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Just to clear my confusion: Can someone please explain how the "Jersey reel" system works (or not works ;) This is something I haven't heard of before... Thanx /Dragan -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Tom & Dee Scott [mailto:cherokee@ne*.ne*] Skickat: den 28 april 2002 16:21 Till: trey@ne*.co*; techdiver@aquanaut.com Ämne: RE: Deco line question 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 ] 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? > > > >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? > > > >Thanks much, > > > >Tom Scott > > > > >-- >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'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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