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I trained under CMAS/Israeli Diving Federation, at Aquasport in Eilat, Israel. No buddy lines there, that I recall (it has been a while). We might have had one on the blackout dive - all I remember was having to put aluminum foil in the mask, and it being a hilarious charlie foxtrot, and a significant training experience. You do not strap yourself to the other diver. You use a five to six foot line, with eyes spliced in at either end. Each diver inserts a hand through one of the loops, and holds the line. See the "Sport Diving - The British Sub-Aqua Club Diving Manual", ISBN 0 09 163831 3. They say 1-3 meters. -- Wrolf Wrolf's Wreck: http://www.concentric.net/~Wrolf David Shimell (shimell) wrote: > > All > > Within our club (a BSAC club) we use buddy lines if: > > 1. the vis is poor i.e. less than 2 m (~6 feet) and we are diving with > an inexperienced diver. > 2. on a drift dive (where the current would make it difficult or > impossible to return to an entangled buddy). > > I have never seen "Europeans" diving with a buddy line as part of their SOP > for all dives. > > David Shimell > Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd., Weybridge, UK. > Email: shimell@se*.co* > > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Fjelsten [SMTP:tek-dk@us*.ne*] > Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 4:24 PM > To: Jim Cobb > Cc: Tech Diver > Subject: Re: Pensacola Fl death > > Jim,,, > > Jim Cobb wrote: > > > The solution? The Europeans use a line tied between the dive buddies. > While I recoil at > > the thought of being strapped to "Mr. 2 dives a year", it seems that it > may be the only > > practicable way for the buddy system to > > be something other than the useless or at worst deadly system that is > practiced today. > > Not all Europeans (Scandinavians, whom I know most about being Danish > myself) use this > system. Followers of this line (!) of thought, to my knowledge, are > primarily divers > trained within the CMAS system. > > As I am originally a PADI trained diver, I have only used this system once > and I didn't > like it. Now, in Denmark, we have few '2 dives a year' divers due to the > general crappy > conditions here. > > To dive here (vis: 3-30', temperature: freezing, currents: quite strong and > generally > 'nothing' to dive for), you need to be pretty motivated: either you are an > avid diver or > you don't dive at all. In these conditions, you PAY attention to your buddy > - or dive at > you own peril. > > The buddy system is a mind set. Use it or get out of the water. It is you > ticket to > survival... > > -- > Hilsen (Regards), > > Peter Fjelsten - "The Original TechnoDiver..." > __________________________________________________ > TekDykningsWeb (Tech/DK): http://welcome.to/pf > __________________________________________________ > Dykkerklubben Narhvalen: http://start.at/narhvalen > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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