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I agree, in my opinion mounting a carabineer to ride on top of the Decor dpv is the silliest strokery I've seen come out of this list in a long time. Simply burn a couple of holes in the shroud and then tie in a bolt snap. Then position yourself behind and just above the prop wash. -----Original Message----- From: "Michael J. Blitch"<mblitch1@ta*.rr*.co*> To: techdiver@aquanaut.com Date: Tue Aug 21 06:12:01 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: Silent Submersion Vs Dacor >On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:08:18 -0400, you wrote: > >>Around here we usually dive >>with the boat attached to the wreck with varying amounts of current and >>don't have the time to screw around on the surface. > >Around here we dive with usually nothing but a strong current and have >less time to dick around than you do. You have time to fumble with >stuff and then leisurely follow the anchor. > >>While the tow harness seen on cave expeditionary scooters are great for the >>long haul they are a pain for this use. With the scooter clipped off at the >>shroud you have instant access to the unit without having to position it >>first. > >How often have you tried this? We did 4 drops to 250+ this weekend >several last weekend, and dozens of others over the past few months. >The scooters that we use are Gavins and the cord length is enough to >have it at arms length. When exiting the boat, it is clipped in and >being held by one hand. Hit the water and it is just as immediately >available. > >>With a D/A it can actually pull you sideways from the waist if you >>want. In this case the forward mounted handles of the Dacor are an asset. > >This leads to the question of ....why? Doing something like this is >going to strain the motor and start killing the batteries. > >>But if you are doing a long cruise, like in a cave, the tow line is superior >>for comfort, but this is usually not the case with wreckers. We use the >>scooter in short bursts to hop around to different parts of the wreck. > >The tow cord is just as much an asset as anything else, if not more. >When you don't need the scooter and want to be close to the bottom >(i.e. looking for artifacts or lobster) then you do not want them damn >thing under you continuously dragging. My scooter is just barely >positive in saltwater and I will just move it to the side until it is >needed. I want something that is not going to be in the way but >provides the burn time and depth I need. When you start keeping it in >close, you are going to start getting all kinds of crap caught in the >props, even with the damn guard. Just ask JT. Keeping the tow cord too >short also ads a hell of a lot more drag. > >>The single battery of A/D makes it lightweight enough to be an attached part >>of your gear. It's no problem to change batteries between dives, in fact >>that is preferable to carrying 2 or more batteries at once, having to hump >>these batteries on and off the dive boat. As far as pulling power I have no >>problem hauling all my stuff plus another tech diver behind me with an A/D, >>and have done it several times. > >Single battery of the Gavin short tube provides me with more than an >hours burn time. You're getting too short a burn time since you're >drawing a hell of a lot more amps literally dragging yourself around. > >Don't short change yourself. The short cords and short battery life >becomes too much of a liability for anything more serious than 60 foot >reef dives. When doing that dive, I'll pull out a Torpedo or my old >Mako. Anything else, then you need what works. > >-- >Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord: >222: I reserve the right to execute any henchmen who appear to be a little too intelligent, powerful, or devious. However if I do so, I will not at some subsequent point shout "Why am I surrounded by these incompetent fools?!" >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.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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