George, if you have your light clipped off on your dring you will catch it
on the rung of a fin ladder and rip the cord out of the light head. I know
you Florida divers are still flopping yourselves up on "stern platforms"
(usually consisting of a old screen door screwed to the transom with some
old dog chain holding it up) like a gut-shot grouper, so I feel your pain.
But you Florida weenies need to get with the program and put some actual
ladders on your boats down there which can get you out of the water with a
bit more grace and style.

   Jim
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> From: <kirvine@sa*.ne*>
> Reply-To: kirvine@sa*.ne*
> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 15:22:58 -0500
> To: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
> Cc: Tony Blanchette <TonyB@ta*.co*>, "'techdiver@aquanaut.com'"
> <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> Subject: Re: what to do with the light cord
> 
> I always clip my light off when I am changing stages. If it is around my
> neck nad somthing happens , like a clusterfuck starts. I do not want to
> make it worse by haeing it in the way of my other two hoses ( stage and
> long), or eating it in my scooter , or just getting it tangled.
> 
> It is not a good idea to have anything around your neck that could
> interfere with the rest of the gear.
> 
> Jim, this is like the fucked up markings that you and that blithering
> idiot "capt" JT came up with - you guys just think you know what you are
> doing when in fact all you have done is peek in the window .
> 
> I just thank God I do not have to dive with any of you know it alls. I
> would thumb the dive and then beat you senseless when I got you on the
> surface.
> 
> Jim Cobb wrote:
>> 
>> I did the same thing with my AUL. What you do is drape the light head around
>> your neck before approaching the ladder. Generally the only time you clip
>> the light head off to your dring is when your rig is on the boat rack,
>> otherwise it is on your hand or draped around your neck.
>> 
>> Jim
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>>> From: Tony Blanchette <TonyB@ta*.co*>
>>> Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 12:14:28 -0500
>>> To: "'techdiver@aquanaut.com'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
>>> Subject: what to do with the light cord
>>> 
>>> I'm and open water diver and dive with NiteRiders Blackwater 3000 which I
>>> won at a scuba show.  The cord between the battery pack and the lighthead is
>>> the proper length - just long enough for left handed operation.
>>> 
>>> I wear the battery on my right waist strap where the cannister would go.
>>> I've attached a bolt snap to the light head with a piece of bicycle
>>> innertube and clip off the lighthead to my right chest d-ring when the light
>>> is not in use.
>>> 
>>> A couple weeks ago as i was getting back on the boat, the light cord snagged
>>> a rung of the ladder.  When i went to lift myself on the ladder, the
>>> lighthead got a severe jerk.  The following week after diving i noticed the
>>> lighthead was flooded.
>>> 
>>> The question is, "Is there already a standard way to configure the light
>>> cord that prevents it from flapping in the waves?"  I must have missed that
>>> detail when studying the available literature.
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