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Thanks George! I appreciate your honesty. I'm not advocating such things, 
just sorting out in my head why things I was previously taught may no 
longer apply to safe diving.

Tom
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At 07:39 AM 4/28/02, George Irvine wrote:


>If there is no current, staying hooked to the wreck is fine, but
>unnecessary. If you have a wreck buoyed , like JJ did on the Britannic or
>Deans used to do in the Keys , where there is an upline from the wreck that
>stops below the surface with an underwater ball or bag, then the options are
>to tie to that with no current or to break from it with lift bag or float if
>there is current.
>
>The "Jersey" reel bullshit is for the Star Wars Bar Scene crowd where there
>is no plan, there is no cooperation between divers, where there are no
>buddies, where everyone does "their own thing", and is a typical solution
>that we get from the bottom of the diving barrel ( the NE). Not to mention
>the fact of carrying such a ridiculous piece of crap and running up lines on
>everything you dive like a dog pissing on bushes, multiplied by the number
>of solo diving tough guys on the boat, etc. is nonsense.
>
>The real simple way of figuring out if something is bullshit or not in
>diving is to ask where  it started. If anyone can show me anything EVER
>developed in NE diving that is anything but ridiculous, I will give them a
>scooter.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Scott [mailto:cherokee@ne*.ne*]
>Sent: Friday, April 27, 3612 10:21 AM
>To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
>Subject: Deco line question
>
>
>Thought I'd try this question here for a horse's mouth answer: Since using a
>deco line hooked to the bottom (rather than shooting a bag and drifting) is
>considered acceptable by DIR standards (at least it is described in the DIR
>Fundamentals book), why has the old "Jersey reel" system fallen so much out
>of favor?
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>The only thing I can think of is that the between the doubles mounting
>system could be considered an entanglement hazard. Are there more reasons?
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>Thanks much,
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>Tom Scott
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