Good for floatline?

Nice find! Thank you very much for sharing it. Looks like a nylon sheath with a foam core? If so you basically found the Rob Allen foam core float line. 120' of it sell for $55. I use the normal polypropylene line but I also always bring along the foam core line for situations where more comfortable handling of the float line is required; like assisting a diver up. Being thicker it's much easier on the hands but it doesn't spool as compact as the polypropylene.

RA foam core float line.

We follow the same search pattern the industry name for it is polyfoam floatline. And I was wondering why scubas world switched from selling the orange RA line to this one

I know RA comes in both colors but basically they are the same thing. Real easy to braid on swivels and clips. I made a 60' and a 40' floatline from a 100' line.

I've looked it up and I think you have to buy a whole spool (600') so that pretty much defeated the purpose of making one myself.

Why Davie? 120' RA is $55 and 600' wholesale is around $65. I'll go halfs on a roll with you if you like. You can make three lines, sell two on SB and it will cost you nothing.

from my own personal experience that foam RA floatline tangles like fu*K!!:confused2:

and thats with the swivels. might be user error:)

Lets define "tangles". Do you mean it tends to loop around itself and creates knots or bird's nests that you have to undo?

it creates knots or bird's nests that you have to undo. Exactly, the good thing is that it floats, might

be very good for "cordelero", but not for frequent reef fishing in 20-70'.

Alan, I never had that happen with any float line in the water, straight polypropylene or foam core. It does happen to me sometimes on the boat setting up for a dive after having coiled it on the deck and left it there. I can't imagine a point where it could happen other than when you're working a fish and bringing it up hand over hand. In this situation you must keep swimming away from the coils.

I probably handle the float line in a way that is more conducive to getting knots. I spool it after every ascent and let it loose before every descent. Still no tangles. I find the foam core to be stiffer than the straight polypropylene and even less prone to tangles. Take a closer look at what you were doing just before you get tangles.

1/2 is probably too thick. With my gun the line will float the gun if the depth is over 35, so I cant leave it on the bottom to mark a spot.

Maybe you're right, I just figured bigger is better but the 3/8 is even cheaper. How would I measure the RA line I have to know if it's 3/8 or 1/2?

It doesn't hold a round shape. What's the formula to calculate diameter if I were to flatten it out and measure the width? I still don't know if it would tell me the difference in 1/8".

flfreedivers says the RA is 3/8.

Measure the width and the thickness, add the two, multiply by .6366.

I saw a 1500lb number beside the 3/8 but it seems high. I'm sure it's strong enough for any fish you'll find out there. The cheapest price I found is $25 for 300' 3/8" unspecified color and $32 for the Black/green.

Since I would use this line only with a cordelero it means that we'll be going deep. I find that to reduce drag from the float the line should be 30' longer than the depth you plan to go although this is negligible if the top guy is feeding you the rope. Still it's good to have some extra line. Since I never want to go deeper than 90' the length of float line I require will be 120'. So I can make two out of 300', 60' will go to waste. It's better to get 600' then I can make exactly 5 float lines.