A method of recovering a marine vessel comprises the steps of fitting a marine vessel with a bow line 25 and a lifting point leader line 30, deploying a capture device 10 from a mother ship 15, capturing the marine vessel using the capture device, recovering the capture device to the mother ship together with the lines, securing the bow line to provide directional stability, connecting the leader line to a lifting device fall line (45, Fig 6), using the leader line to draw the fall line to the marine vessel, connecting the fall line to the marine vessel and using the fall line to lift the marine vessel out of the water. The capture device may comprise a net.
A system for launch and/or recovery of a vessel
2017-01-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B63B Schiffe oder sonstige Wasserfahrzeuge , SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS |
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