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>Hal, > >Did you consider hanging a stobe at the anchor line? I know that >often this is not a real assist, but if the achor line was really >as close as you said, it should have been visible from some point >on the wreck. > >The best choice, obviously, is to run that reel from the anchor line >to the wreck, and then put your stobe on the reel where it is fastened >onto the wreck. > >Did you and your partner have liftbags, and reels so that a free floating >would have been an option??? > >On decom dives, you're right, diving thirds is not just for cave and >penetration dives. Remember that a decom dive has a physiologic overhead, >very similiar to the solid overhead seen in caves and in wreck penetrations. >Reserving 2/3rds of your gas for the return trip (in decom diving, this >return trip includes your decom obligation) and emergencies is nothing >but good sense. > >John >Submariner Research, Ltd. >(johncrea@de*.co*) John, I had a lift bag and line, but we didn't need to use it as such; the concern over the free floating deco was the current taking us far from the boat (with no one aboard) and the commerical ship traffic in the area that really wouldn't see the lift bag in time to change direction etc. I do have strobes and will start packing them; that's another good idea. I also intend to take my reel from now on. Hal Harold Gartner 6900 Via Alba Camarillo, California 93012 home: (805) 482-9743 office: (213) 487-6240 CompuServe ID# 71470,1423 Internet: halg@ce*.ne*
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