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Cam, Why don't you just slip them both over your right wrist? While making the surf entry you can hold onto your mask and reg with the right hand and tuck the fins under your forearm against your body. You'll get them on a lot faster too. This way you know whether or not you have both of them. I've seen people use the method you presently use and they did not know they lost a fin until they tried to unclip them. Patrick Cam Banks wrote: > How I'm clipping them off: the finstrap on each fin goes through a loop of > nylon webbing with a male fastex on the end of it. Then I have a double > ender with two female fastexs on it clipped to my front crotchstrap D-ring. > > I'm sure this isn't DIR, as the loops stay attached to my fins and flap in > the "breeze" behind me as I fin along. Another way to do it would be with a > big suicide clip (nope). Maybe I should just switch to a couple of > double-enders on the crotchstrap d-ring instead. > > We do a lot of beach diving here, and the best way to enter is just walk in > with reg and mask, swim out past the surf zone and put them on there. > Fins-on entry is a drag. > > Go ahead, flame away... > > Cam > > >From: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> > >To: "Cam Banks" <cam_banks@ho*.co*> > >Subject: Re: bits & pieces > >Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 15:53:31 -0800 > > > >At 11:54 AM 1/3/2000 -0800, you wrote: > >>More DIR bits and pieces questions: > >> > >>1: I can't get my wingnuts on my backplate to stay tight. Maybe I have to > >>use a new lockwasher every time? Or how about adding one of those > >>serrated, wavy washers as well. This is without tools of course; if I use > >>vice-grips, they stay. What does WKPP do, and have any of you others run > >>into this problem? > > > >I don't have this problem. > > > >>2. I have given up my damn ankle weights; BFD. My question is, does > >>anyone actually use the Halcyon Gator Wraps? Is this a standard piece of > >>equipment for WKPP? > > > >I hear they work well, don't know personally. > > > >>3. Anyone, WKPP included, use the Halcyon closed circuit lift bags? I > >>have problems shooting a bag while simultaneously holding the reel, > >>holding the bag mouth open, and sticking my reg inside. I need about one > >>more arm, and I still might go to the surface with the bag if the reg > >>catches in there. > >>Any experiences with the Halcyon bags? WKPP ever uses bags? > > > >I think they suck personally. No offense to halcyon, but I don't have any > >trouble using a traditional bag, and the extra complication of inflating > >with the lp hose isn't worth it. > > > >>4. It bugs me a little that my Jetfins hold a couple of cups of water > >>after I take them off and clip them to my d-ring prior to beach > >>walkout. I'm thinking about drilling a few small drain holes in the > >>bottom of the foot pocket. Anyone else tried this, or think that it will > >>ruin the fin? > >>Thanks. > > > >A great feature - you can rinse your boots off. BTW: how are you clipping > >these off? > > > > > >---------------------------------- > > Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*> > > > > NW Labor Systems, Inc > > http://www.nwls.com > > > > There was no year zero. Welcome > > back to the (still) 20th century and > > second millenium. > > > >---------------------------------- > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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