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the best thing to do is travel light until you have a specific project in mind. just have a small sledge hammer and little 18" crowbar on your weight belt as part of your weight. the little crow bar can act as a chisel (ideal for doria shuffle board numbers) and you can do some prying with it, they won't get caught too much, you can use the crook in the little crow bar to reach objects just out of arms length too, carry the lift bags and reels of course. i have found my self in the annoying position of having no tools and finding a nice porthole complete with storm cover on the tarantula. i was spear fishing and looking for lobster ( having no luck) and came across the porthole. i had to go rummaging threw the wreck to find a hunk of steel to hammer with and used an akward length of pipe and finally got it but it took me for ever, i brused and cut my hands, and i had a long decompression, the other captain, hank garvin was getting very impatient waiting for his turn to dive. if i would make it a habit to dive with a couple of tools i wouldn't have these problems, but i still neglect to because i don't want to be bothered with the drag and catching on stuff and the weight belt is a menace on the boat with the crow bar clipped to it and the tools get the boat decks rusty.once you have a major project in mind you can pack up one of those canvas or nylon bags like shortened bug bags with a zipper pouch known as tool bags . try to make it so you can easly ditch the whole thing if you have to, some guys leave the tools at the site untill the project is done. i wouldnt like to drag one around every dive. +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Please send messages for the WreckDiver list to: wreckdiver@wreckdiver.com Send subscription and help requests to: wreckdiver-request@wreckdiver.com +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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