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Hi Mat Remember me?I will tackle your statements below and add my 2 cents on the Jersey reel. scroll down. At 11:05 AM 10/21/99 -0700, Mat Bloedorn wrote: >So let's hop to it.... OK here we go! >I'm open minded, let's see some hard data... Let's >see some real information. Why is your way better. >What do you know that George doesn't. First lets put George in the proper order of his dive skills Cavediver - Oceandiver - Reefdiver-Ponddiver ect. I could go on but the point here is at the Bottom of the list would fall his wreckdiving skills - simply meaning ,to dive a wreck does not make one a wreckdiver. >I've seen plenty of info from George I know his >opinion on quite a few matters. What is yours? I have not seen a post from George that did not have an opinion with it, he is quick to tell everyone how great he is and how dumb everyone else is ..Why put an opinion on this list when the same few bash it , because it does not match theirs. >So far I have been able to use some of the info I have >seen posted by George. Do you have anything useful to >add? Yes keep your dives simple , you have 2 goals in a dive, the first should be to come back alive , second if you spearfish thats it , artifact hunt thats it, explore thats it, meaning do not over task yourself with more than 2 goals on a dive, with the first being always coming back alive. >So far many of George's ideas have given me some food >for thought. Do you guys have any radical ideas? No I do not have any radical ideas , I like to dive , diving is fun to me , I look for reasons to dive if I can't find one I make one up , just to go dive.George can test all he wants , I dive for the fun of it.The basics keep me alive and having fun.And before George ask this , yes I had fun on my Doria trip , right up to the point that Charlie was missing , there is no fun in a death . >Even if this just turns into a debate 'DIR vs other >techniques' in specific environments. Heck, maybe one >of you does actually know something that George >doesn't. Let's hear it.... George will never admit that , his ego won't let it happen. In his mind the way he thinks is "I may not always be right , but I'm never wrong" >So far I haven't seen anything though, so I'm not >going to hold my breath..... If George told you to hold your breath , would you? >Mat. > >P.S. Come on Dave, you can do better than the old >Jersey reel thing. The Jersey reel will always be a debate , those that use them and have been for years will stick to it , hard to teach an old dog a new trick.I on the other hand think it sucks.Yes I have one , it sets under my workbench in retirement.I found it a pain to carry sometimes hard to remove and a snag.The line rots and will break at the worst time.Some divers have died deploying it I've heard. My alternative is to use my wreckreel on dives of less than 130ft with 300ft of line on it , I carry a small pc. of line that rots in my bag.I will take it and tie a loop on the wreck , send my bag up on my reel and then pull the reel through the loop and ascend up the line as I payout line from the reel .After I have completed my deco I pop to the surface on the line and locate the boat.I then cut the line at the bag and reel in the line, the line will slide through the loop and the loop is left to rot on the wreck.This will not work on deep wrecks and on those I will tie it to the wreck , with artifacts from deep that need a bag , they go up no line , the mates will get it.I have been practicing this on night dives to make it hard.It works.The line left on the wreck is less than 2ft , I lose no line off my reel , I do not lose the boat or the boat me. I am open for comments on this, some on this list have seen me do it . > How about posting some details >about how you configure your gear and why you do it >that way. How have you planned for contingencys etc. >Why is your system fool proof? No system is fool proof , there will always be a better fool. Capt.JT > > >--- HESSIANS@ao*.co* wrote: > > Everyone reading this list has something to learn > > from Dave Sutton's > > postings. Even the WKPP know-it-alls, the > > self-annointed world's leading > > experts on everything underwater can > > learn....decorum. > > How about it guys? > > Peter Hess > > > > >===== >M-Plan - Free-Ware dive planning software utilizing >the Buhlmann ZHL-16 algorithm at: >mailto:mbloedorn@ya*.co* http://www3.sympatico.ca/bloedorn >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com >-- >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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