Mandy3206
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Holy Saturday April 6, 07
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Mandy3206
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Very sharp eye, most people wouldn't recognize the Dive Canister.
Inside it is my McMurdo Fast Find Plus PLB, I call it the chicken switch
A pic
Inside it is my McMurdo Fast Find Plus PLB, I call it the chicken switch
A pic
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That Epirb is nice!
Couple of us did something similar, but since we have tons of boats on the water, we stuffed it with a VHF & GPS. Works perfectly!
http://www.johnoly.com/Dive_canister.htm
Couple of us did something similar, but since we have tons of boats on the water, we stuffed it with a VHF & GPS. Works perfectly!
http://www.johnoly.com/Dive_canister.htm
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Mandy3206
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Cool setup
I got a Standard Horizon 450 VHF but haven't carry it into the water yet.
I got a PWC flare kit that fits inside an old UK SL4 as canister inside my pocket (need to replace the flares that got burned in new years eve).
I carry a safety mirror in my left chest strap (you can see the brass snap clip below the canister in the same pic).
Also in the pocket with the flares I got a storm wisthle and pelican mini strobe cliped to a 6' Oceanic Safety sausage.
Since we dive in the open ocean as you do, each diver use an OMER Torpedo surface float (with a reel) so the captn. can keep track of us all the time, the float reel is cliped to a billyring in my lower tank strap so it won't pull me sideways while diving.
The Mc Murdo PLB is my last line of defence, it's one of those things that I wish to never use, but if Murphy strikes while in the middle of the ocean, I'm ready for him.
I love how you holstered your canister, mine is cliped with retractables to each half of the canister and inside a custom Mandy made mesh bag that is ziptied to the BP out of the way and easy to reach if ever needed.
I wonder if they screw you with the canister as they did to me, $250.00 hurt my wallet, but it was the only way to make sure that the PLB was safe while diving.
I got a Standard Horizon 450 VHF but haven't carry it into the water yet.
I got a PWC flare kit that fits inside an old UK SL4 as canister inside my pocket (need to replace the flares that got burned in new years eve).
I carry a safety mirror in my left chest strap (you can see the brass snap clip below the canister in the same pic).
Also in the pocket with the flares I got a storm wisthle and pelican mini strobe cliped to a 6' Oceanic Safety sausage.
Since we dive in the open ocean as you do, each diver use an OMER Torpedo surface float (with a reel) so the captn. can keep track of us all the time, the float reel is cliped to a billyring in my lower tank strap so it won't pull me sideways while diving.
The Mc Murdo PLB is my last line of defence, it's one of those things that I wish to never use, but if Murphy strikes while in the middle of the ocean, I'm ready for him.
I love how you holstered your canister, mine is cliped with retractables to each half of the canister and inside a custom Mandy made mesh bag that is ziptied to the BP out of the way and easy to reach if ever needed.
I wonder if they screw you with the canister as they did to me, $250.00 hurt my wallet, but it was the only way to make sure that the PLB was safe while diving.
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Mandy3206
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I was looking at the gecko but wasn't sure about how it performed, my limited experience with GPS was that the Magellan I once had took forever to engage the satelites and spended more time scaning the sky than giving data, that was 10yrs ago, I supose that by now systems are waaayy better than then.
As you can see I'm a gear nut as you.
As you can see I'm a gear nut as you.
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