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Hi All, I've been having a small off line conversation with a fellow list member. I was asked about the type of equipment line that I use when diving. I'm actually in the process of creating a new one but they are both similar. Basically my line is about 25 feet long. This allows me at least 20 ft in the water, could always deco from it if need be. I use a combination of brass clips and big brass rings. I have 3 brass rings on the rope, one at the bottom, the next at about 3 feet up and the other about 6 feet up from the bottom. I do this so if someone else clips to my line I don't have to haul all of them up out of the water at the same time. You can lift the top stage(s) out about a foot or two, unclip it then haul the others up or just drop them back down. I'll typically clip to the upper most ring leaving the bottom ones for someone else. I always clip off the Scooter to the bottom ring. I also have 2 brass clips on the bottom. This allows you to clip off a goodie bag, tool bag, rig or whatever else you might need. I've through of using climbing carabeners (SP?) but I just don't trust them from coming undone (maybe it's me?). The rope is 5/8" boat rope, not the anchor type. My current rope is not weighted. I usually only clip off equipment at the surface so I'm pulling the line to the surface anyway but the clips and rings are enough to submerge it. I picked up some 2" wide military tow strapping. 10,000 capacity should be enough... :-) I would have preferred the 1" stuff but the guy didn't have it and at $5 for 100ft roll I figured what the hell. People have told me that for a couple of bucks you can take it to a shoe repair place and have it sewn. I think for starters I'll just weight the bottom with a 2 lb. weight and make loops to attach the brass rings and clips. I also tend not to trust sewing on diving gear. Naturally both are looped at the other end so I can either tie it off to a cleat or the railing. Hope this helps. I anyone has better ideas I'm open as I haven't started on the new rope. Art. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Wolk [SMTP:BillWolk@ea*.ne*] Sent: Monday, October 12, 1998 11:33 PM To: Paltz, Art Subject: RE: Tech meeting On10/9/98 10:23 PM, Paltz, Art wrote: >Hi Bill, > >An equipment line is just what you are stating. In the NE you may do a >dive in calm seas and come up in 5-7 footers. Climbing a rocking boat >with doubles, dry suit, 20+ pounds of lead, fins and stages is no easy >task. Just clip them off like you say and haul them up before the boat >pulls hook... Thanks Art- The weather *is* a lot more predictable down here-that's one of the reasons I moved. I got tired of being blown out after driving two hours from Philadelphia to the Jersey shore. The funny thing is that a lot of South Florida boats call dives on acount of 3-5s-that's *good* weather up North! This thread's brought out a lot of different ways of rigging lines and hang bars-why not post a description of your equipment/gear line for benefit of those of us diving in *good* weather year 'round. Best - Bill -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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