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>On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Dan Ocklind wrote:
>
> > I heard a suggestion somewhere to put the mask strap under the hood.
> > This seems to me like a good idea since the mask will be less likely
> > to get knocked off. I just want to check if there are any reasons why
> > you should not do this, that I have not thought of (I do not carry a
> > spare mask, so there is no question of wanting to take the mask off to
> > replace it).

Then, Art Greenberg said:

>With the hood (O'Neill with face seals) and mask (a Beuchat Strato) I use,
>doing this lets lots of water under the hood. In warmer water, above say
>55F/13C, its not so much a problem. Below that I can't get away with it at
>all.
>
>In some of the Florida caves, this is a great idea. For the wreck diving
>I've been doing off NJ (cold, no DPV, seldom any ripping currents) it
>hasn't been indicated.

I have found that this is a good thing to do here in the Northeast when 
you're on a dive boat with a lot of newbies. This helps keep your mask 
somewhere in the vicinity of your face when they kick you in the head while 
they're doing their safety stop and you are trying to relax during deco... 
With my hood (DUI) and mask (Poseidon Technica) this does not seem to let 
any extra water into my hood.

I have not heard that this is counter to DIR. I have gotten used to wearing 
my mask that way and did not hear any objections from JJ or Ted Cole during 
my GUE Cave 1 class in March.

In addition, when I smash head-first into the wreck at high speed, and the 
valve on the pony mounted between my doubles has already broken off from a 
previous encounter with the wreck (and therefore can no longer protect my 
head), it helps keep me from losing my mask. <vbg>

Maggie;
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