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Woosies the lot of you,
Its got to be a Rhib, salt water in the face, compressed spine, fitted toilet, loads of space, fumes, no sarnies, skinned knuckles on the winch. Thats what you call diving.
Getting in is easy, just work out at the gym for 2 hours a day all winter and hey presto, easy recovery.
The extra joys of reversing the thing down the stupid narrow slip at Dover is also a big bonus. Lots of people standing around to give good advice on how to do it right, (do DIR cover rhib launch and recovery?).
Even better getting the thing up the green slim covered slip at LW in a front wheel drive Mondeo, LOL. But hey i get to dive for free cos i tow it.
Don't forget the fun of washing it down at the boat shed while re-filling the bottles. Divers = Kids when the hose pipe comes out - every time.
Safe Diving
Paul
BSAC Diver Cox'n (and thats a harder exam than any of the diving ones i've done).