Pinning a Line

[ScubaRob]

While diving at Ginnie Springs on 8/15 someone placed a clothepin on my line running between the eye and the ear. The confusing part was it was about 20' from the eye. I did not discover it until all but the last 20' of my line was retrieved.

Does anyone know what the intent of pinning my line would be. I hope someone wasn't planning to use it on the way from the gallery back to the eye.

I basically finished deco and pulled my line taking the clothes pin with me. Did I handle this situation correctly?

[jj1987]

While diving at Ginnie Springs on 8/15 someone placed a clothepin on my line running between the eye and the ear. The confusing part was it was about 20' from the eye. I did not discover it until all but the last 20' of my line was retrieved.

Does anyone know what the intent of pinning my line would be. I hope someone wasn't planning to use it on the way from the gallery back to the eye.

I basically finished deco and pulled my line taking the clothes pin with me. Did I handle this situation correctly?

It's YOUR line. No one else has any need to touch it. Only time you don't pull a line with a cookie/pin on it is when you're sharing a reel, it designates that the other team is still in the cave.

[ScubaRob]

It's YOUR line. No one else has any need to touch it. Only time you don't pull a line with a cookie/pin on it is when you're sharing a reel, it designates that the other team is still in the cave.

That was my thought as well. If someone wanted to share my line they should have arranged it before the dive. Also it would need to be pinned on the other side next to the reel. How would I know whether to pull the line or not if it's on the open water end of my line.

[aainslie]

Too funny. Maybe he was marking his max penetration point.

I think that the appropriate thing to do is to return to your car, find some underwear (the older and grosser the better), re-enter, and pin it back to the line using the peg. Then wait with a video until the diver reappears.

[adam0321]

That was my thought as well. If someone wanted to share my line they should have arranged it before the dive. Also it would need to be pinned on the other side next to the reel. How would I know whether to pull the line or not if it's on the open water end of my line.

what does this mean I am a bit confused?

[cavediver256]

what does this mean I am a bit confused?

When two teams are about to enter a system at or close to the same time (and it is discussed before hand), the first team in will place the reel, the second team in will cookie the line NEAR the reel. First team back to the reel after the dive, takes the cookie, second team back, sees the cookie gone, and knows it is OK to pull the reel.

Works great in areas where multiple lines are more of a hazard. Like I stated earlier, it needs to be discussed and agreed upon by everyone involved before dropping a cookie on someone's reel.

[ScubaRob]

When two teams are about to enter a system at or close to the same time (and it is discussed before hand), the first team in will place the spool, the second team in will cookie the line near the reel. First team back to the reel after the dive, takes the cookie, second team back, sees the cookie gone, and knows it is OK to pull the reel.

Works great in areas where multiple lines are more of a hazard. Like I stated earlier, it needs to be discussed and agreed upon by everyone involved before dropping a cookie on someone's reel.

Also the cookies need to be dropped near the reel (if the intent is to share a line). In my case someone left the cookie on the other end of the line. When I got to the cookie I had already pulled all but 20' of my line.

[ScubaRob]

what does this mean I am a bit confused?

My line was run from the eye to the ear. The pin was left about 20' from the eye. If the intent was to share my line, this should have been discussed with me before the dive, and the pin should have been left near my reel not near the exit.

[tflaris]

Too funny. Maybe he was marking his max penetration point.

I think that the appropriate thing to do is to return to your car, find some underwear (the older and grosser the better), re-enter, and pin it back to the line using the peg. Then wait with a video until the diver reappears.

I just spit coffee all over my iPad.


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[Sludge]

Here's a thought: Maybe an open water diver found the clothespin and figured it might belong to whomever owned the reel. Since he wouldn't be around when you returned, he stuck it on your line where you'd be sure to see it.