Well, the way around that one is to get your own boat. When you own it, you decide what the rules are. That's always been how it works on boats.
There are some locations where City Council members decide that anyone diving in their town needs to wear a snorkel ... or dive with a buddy ... or whatever rules make sense to them. And those folks often aren't even divers (they're listening to some insurance salesman or some such).
We've got a local shop owner who once told me that it's a FEDERAL LAW that you have to have one of those silly banner stickers on your nitrox tank ... and that the ones I have that say GEEZER GAS don't count.
The usual recourse is to take your business elsewhere.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Very true, but I am still trying to figure out how to get a 20' whaler in my carry on luggage for my trip to Fiji? Any suggestions?
"Geezer Gas" that's a good one. I was looking at the "This is not YOUR tank" and "VooDoo Gas" tank stickers from Airspeedpress.