Blackcrusader
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Depends if I am in a swell of 2m or more, sometimes at 3m. I don't deploy it from a reel at depth.
What color is your DSMB?
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Depends if I am in a swell of 2m or more, sometimes at 3m. I don't deploy it from a reel at depth.
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I'm smelling the waffles again!
Blackcrusader
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smell what you like. Maybe it's what you had for breakfast that causes these smells from your own farts.|
It's not relevant to the discourse or how and when I deploy my DSMB's.
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Sounds like you didn’t go through pocket loading with your students and the communication plan before the dive.
Also, at 07:45, you mention the importance of a top ring for attaching a wetnote. Do you instruct your students to send up the whole notebook? If just a page, how are you attaching the page to the ring for it to stay attached while traveling up from depth? I think the ring is better left for a strobe. The clear plastic pocket on the upper side of almost all DSMBs is where a page from a wet notebook goes.
Sounds like you didn’t go through pocket loading with your students and the communication plan before the dive.
Also, at 07:45, you mention the importance of a top ring for attaching a wetnote. Do you instruct your students to send up the whole notebook? If just a page, how are you attaching the page to the ring for it to stay attached while traveling up from depth? I think the ring is better left for a strobe. The clear plastic pocket on the upper side of almost all DSMBs is where a page from a wet notebook goes.
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Dear boy I doubt you even know how to send up a dsmb from that depth or if you do it lays on the surface without being erected, which makes it pretty much useless for the skipper to see when the waves and swell is high.smell what you like. Maybe it's what you had for breakfast that causes these smells from your own farts.|
It's not relevant to the discourse or how and when I deploy my DSMB's.
I have a 4 foot orange one but really thinking about getting a 6 foot orange DSMB now for better visibility, especially if there's strong currents and swells with the reflective top part too after reading the comments here.
eightytwenty
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Orange is by far the easiest to see. The pink Halcyon ones are also pretty easy to see, but are easier to lose at a distance. Never needed more than a 1m long bag, even in 6-8ft seas.
The larger the DSMB, the more difficult to deploy it when shallow — lots of gas required, significant lift to compensate to maintain buoyancy. It requires practice or sending it earlier from deeper. If you dive with swell, large is the only useful size.
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