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| Originally Posted by SoggyFox so if the helicopter had to pick up the casualty the boat would be leaving the divers who're still in the water decoing, is this the done thing? |
For the lift offs I've been witness to, all divers were on board before the alarm was raised, and we made headway towards the shore, and met the chopper, then headed into the wind for the lift off.
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| Originally Posted by SoggyFox how long would the boat be away from the divers and would there be anyway for the boat to mark the divers etc for other shipping to see or be aware they are there apart from the bouys on the trapeze? |
Apart from the bouys on the station, there would be no radar marker for the station. This is one of the biggest risks IMO of leaving the station. Getting one diver lifted off to the chamber and returning to find 9 divers mowed down by a freighter is not something I'd want on my concience as a skipper! Last year we had our support boat literally sitting on the station (the station bouys were between the Cat hulls) while a freighter decided that it was too much effort to make a minor course change, I think we were about 100m away from him.