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On Wed, 27 Oct 1999, Joel Silverstein wrote: > Art, > > As you know the ladder on the R/V Wahoo was designed to take the load. Indeed. We have seen and used that ladder, unfortunately only one day this season. It is a GREAT ladder. > Four steps up and you are at the transom where the diver turns around > and the crew strips your gear off. Very little stress at all. No > finger pinching, over reaching, etc. Yup. Works great, for a diver of at least average height. Tina is 5'0" if you stretch her some. <g> There is no way she could get the bottom end of her 85s onto the deck without help. Janet ended up hauling her up. None of the other boats we've used have anything like this. In all these other cases, it is necessary to climb the ladder all the way to the deck, or to climb over the transom, which can be very difficult with heavy doubles and awkward with stages. When doing "serious" dives off these boats, we employ the equipment line. > As to gear lines on the boat. Divers are always welcome to put lines over > the sides of the boat as long as they do not interfere with the anchor > line. Make sure you ask where the line can be put BEFORE you place it -- > this is VERY important. Very important considerations for ANY boat. > BTW -- if you leave artifacts,tanks, scooters, lobsters or scallop bags, on > my gear line they immediately transfer to my ownership, unless its real > crap. :-) Joel, for future reference, in case I need to use your line, all of my gear is real crap. 8-) > Each boat has their own procedures ... check before setting any lines > off a boat. Good advice. Thanks! -- Art Greenberg artg@ec*.ne* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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