cancun mark:
Why on earth would anyone discourage their divers NOT to use a yellow signalling device??
Surely anything is better than nothing?? You got any details Desa??
I was making plans for 3 weeks of diving in the Keys last summer and while setting up our trip to go the Dry Tortugas, one of the Live-A-Boards had their general rules posted. Not quoting here, but it read something like:
required equipment:
BCD
Underwater timer
Alternate air source
Safety Sausage (Orange, not Yellow)
ect......
There was no explanation,
I don't remember which operation it was, as we didn't use them for another reason (not the color of their sausage requirment). I do remember that I found them on the Kew West tourism site if anybody doubts what I am saying.
I looked to see if I still had their web site, but my computer crashed since then and I lost all my saved sites. Actually it was worse than a crash, it died and I had to get a new one and start from scratch....
So, Mark, I can't actually answer your question as to why, I can just say it was a "first hand" experience and not "hear-say".........