I live in Upstate N.Y., Here they will fine you $50.00 and a $25.00 SURGHARGE. You may have heard we're the Tax state. I was also curious what others may have done to their floats To make them multi purpose. Let me explain, I have a float with a 7.60x16 innertube for it's core. I wrapped a red/white/and black float cover made of ballistic nylon around it. The kind that zipped across the middle on top , basic dive cover. I mounted a plastic milk crate in the center of the tube and inflated it so the tube engulfs the crate tightly. The cover is streched tightly around the tube and crate body. The crate handles are exposed so I can carry it easily. I tied the latch of the cover where the float line hooks, to the bottom of the crate and replaced it with a larger brass ring so it wouldn't pull off as easily. I took a 16" piece of 1/2 " copper tubing with a soldered cap on one end and tied it in one corner of the crate to insert the shaft of the dive flag in. I drilled a hole in the shaft where the flag bottom is and mounted a ring through the flag and shaft where I hook a bungee to through the ring and secure it to the crate. Then I took a Trident strobe and secured that to the top of the shaft where the flag ends. It protrudes about 3" above the flag and gives me 360 deg. visual coverage on cloudy days or night dives. I mounted two lines with hooks that hang down 3 ' ea on opposing sides of the float body for hanging gear on. I use a yellow nylon 1/4" line, 400' long wrapped around an orange electrical cord hanger with a large caribeaner, (The type you have to pull the body cover down to open and or close it) hooked through it's body so I can snap it to my harness. I'm always looking for ideas, talk to me.........
