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>> Goodie Bag: Attached to light along with 'working knife' and backup light. >> This system allows the diver to 'slat-off' the light and all entangling >> goodie bag >> items, etc., should he need to bail from an entanglement. > > >I don't follow you here. Can you expand. OK: I use a Mini Aqua-Sun dive light which is about a 35 watt light good for 50-60 minutes of bright light. Works great. Only thing is that it -could- burn a bit longer, but that's OK for now. On the bottom of the pistol grip I've got a dog-snap and that snaps to a goodie bag (a yellow one for those who know goodie bags by colors, green being large, yellow medium and red small). I dunno why they are this way bit they are. In any case the goodie bag is folded into its own mouth so it is not as great a snagging hazard as it might be and it's snapped to the bottom of the light. On the side of the light is a Underwater Kenetics light saddle with a 4 cell Q light in it. This gives me a piggyback light for backup. In penetration work I also carry another Q light on my harness in the usual way. I've also mounted a knife on the light which, since it's close at hand is usually the one that I go for. Again, there is a backup (actually 2) on my body as well. The goodie bag contains within it a cold chisel all rusty and foul in the bottom, and a 3/8 inch diameter steel rod as a punch pin. This is for knocking out porthole pins (like I find portholes more than once in a blue moon, but I'm hopefull). In any case, once I find something woth keeping, the bag gets opened and unfolded and viola: instant snagging hazard. This even though I do not carry a large bag. But even so it's maybe 18 inches long and of coures it's going to drag. Plus it may end up with a 10-15 pound chunk of brass in it. In any case it's nice at that time to be able to ditch the entire mess should I need to. I've never needed to, but I can if I like. Whe I get to a work-site and begin digging, I'll lay the light on the bottom to illuminate my hole and use both hands to dig. The lanyard I use is one of the general type with the little sliding gizmo, except I leave the loop diameter large enough that I can sort of pull in my thumb and drop the rig without needing to loosen anything. But with my hand opened in the normal way it cannot come off. This is, BTW, the usual rigging way for loads of wreckers here and it seems to have withstood the test of time quite well. Now, I am looking at a canister light now due to the longer durations I plan to dive, and I;m trying to figure out a way to handle the bag with the same elan, while using a canister light. Thoughtfull suggestions? Dave Sutton -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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