ShellBackDiver
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what the heck is dir i see it mentioned all over the place but cant seem to figure out what it meens?
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decapoddiver
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Actually (believe it or not) it stands for Doing It Right. It's a way of thinking that all followers have the same gear set-up, lights in the same place, wings, 7' hoses etc.
My problem with DIR is that by nature of the name, if I'm not doing it that way, I'm doing it wrong. It is a very, very safe way of diving. Very expensive since you must have certain equipment that most recreational shops don't carry. If you want to know more about DIR, ask someone who dives the "right" way and they will be more than happy to explain far better than I can. After all, I'm doing it wrong
My problem with DIR is that by nature of the name, if I'm not doing it that way, I'm doing it wrong. It is a very, very safe way of diving. Very expensive since you must have certain equipment that most recreational shops don't carry. If you want to know more about DIR, ask someone who dives the "right" way and they will be more than happy to explain far better than I can. After all, I'm doing it wrong
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ShellBackDiver
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ahh i dont do anything else right why would i start now they dont call me MR bear minimum for nothing thanks for the info tho:relaxing:
I'm not DIR, but I've adopted some DIR methods, and have modified my gear configuration which I'm much happier with.
It's worth taking a look at.
It's worth taking a look at.
decapoddiver
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I too have modified my configuration. Alot of what they do makes sense. I just haven't been completely sucked into the cult yet One thing DIR promotes is no "danglies". Everything is secured tight to the body to reduce the risk of entaglement. I have yet to see a DIR way of bug hunting i.e. lights that you can actually use and not just secure, a catch bag, a lobster gauge etc.. When I do a scallop/lobster dive I look like a tool chest 
One thing DIR promotes is no "danglies". Everything is secured tight to the body to reduce the risk of entaglement. I have yet to see a DIR way of bug hunting i.e. lights that you can actually use and not just secure, a catch bag, a lobster gauge etc.. When I do a scallop/lobster dive I look like a tool chest 
Soggy
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decapoddiver once bubbled...
I have yet to see a DIR way of bug hunting i.e. lights that you can actually use and not just secure, a catch bag, a lobster gauge etc.. When I do a scallop/lobster dive I look like a tool chest
It can be done. I'm certainly no DIR zealot, but I do have a BP/wings. The catch bag, pre-catch, can be rolled up and put on the butt d-ring. It stays pretty out of the way like that. The tickle stick can be held in both hands while in the "DIR prayer position." Having gone hunting with Gary and his HID, I think you couldn't ask for a better light....even in broad daylight it is visible.
After something is caught...yeah...stuff gets dangly.
Essentially DIR diving is a philosiphy that evolved from Cave diving. The idea of having a totally redundant system and being as streamlined as possible, while making your rig as bulletproof as possible. The fore-runners essentially began making their own gear, and it has evolved into most of what GUE (global underwater explorers...www.gue.com) is all about today. The configuration and gear is based on years of experience, and it is an ever-evolving beast.
I personally do not have a DIR configuration, but I am going to be adopting several things that they have (back-plate and wing, 7' primary hose, bungeed back-up, shorter pressure gauge hose). A lot of it really makes good common sense, the long hose for donating air...the stability of a bp/wing...not using your hands when you have perfectly good fins, etc. There are a lot of DIR fanatics out there, but the ones who make the most sense aren't spouting DIR this and DIR that (look at UP, O-ring, BCS, DetroitDiver, MHK, etc.) They'll give you their opinions, and tell you why they do the things they do...they think as opposed to following blindly (which is what a lout of loudmouths do) and have answers for your questions.
I personally do not have a DIR configuration, but I am going to be adopting several things that they have (back-plate and wing, 7' primary hose, bungeed back-up, shorter pressure gauge hose). A lot of it really makes good common sense, the long hose for donating air...the stability of a bp/wing...not using your hands when you have perfectly good fins, etc. There are a lot of DIR fanatics out there, but the ones who make the most sense aren't spouting DIR this and DIR that (look at UP, O-ring, BCS, DetroitDiver, MHK, etc.) They'll give you their opinions, and tell you why they do the things they do...they think as opposed to following blindly (which is what a lout of loudmouths do) and have answers for your questions.
and if you're out lobster hunting....you aren't in a wreck or cave (I don't think)...and even if you thought things got a little dangly....couldn't you just close the bag, and clip it off to a lift bag....or even shoot the bugs to the surface cilpped off the bag?
Soggy
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People frequently do that with scallop dives, but with lobstering, unless you get quite a catch, it isn't much of an issue...a few lbs here and there.
I imagine some bug hunting is done inside wrecks...there are lots of nooks and crannies there, but I'm not sure.
Usually bug hunting is done in relatively shallow water, anyhow, so it's not too much of an issue.
decapoddiver
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It usually takes a whole dive to fill the bag. So should I carry 12 bags and send one up everytime I put some bugs in it? Also who exactly is going to retrieve the bags on the surface? We have a little thing called current that likes to take things far, far way
I do mostly shore dives so I don't have a Surface tender to collect my bounty.P.S. When exactly did Dayton, Ohio become part of New England?
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