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As usual i didn't perhaps make my point clear enough. I feel as your skills
develop and progress there comes a time when you can do an ascent of a wreck
with a reel with stout line not the lighter line usually sold with reels.
Now we are talking the recreational dives and wrecks as i feel this orginal
poster was talking about. Now if your talking the more challanging "tech"
wrecks (read deeper, currents, etc.) there comes a point where a reel is not
suitable. Of course at this point the breaking strength of any upline should
be a concern and in my opinion not a place for sisal in any event. As a side
note i had a guy in the shop the other day that took a large reel and
spooled it with the same nylon line we both have on our up lines. He wound
up with over 150 ft ( i don't remember the excact amount) on it and uses
this as his up line. He clips it off on his backplate at the back of the
crotch strap. I found it interesting enough i am going to spool one of our
larger reels and try it myself. Bill

From: Art Greenberg <artg@ec*.ne*>
To: William Allen <william@ca*.co*>
Cc: techdiver mail <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Date: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: Jersey ascent line ???


>On Wed, 12 May 1999, William Allen wrote:
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>Art Greenberg
>artg@ec*.ne*
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