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Its a 30 or so cm long tube of aluminum with a 100 or so meters of sisal line wrapped around it. It is designed to be carried on the back next to the pony bottle or in between your independent doubles :) The idea is that since the line is biodegradable, you can tie one end off to the wreck, send up a lift bag, and make your own upline. Once you're at the surface, you simple cut the line free and let it float back down to the bottom to rot away. Wendell Jonas & Lotta Pavletic wrote: >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'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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