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We use a kayak to dive off our sail boat here in California at our local Channel Islands. 1) anchoring vs tethering and what is your maximum depth with a tether? We always anchor. 2) do you kayak further than you could swim if you lost your boat? NO! 3) if so what do you do to make your tether/anchor system bullet proof? Two anchors, one is a small Danforth and the other is a strap with two 10lb weights about three feet apart. The anchor is on two feet of chain connect to a 1/2 inch line. The anchor line is attached to the kayak by way of a hole right through the bow. The other weight is tied off to the stern and on the bottom is where we put a strobe and other staged items. 4) when/if that fails, what self rescue techniques do you have? Swim my ass off back to the sail boat. 5) if/when that fails, what equipment and methods do you have to attract rescue from others? Red signal flares and a very loud whistle. We do sometimes use the kayak from the beach and the same applies, however, we never go further than we can swim. Also the anchor line is only a 100ft line and I have yet to use all of it. Robert A. Moriarity Sr. Universal Studios Information Technology Group (USITG) Senior Technical Systems Analysts Desk - (818) 777-5737 Robert.Moriarity@Un*.co* http://www.westcoastdiver.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Hungry Hill [SMTP:hungryh@nc*.ne*] > Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 1998 9:41 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: kayak diving? > > Diving from a kayak, that is. Does anyone on the list do it? > > If so, and this is the place to do it, I'd like to discuss issues like: > > 1) anchoring vs tethering and what is your maximum depth with a tether? > 2) do you kayak further than you could swim if you lost your boat? > 3) if so what do you do to make your tether/anchor system bullet proof? > 4) when/if that fails, what self rescue techniques do you have? > 5) if/when that fails, what equipment and methods do you have to attract > rescue from others? > > And the 1000 other things I haven't even thought of yet. > > Please respond regarding both freediving and scuba. > > Regards, > > Bruce Bowers > Akimbo Music Prod/Hungry Hill Records > > > -- > 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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