Visual Jumps

[Wormil]

I propose we all get pirates.

 

[junebug]

...can't tell you how many times this happened to me before I started stowing my spools in a pocket.

[video=youtube;H6V7wcXn2e8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6V7wcXn2e8[/video]

I think some of you may find this interesting.

 

[junebug]

....I personaly agree with the "Bert Wilcher theory on spools/reels"....."they all suck!"
We just have to offset the inherant problems and potential design flaws by being more proficient with them through repitition.

I'm open to looking at a new design, but all of the small jump or gap reels I've tried so far suck IMO. I have a hard time imagining a reel being faster to pull out than a spool. I can see it being faster to wind up, but not deploy.

Got a picture or link to the one you use?

 

[waterpirate]

It would also be interesting to see the number of people who fail to run lines in wrecks because they're expecting to exit in a different spot than they entered. I'm much less likely to run a line into a wreck, but I'm much more choosy on penetration.

The big differance with wrecks boils down to is it sanitised and cut to be only cavern level penetration, or is it full cave/full penetration. In my kneck of the woods poor vis, changing vis, and current prompt me to allways run line inside and out. I learned the hard way about doing visual jumps outside of a wreck from one pile of crap to another to never do it inside. When diving with others not trained we do do the tie off inside in a light zone to not encourage looky loos to follow. I have no desire to ever cave dive /just keep posting the video/ and if I did I would not visual jump.
Eric

 

[lowviz]

....//..... I learned the hard way about doing visual jumps outside of a wreck from one pile of crap to another to never do it inside. .....//....

I have a splice in my best wreck reel at 78' -courtesy of the Mohawk. Long story best left for another time, but those piles of junk really do start looking alike...

....//..... I have no desire to ever cave dive ....//....

Neither did I.

 

[Dive-aholic]

...can't tell you how many times this happened to me before I started stowing my spools in a pocket.

And I clip one of my spools to my butt d-ring and have yet to have it come undone.