Lift Bag question

[WVMike]

Only because I do not have one. Just found my first anchor and had to leave it on the bottom. Now a lift bag is on the list of things to get and I will start carrying it.

 

[Scubasonic]

WVMike once bubbled...
Only because I do not have one. Just found my first anchor and had to leave it on the bottom. Now a lift bag is on the list of things to get and I will start carrying it.

Don't forget a Jon line for something to attach to the item to be lifted.

-SS

 

[loosebits]

scubasean once bubbled...


My B/C works kinda like a lift bag...heh

I found a HEAVY weightbelt a few weeks ago, and was able to use the excess lifting capacity of my BC to get neutral with the extra weight....My arms were tired at the shore from having carried it, but I was neutral the entire time I was swimming to shore....

(Yes, I'm aware that I should probably have a smaller wing on my transpac...)

I assume you know this but in case you don't...

Using your BC as a lift bag isn't always the safest thing to do, especially with heavy objects. If you were to drop a heavy weight belt at shallow depth, are you sure you could dump the excess air out of your BC fast enough to keep from shooting to the surface and blowing your safety stop and ascent rate? The nice thing about a lift bag is if you drop the ballast, you can release the bag and not get pulled up with it.

 

[timhernandez]

.... after reading that book "Deep Descent", I will now always dive with a lift bag, a spool/reel, a jon line, and alternate air source.

 

[JoeH]

I wont be using the Lift bag that you loned iscuba any time soon

 

[Wreckie]

I have a largeish dsmb attached to a reel with 80m of line on it, a small one with a drop weight and 18m of string in it for when the big one goes tits up for whatever reason, and a big yellow lifting bag, for treasure lol

 

[tholt576]

Wreckie once bubbled...
I have a largeish dsmb attached to a reel with 80m of line on it, a small one with a drop weight and 18m of string in it for when the big one goes tits up for whatever reason, and a big yellow lifting bag, for treasure lol

So.......


Have you found a lot of treasure?

 

[Wreckie]

not a huge amount, some brass shell cases, lots of anchors and shot weights tho. Save the club a fortune in boat bits

 

[cloned_person]

I carry an SMB and rell all of the time - you can never have enough practise deyploying these things.

The other thing I have done to to put markers on my reel line at 9m, 6m and 3m - a quick reference for stops, also another backup if computer and watch fail, OK should still have my buddy

 

[Mobius1]

aye i have to get a lift bag. i have a gift certificate to sport chalet worth 70 bucks
so im off to get it on my bike.