interesting food for thought......
Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
Clip-off the spool's double-ender to the SMB's ring, unclip the other end securing the line to the spool, deploy the SMB, inflate and send it up. Secure line to spool with another spare double-ender. . . In other words, be quick & practical --don't futz around with threading a cow hitch knot to attach the SMB to the spool's line. And no, I haven't yet had a inflated SMB become unclipped from its double-ender upon launching & deployment. . . |
Doesn't happen often, but I have had need to use the spool/line for something else during a dive. It's a real bear to un-rig it in cold water with 7mm gloves on.
Do you tie a little dicky on the loop?.
The dickie makes it a cinch to undo generally.
What's a "dicky?"
It's basically just another small loop, around a half inch in length tied in the end of the big loop in the line. Once you run the spool through the big loop attaching it to the SMB ring, you have the "dicky" as a little handle of sorts that sticks out to allow you to pull the loop loose easy if need be.
It's basically just another small loop, around a half inch in length tied in the end of the big loop in the line. Once you run the spool through the big loop attaching it to the SMB ring, you have the "dicky" as a little handle of sorts that sticks out to allow you to pull the loop loose easy if need be.
And if you tie the 'dicky' loop asymetrically on the end of the main loop, pulling the dicky has the effect of tautening the shorter side of the main loop, leaving the longer side loose and obvious.