Hi, creatures of the blue.
we are diving in switzerland, no saltwater, often bloody cold, viz under 1m. So we always use a bodyline/lanyard, to not loose the line. In theory in case of emergency it would also be possible to pull up the line and hence the bodyline including the missing diver. I personally doubt, that it would be possible, because there s the ground weight plus the divers weight to be pulled up. Not an easy thing if your in the water ! So it would be very interesting to use a system like presented in the article on safety in Cyprus : the FHOF (Freediver Hook On and Forget) strange name, but basically it s a ballon, attached to the diver, with small bottle of gas. Pull the gas, balloon fills up, diver goes upwards.
Has anyone of you made experiences with this system ? Good ones/ negative ones ? Anyone knows who produces it ? Or someone built one ? What happens with the diver in the last meters of an ascent with a fully filled balloon (guess its very very fast) ? thank you for your posts !
we are diving in switzerland, no saltwater, often bloody cold, viz under 1m. So we always use a bodyline/lanyard, to not loose the line. In theory in case of emergency it would also be possible to pull up the line and hence the bodyline including the missing diver. I personally doubt, that it would be possible, because there s the ground weight plus the divers weight to be pulled up. Not an easy thing if your in the water ! So it would be very interesting to use a system like presented in the article on safety in Cyprus : the FHOF (Freediver Hook On and Forget) strange name, but basically it s a ballon, attached to the diver, with small bottle of gas. Pull the gas, balloon fills up, diver goes upwards.
Has anyone of you made experiences with this system ? Good ones/ negative ones ? Anyone knows who produces it ? Or someone built one ? What happens with the diver in the last meters of an ascent with a fully filled balloon (guess its very very fast) ? thank you for your posts !