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--=====================_6228624==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I have done it every way there is, asked yourself this.........if the current was sooooooooo bad, why did only 2 divers out of 17 have a problem with it. At 11:05 PM 7/23/02 -0400, Doug Chapman wrote: >Just for thought: >Upline with sufficient but not exceessive scope, redundant surface floats, >and bottom chain with snap/hook. Down rig with divers is dropped ahead of >wreck to drift into wreck (one diver in team drops with the chain end). On >end of dive last divers detach chain from wreck and toss into sand. >Proceed up line. Now the line is drifting with the current with a slight >bottom drag from the chain. No flag flying. No issues. Relaxing. The boat >is always free to maneuver. If too crowded on line, you can hover >alongside or pop a lift bag nearby. Will still drift the same as main >upline with a slight backpeddle to compensate for chain drag on main >upline. The captain on the boat knows where everyone is; can drop a safety >diver on you if appropriate and recover used stages. Its a piece of cake >and works well in raging currents like we can have in the gulf stream (and >with close to shore shipping as well). A slight mod on deep stuff (350+) >though, and you need a captain with a clue. > >My two cents, >Doug > "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water" Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more Web Site http://www.capt-jt.com/ Email captjt@mi*.co* --=====================_6228624==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> I have done it every way there is, asked yourself this.........if the current was sooooooooo bad, why did only 2 divers out of 17 have a problem with it.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> At 11:05 PM 7/23/02 -0400, Doug Chapman wrote:<br> <font face="arial" size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Just for thought:</font><br> Upline with sufficient but not exceessive scope, redundant surface floats, and bottom chain with snap/hook. Down rig with divers is dropped ahead of wreck to drift into wreck (one diver in team drops with the chain end). On end of dive last divers detach chain from wreck and toss into sand. Proceed up line. Now the line is drifting with the current with a slight bottom drag from the chain. No flag flying. No issues. Relaxing. The boat is always free to maneuver. If too crowded on line, you can hover alongside or pop a lift bag nearby. Will still drift the same as main upline with a slight backpeddle to compensate for chain drag on main upline. The captain on the boat knows where everyone is; can drop a safety diver on you if appropriate and recover used stages. Its a piece of cake and works well in raging currents like we can have in the gulf stream (and with close to shore shipping as well). A slight mod on deep stuff (350+) though, and you need a captain with a clue.<br> <br> <font face="arial" size=2>My two cents,</font><br> Doug<br> </blockquote><br> <br> "You can't learn to dive on the net, sooner or later you have to get in the water"<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u>Your Guide to Great Wreck Diving along the East Coast & more <br> Web Site <a href="http://www.capt-jt.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.capt-jt.com</a><a href="http://www.capt-jt.com/" eudora="autourl">/<br> </a>Email captjt@mi*.co*<br> <br> </font></u></html> --=====================_6228624==_.ALT-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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