I'm talking about modern Dacor/Apollo/Oceanic scooters; they all are made by
Pelagic Systems (Oceanic) as near as I can tell, and the only differences
between them appear to be where the trigger handles are mounted.  Oceanic
mounts their's back on the prop guard, while Dacor/Apollo models have them
further forward on the main fore shell.  Switches are all "deadman" type.

I can do without the official Mako pipe-on-a-rope "seat"; I can just see
stopping to look at something requiring both hands and having to squeeze my
legs together like a virgin just to hold on to the scooter.  No, I'm talking
about a rope or strap running from the two tow eyelets on the scooter coming
back and clipping into my crotchstrap d-ring (which has been placed there
for precisely that purpose; thank you Halcyon!).

So, given the above, my refined question is: do I put a QR in that strap
somewhere so I can free myself from a runaway scooter, or is that "not DIR"
in a big way?  Generally, QR's are the antithesis of DIR, so I think I can
anticipate the answer, but I want to hear it from the horses mouth, so to
speak.  Thanks.

Cam


----- Original Message -----
From: <Mopsyd@ao*.co*>
To: <cam@ca*.co*>
Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: Digest ba_diving.v002.n2507

>
> I have a lanyard attached to me in case the scooter decides to take off on
> its own. Some scooters have a switch that will not run unless you have a
grip
> on the scooter, like the Torpedo and the Dacor. The tekna had this feature
in
> the design, but it often failed. Most modern scooters have a "deadman"
type
> switch, which shuts off the machine if you let go. The Mako and the old
tekna
> have a "seat" which is a plastic pipe tethered to the scooter, and you sit
on
> the pipe, thereby being towed by the rope. Its quite easy to drive this
way,
> since you can let go with one hand steering and the other adjusting
bouyancy,
> checking guages, signalling buddies, etc.
> BTW, are you the Cam I dove with in the Revillagigedos with Dan Gotshall
and
> friends?
> Pat
>

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