Interesting thought - Liferafts....

[Scubadoo]

A little while ago I watched Ray Mear's survival at sea in a liferaft.

One thing that struck me was the actual colours of liferafts are now questionable.

In tropical waters the black base of the liferaft is ideal to attract sharks etc, similar to surfers being attacked by mistaken identity. Secondly if the rafted overturned, Orange is known to attract Great White sharks.

Also the Orange roof top is now considered in the Diving world not to be the best colour for search and rescue, Yellow has proven to be better.

So why do they still make them black and orange.

RM.

 

[chippie]

I dont know why the choose those colours but in sunny conditions a black buoy is more easily seen than other colours. Maybe they know the things overturn, hence the black undersides. ;-]

 

[petem]

I do know where they\'re made.....

last year I spent a few weeks working in Bombay. In the building next to our office was a kind of sweat shop with women sitting around glueing big liferafts together. all rather manual, not like you'd expect.

 

[Medskipper]

Well OK but has anyone thought of the poor old sharks! I mean they have to eat as well!!!