Best signalling equipment from the searchers point of view

[bruehlt]

OK - I know this is an old thread. I appreciate all of the advice provided here. However, one thing that I don't understand is - where do you tote all of this stuff when you are on your dive?????

 

[Web Monkey]

OK - I know this is an old thread. I appreciate all of the advice provided here. However, one thing that I don't understand is - where do you tote all of this stuff when you are on your dive?????

With my jacket BC, the 6' SMB and finger spool goes in one of the pockets. The strobe and air-horn goes in the other, the 9' SMB and spool gets bungied against the tank.

Terry

 

[buddhasummer]

OK - I know this is an old thread. I appreciate all of the advice provided here. However, one thing that I don't understand is - where do you tote all of this stuff when you are on your dive?????

I dive a BP/W, I carry a backup on right shoulder, whistle on inflator hose. I also have a Thigh pocket which holds a strobe, mirror, shears, spool and SMB and a Dive Alert lp horn. Cheers

 

[bruehlt]

Hmmm - has anyone ever made an "emergency" kit that they strap to their tank? I'm thinking 1 of 2 things - either get some PVC pipe and make some storage tubes to strap to the tank, or - get a couple of straps that look like lead shot weight belts and use those as "tank pockets" to store some of this stuff. My new BC doesn't have pockets (Oceanic Excursion).

 

[bsumner]

Navy Onstar:

Thanks - excellent post.

 

[D_B]

Hmmm - has anyone ever made an "emergency" kit that they strap to their tank? I'm thinking 1 of 2 things - either get some PVC pipe and make some storage tubes to strap to the tank, or - get a couple of straps that look like lead shot weight belts and use those as "tank pockets" to store some of this stuff. My new BC doesn't have pockets (Oceanic Excursion).

see the second link below (although reading all of them would be a good idea)

EVERYONE ... you need to save this, a very good, if long, read on rescue trials conducted in the Scapa Flow ... How far can you see me? ... http://www.jeanelaine.co.uk/diveraids/intro.htm

And this .. Surface Survival Primer ... http://www.tabula-international.com/DIV/SMB3.html

And this .. Equipped to Survive ... http://www.equipped.com/signal.htm and the rest of the website is a treasure trove of info ... http://www.equipped.com/toc.htm

 

[bruehlt]

see the second link below (although reading all of them would be a good idea)

That's exactly what I am thinking! Thanks

 

[sgtchunk]

Thanks Navy OnStar for a great post! I think I've read most of the posts, didn't see anything about the color of the SMB. Safety orange or Hi-Viz yellow, do you have a preference? A couple of deck hands both told me yellow is the way to go, though when I was in the Marine Corps the only color I saw was orange.

Semper Fi,

SgtChunk

 

[Doc Harry]

Thanks Navy OnStar for a great post! I think I've read most of the posts, didn't see anything about the color of the SMB. Safety orange or Hi-Viz yellow, do you have a preference? A couple of deck hands both told me yellow is the way to go, though when I was in the Marine Corps the only color I saw was orange.

Semper Fi,

SgtChunk

Somewhere in this thread is a link to some tests that were performed in this regard. The yellow SMB is much more visible at a distance than the orange. I know Halcyon now has a large, closed 6-foot yellow SMB.

 

[D_B]

Somewhere in this thread is a link to some tests that were performed in this regard. The yellow SMB is much more visible at a distance than the orange. I know Halcyon now has a large, closed 6-foot yellow SMB.

the first link below has the comments about the dayglow yellow being more visible than dayglow orange in anything but sunny clear skys

Originally Posted by D_B
EVERYONE ... you need to save this, a very good, if long, read on rescue trials conducted in the Scapa Flow ... How far can you see me? ... http://www.jeanelaine.co.uk/diveraids/intro.htm

And this .. Surface Survival Primer ... http://www.tabula-international.com/DIV/SMB3.html

And this .. Equipped to Survive ... http://www.equipped.com/signal.htm and the rest of the website is a treasure trove of info ... http://www.equipped.com/toc.htm