One of the disadvantages of the system was that to make a code of over one hundred signals it was necessary to place flags in the yards, in the shrouds, or in other places where they might not easily be seen.
Enye yezinto ezingeloncedo kwenkqubo yokuthi kuqokelelwe umthetho ongaphezulu kwikhulu lemiqondiso kwakuyimfuneko ukuba kubekwe iflegi emanxwemeni, nakwintambo ezibumba imasti okanye nakwezinye indawo apho mhlawumbi zingazukukhawuleza ukuba zibonwe.