
was getting, and that may be what happened to the guy in the quarry. The other
really stupid thing is the double inflators. Some are tucked away ( aggregious
stupidity), and in any event if the valve tarts to leak the other bladder gets
gas and as you go up it runs away while you are letting gas out of the other
one. This , as well as the nonsensical 100 pounds of lift when 30 will do is
part of the danger. It is also bad enough to have all of that cord and other
trappage hanging around.
In a nutshell, whoever the dumbass is who designed this piece obvioiusly
knows absolutely nothing about diving. By the way, they are not made by Dive
Rite, but by some other dopes, and that explains a lot right there. You have
to
be a diver to know something about dive gear. These guys have all of the
answers
to absolutely nothing, but will the first to tell you how the cow ate the
cabbage.
Only a stroke would dive with something like this, and wearing them is a
defacto admission of complete ignorance, like hundreds of years ago when people
wore blood-stained hankerchiefs in the belief that fleas would be trapped in
them and not pass on Bubonic Plague. The "Plague" now is strokery, and the
unseen demons of diving all have a solution in expensive and totally useless
crap like bondage wings. Using the right gear is always the hardest option for
a
good stroke to pursue, and the last think most dive instructors will ever
suggest.
Convoluted gear can turn a god diver into a threat to hmself, and a bad diver
into a horror show.
On Tue, 20 Aug 1996, Dtekboat@ao*.co* wrote:
>George , I'am a deep wreck diver in the great lakes area. I missed what was
>said on the bondage wings, can you let me know your opinion (in brief ) on
>what happened to the diver in the quarry, using the bondage wings? I also run
>charters in this region and see a lot of different setups go over the side
>(divers attached). and I ask them who has seen your tape "doing it right "
>most have! THANKS!
>
>
George M. Irvine III
DIR WKPP
1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316
954-493-6655 FAX 6698
Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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