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Here is a method I have been using for several years.

I use a jon line of 20 ft. It is made from 1 inch tubular webbing. The
reason for the tubular webbing is
so I can put slip knots in it and "unslip" it under water. This way I can
deploy any length of line
I need for the conditions (up to 20 ft). If conditions are good, do not use
a line. if the 
conditions have a current, it is a simple matter to use a slip knot to take
up the excess line. If the
conditions are with lots of wave action, extend the line to a length to
buffer one from the 
swells. With the slip knots in the line it is very easy to hold on the the
excess line with 
a hand (no fatigue) with no line all over the place (it is kept orderly). 20
ft is also nice so that 
when the masses are scrambling around the anchor or upline, I ride it out
behind them without getting 
kicked.

I have also added a snapshackle on the user (my) end of the jon line. The
purpose
for the snap shackle is to allow emergency breakaway with a simple pull of a
short line attached
to the release. The snap shackle is installed between the ss bolt snap on my
end by about
1 foot and the end of the line that attaches to the upline.

Steve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: GarlooEnt@ao*.co* [mailto:GarlooEnt@ao*.co*]
> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 4:51 PM
> To: mmowens@pa*.co*; techdive@ea*.ne*
> Cc: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> Subject: Re: jon line attachment to diver?
> 
> 
> maggie, this is the reason you are being yanked around. the 
> short line is 
> good in some conditions , but when the water picks up you 
> need to be able to 
> extend the line. my line has "the HOOk" on one end a loop & a 
> "beena" in the 
> middle & a clip on the other end. this alows me to have any 
> length line i 
> choose depending on the conditions. when the current is dead 
> i will simply 
> grab the anchor line. if there is a crowd i will drif off the 
> line, maintain 
> depth using my bc & mve back when they leave.
> if the "SUNAMI' you fear shows up the anchor line will 
> probably break or the 
> boat will sink. at that point it wont matter what you do (g) 
> ;-) < joke 
> -john> 
> 
> john thanks for the defence but it was just a joke 
> 
> hank
> 
> In a message dated 8/12/99 5:02:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> mmowens@pa*.co* writes:
> 
> << If there is no current when you're hanging, and your jon 
> line is very long 
>  it is hard to stay in one place. With an ultra-long jon 
> line, what do you 
>  do in those conditions? (This is why I use a fairly short 
> line -- about 4 
>  feet, not including the loops at the end.)
>  
>  Maggie; >>
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