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In message <9309241517.AA06493@bg*.oa*.ic*.co*.uk*> you write:
> I recently had reason to fire a number of flares and found that none of
> them worked. I had been diving for a number of years, safe in the
> knowledge that I always carried a flag and a waterproof flare should
> anything go wrong.
I carry the Tekita flares - you get nine mini flares and a launcher in a
small pressure/water proof container about 2 inches diam. and 6 inches
long. I guess that they would only be of use if you hit someone with the
flare <g>. I recon to use them at night. I renew the flares every 2 years
and fire the old ones off on Fireworks Night and I don't expect more than
2 of the 9 to missfire.
I also carry a flag - a collapsible flagpole made of three pieces of 3/4
inch by 18 inch long plastic tube with an overgrown rubber band running
down the center of the tubes and a 18 inch by 24 inch day-glow orange
flag - which I guess is the same as you have?
I have thought of this problem many times over the past years. I don't
believe in the air powered horn thing; I dive mostly around the South
Coast of England and usually from Weymouth. I have passed round
Portland Bill many times in a thick fog - you can only hear the fog horn
from about 200 yards over the noise of the boat's engines and that is
a _VERY_ large air-powered horn!!
There are only 3 bits of kit that I recon will fit the bill. The first
is a He filled balloon - size? - will just large enough to pick me up and
put me on the boat <g>. The next idea is a mobile phone in a waterproof
container - just imagine the Coast Guard's face when you give him a call!!
Finally, a first class local skipper with a very good boat.
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