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From what I've seen this technique only works with zero current or if the object that got away has the descent characteristics of the wreckreel or pelican float. Mask, fins drop like a leaf, with an erratic direction. Jim On 8/28/98 7:09 AM Kent Lind wrote: >Anthony DeBoer wrote: > >> Wilson Angerson <gqva06@ud*.gl*.ac*.uk*> writes: >> > ... While I was breaking down my kit I heard a yell from >> > Robb - his mask had gone over the side. ... >> >> I know it's too late to help Robb, but a bit of technique I observed >> earlier this summer in a similar situation might help others in future. >> Somebody had dropped a mask, and Ian Marshall unlocked his reel, tied it >> off to the boat, and let it drop. That immediately gave us a line down >> to the right area with enough weight to take it down. After a few >> moments to rationally plan a quick trip to the bottom, we went down after >> it. I wasn't slow going down, but Ian had retrieved the mask and was >> reeling his line back in before I hit the bottom. > >A pelican float actually works perfectly for this purpose, especially if >the boat is underway. I've recovered dropped fins and dropped weight >belts after marking the spot with a pelican float, and I keep one on >my boat for this very purpose. For the deeper stuff you can swap out >the line that comes on the float with thinner stuff to get it deeper. >With the braided poly line they come with, they're only good to about >80-100' if there's any sort of current at all. > >-Kent- >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > ------------------------------------------------------------------- Learn About Trimix At http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/trimix.html -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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