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I've been playing with the idea of a cut in 1/2 piece of 3" PVC, with the compass, BT and watch mounted on it, on my left wrist (rather then have all three separate). I've seen a few, and none have really fit exactly what I wanted in the layout. I have to get a piece of 3", and take the heat gun to it to make it conform to my arm better then the standard size/bend. I've seen a few arm slates, but don't have a source as far as manufacturer, so I haven't explored that route. All I do are ocean dives, so I also use the compass on every dive, having them all separate is kind of a pain in the ass. Sean -----Original Message----- From: Kent Lind <klind@al*.ne*> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Date: Friday, May 21, 1999 1:34 PM Subject: Re: Redundant Equipment and Hogarthian >"John R. Rose" wrote: >> >> Sure. No real dexterity is needed. >> The wetnotes go in the small pocket on the right leg. Nothing else >> is in that pocket, so you don't have to worry about loosing anything. >> If you want, you can start with the wetnotes opened so that >> the compass is on one side and a blank page on the other. >> The standard wetnotes have width and height dimensions similar to a VCR >> tape, so you should be able to hold onto that with heavy or mitts. >> You can always shove them back into your pocket if you need both hands. > >Obviously you are talking about cave diving here and not ocean >diving. For cave diving, I totally agree, there isn't much use for a >compass (at least that I can think of) except for surveying. If you >are navigating through cave by compass and do not have a guideline you >are in serious trouble. So keeping a compass inside your wet notes in >your pocket is totally appropriate. > >However, for ocean diving, the situation is totally different. I >constantly use a left wrist mounted compass to navigate open water, >especially when scootering over non-descript terrain (e.g. hunting >king crab). On these sorts of dives, I don't need to know my heading >down to the degree, I just need a glance to see what general direction >I'm going. I have yet to figure out how to pull a compass out of the >right leg pocket and read it while scootering. But I do know I can >read the compass on my left wrist without letting off the throttle. > >-Kent- >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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