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Hmmm. I see signals vary greatly, too. We use two pulls for ok, because there isn't a chance of mistaking one pull for an ok signal. The diver discusses with the tender before the dive their preferences about how tight they like the line, how often they want to be ok'd, how fast to bring them in if they signal to come in. We use four pulls for "bring me in", and more than four repeated pulls for "bring me in NOW". I saw an interesting system of pulls in "Immersed" magazine, which was written for tethered river divers. It had pulls for (I think, it isn't sitting right here) I'm having problems, but don't need assistance yet, and send the safety diver in to give me a hand, and it's an emergency, get someone here FAST! But for our group, two different signals about covers it. Nanci At 05:31 PM 1/11/98 -0500, Bob Bartilotti wrote: > Your most used signal will probably be checking if the divers are OK and >the divers answering back that they are OK. If you have it as 3 pulls, there >is a >waste of two pulls. Also there is the chance of missing a pull sending the >wrong >signal. > The use of 2 pulls for taking up slack is unnecessary. The line tenders >should be keeping the lines with almost no slack. Also, with too much slack >, the signals don't pass along the line. > >What we use is: >1 pull = OK >2 pulls = give more line. (2 pulls from tender = there is no more line) >3 pulls = pull me in. (3 pulls from tender = I'm pulling you in) >4 pulls = pull me in NOW. > >Bob > >From: JimH720113 <JimH720113@ao*.co*> > > >>for what it is worth,,,,, here is what i have taught in the past in ice >>classes on signals,,,it is kinda fool proof >>stop=== >> >> >>s 1 pull= give me slack >>t 2 pulls= take up slack >>o 3 pulls= OK >>p 4 pulls= pull me in >> >>easy to remember and short,,,covers the 4 basic pulls >> >>FWIW >> >>jim > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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