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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 08:54:58 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)
From: Art Greenberg <artg@ec*.ne*>
To: William Allen <william@ca*.co*>
cc: techdiver mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Subject: Re: Jersey ascent line ???

On Wed, 12 May 1999, William Allen wrote:

> I really believe for most Jersey divers an up line is a good safety feature
> that you'll never need with proper skills. They remind me a little of
> training wheels at some point they can come off.

This completely ignores the very real possiblity of the tie-in failing.
The accepted local practice requires an upline in this case; no NY/NJ boat
captain is going to move back in with divers in the water unless he can
see them on the surface, and drifting ascents are just not the norm here.

-- 
Art Greenberg
artg@ec*.ne*

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