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Kevin, How well is a boat crew going to be able to spot your location on the surface with the 30lb bag if a little wind picks up making the surface choppy? Personaly I feel that a 30lb bag is way to small. I prefer a 100lb minimum for visual referencing even in the timid seas of So Cal. John > 30 pounds is plenty enough. If that is not enough one should go back > to basic training in my opinion. I never touch the reel line when i use it > as a upline. > I just use it as a visual reference to aid me keeping a constant depth. > If you want to hang on the line the 30 pound is enough to but i personally > think that is proof of bad diving skill (i do not imply that you have bad > skill) >> > > Try tying a 30lb bag to a wreck with 1/8 inch line in a good stiff current, > then send it up 150' or so and see how well it floats. With yours, the lines, > and the bags combined surface area for the current to work on, you should find > it somewhere below the surface. Most people diving in the area Art is > referring to, which has potential for strong currents, swear by 150lb to > 200lb, stable enough to hang on. I really like the new sealed Halcyon bag, > hope they make some larger capacities. > > Kevin -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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