AIDA-proof Lanyard?

[Roy]

Hello everyone.

I have spent some time lately making my own lanyard for use at the Kalymnos course this summer. The total length is 90cm from wristband to carabiner. A steel wire has been used and it has been tested by hanging up a friend of mine that is way heavier than me... (hope he dont read this... )

Can You please have a look at the pictures and tell me if anything needs to be modified to make the lanyard "AIDA-certified"?

THANKS!

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[Stuart]

I can't seem to see the attachments - can you try and add them again?

[sanso]

Hey,

You should find the official regulations on Lanyards here: http://www.aida-international.org/as.../v11.2-eng.pdf
There is also a thread on this here on DB, as well as in the forum of AIDA International

[Gwaihir]

HEY im not that fat


2.2.2
The safety lanyard binds the athlete to the warm-up line or to the official line. It is made up of;

1. • a karabiner without screws in which the opening (minimum 15mm) is big enough to allow the karabiner to be placed and hooked to the line without difficulty. The "finger" of the karabiner must function normally; in other words opening with little pressure and closing automatically.
   
2. • a semi-elastic or non elastic link between 30cm (minimum) and 100cm (maximum when stretched) in length, made up of a material designed to not make knots (e.g. a cord, or a cord covered with plastic).
   
3. • a wrist or ankle band which cannot be removed inadvertently, which includes a ring having an interior diameter of a minimum of 26mm for athletes wearing the lanyard on the wrist; OR a belt other than the weight belt, which cannot be removed inadvertently for those wearing the lanyard on the waist, the belt holding the lanyard must be situated higher than the weight belt. In this last case, the freediver will still wear a wrist band, which cannot be removed inadvertently, including a lanyard ring of an interior diameter of a minimum of 26mm.
   
4. • the total weight of the safety lanyard may not exceed 500gr.

[sanso]

Short note: Anyone with problems seeing Roy's pictures is encouraged to help us solve this problem in this thread: http://forums.deeperblue.net/test-fo...st-thread.html

Thank You