Jafo123:
I'm new to all this and haven't yet recived my OW certification. That will be in a couple of weeks if everything goes well. I was woundering if I go snorkeling in some in land lakes do I need to tow my diver flag marker? It would only make sense to do so in areas where there could be boat trafic right?
Jafo
There is a reference to staying 50 feet
from a divers flag on page 10 of this pub:
http://publications.iowa.gov/archive/00000133/01/boatreg.pdf
It also refers to "Chapter 17A" as being the authority
for the regulation.
In other places, I have found references to flags being used in accordance with:
571-41.10(462A), which I found at:
http://web.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/2003/iac/571iac/57141/57141.pdf
Page 3 contained:
571-41.10(462A) The diver's flag.
41.10(1) A red flag with a white diagonal running from the upper left hand corner to the lower right hand corner (from mast head to lower outside corner) and known as the "diver's flag" shall, when displayed on the water, indicate the presence of a diver in the water in the immediate area.
41.10(2) Recognition of this flag by regulation will not be construed as conferring any rights or privileges on its users, and its presence in a water area will not be construed in itself as restricting the use of the water area so marked.
41.10(3) Operators of vessels will, however, exercise precaution commensurate with conditions indicated.
41.10(4) This flag shall be displayed only when diver activities are in progress, and its display in a water area when no diver activities are in progress in that area will constitute a violation of this rule and of Iowa Code chapter 462A.
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