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Boarding the dive boat Cdt. Fourcault style!

Look Ma, no ladder!

Here’s a little video clip showing the diver boarding procedures used in the North Sea aboard the Cdt. Fourcault.

Ascent is not up the anchor line, but on a drifting “shot line”. At the top is a large (4 ft) ball. Attached to the ball is a tag line. Once you hit parco acquatico gonfiabile the surface, you hold onto the tag line waiting to be picked up. The RIB picks up one diver at a time and bring them back to the mother ship. Attached to the back of the RIB is a foam raft (boogie board). The diver climbs aboard the raft, and the RIB heads back , diver in tow. In 8 ft seas, this is quite an experience.

Once alongside the diver rolls bouncy castle for sale off the raft, and drifts over to a cage/platform that is lifted up onto the main deck. No ladder!

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4 Responses to “Boarding the dive boat Cdt. Fourcault style!”

  1. Gaby Matthys says:
    2010/10/08 at 10:18 am

    Next run I’ll put the diver closer to the cage, Ok?

    Greetings from Belgium,
    Gaby

  2. Dave Oldham says:
    2010/11/07 at 12:23 pm

    Gaby,

    You and the Fourcault crew did a great job! I don’t know how you could have gotten us closer to the cage!!!!

    The trip was a highlight of my diving career, and I wish I could join you folks regularly. I love all the tall ship photos you post. It’s a real passion of mine. You seem to live a life the rest of us envy. Thanks for letting us enjoy it through you’re eyes!

    Dave

  3. Nike Mercurial says:
    2011/02/08 at 2:49 am

    I’ve never seen it done that way. Looks like fun.

  4. Emerson Dingle says:
    2011/02/16 at 6:36 am

    I really like and appreciate your blog article.Thanks Again. Keep writing.

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