On shore dives I normally hang my light (if I bring one at all) from a D-ring on my chest; when I actually need the light, I unclip it, put the lanyard over my left wrist and tighten it.
A week ago I was doing a shore dive which required a very long surface swim, so I brought a scooter. As I was passing very close to a rock, there was a loud CLANG, and the scooter abruptly stopped. My first thought was that I banged the scooter into the rock, and had a major $$ loss. Then I looked carefully, and saw that the flashlight's lanyard wormed its way into protective cage around the propeller, and one blade caught on it. Took me a while shoving my fingers into the cage, but I managed to free the propeller blade, and the scooter switched back on with no problems.
I moved the flashlight to my crotch D-ring, and now know not to hang anything loose and flexible where it might get into propeller cage!
A week ago I was doing a shore dive which required a very long surface swim, so I brought a scooter. As I was passing very close to a rock, there was a loud CLANG, and the scooter abruptly stopped. My first thought was that I banged the scooter into the rock, and had a major $$ loss. Then I looked carefully, and saw that the flashlight's lanyard wormed its way into protective cage around the propeller, and one blade caught on it. Took me a while shoving my fingers into the cage, but I managed to free the propeller blade, and the scooter switched back on with no problems.
I moved the flashlight to my crotch D-ring, and now know not to hang anything loose and flexible where it might get into propeller cage!