Attaching The Umbilical To The Harness - Kirby Morgan KMB-18 A/B Operation And Maintenance Manual

back from the edge of the top three legs of the
spider, and two holes back from the edge of the
outermost two legs of the spider. If you have a
smaller head, the mask will need to be tighter and
if you have a larger head it will need to be looser.
The mask should feel comfortably snug against
your face out of the water. There will be some
compression of the face seal when it is adjusted
properly. While the weight of the mask is heavy
out of the water, it will be almost unnoticeable
underwater.
Fig. 2.16 Your tender may also assist you in closing the
zipper and fastening the spider.
Your tender may assist you in donning your mask
if you prefer. In this case, the procedure is the
same as donning by yourself, except that your
tender will close the zipper on the hood and fasten
the spider. You will still need to support the
weight of the mask while your tender fastens you
in.
To help keep the bib of your hood from floating
up, you may want to tuck the bib of the hood under
your harness.
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Fig. 2.17 To keep the bib of the hood from the mask from
floating up, it may be tucked underneath the straps of your
diving harness.

2.3.5 Attaching the Umbilical to the Harness

The umbilical must now be hooked to the diver's
harness by means of a suitable clip that is bound
to the umbilical. Some divers and companies
prefer a quick release clip and others prefer a clip
that is screwed together so the diver cannot easily
remove it from his/her harness. The securing of
the umbilical keeps the pull of the hose on the
diver's harness and not on the Band Mask.
WARNING: Never dive without at-
taching the umbilical to some type of
harness or clip on the diver's body. Never
allow the umbilical to pull on the Band
Mask directly, or the diver could suffer a
neck injury or the mask could be pulled
off his/her head.
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