A method for recovering an injuerd diver

[Chris aka divingchef]

Hi all
Saw this the other day and thought what a good idea and why hadnt it occured to me !
Basicly it is an extension to the rope method of recovering an injured diver into the boat.
The rope is threaded through a length of orange plastic fencing that council workers are so fond of.
As with the rope system you need two resuers in the boat to stand on the ends of the rope, the netting is then un furled over the side so that the divers buddy can place the netting under the injuerd diver and pass the losse end to the rescuers.
The whole thing is very effective and costs next to nothing to put together, it could be improved by fixing two small weights to the loose end.

I've since been told that you can buy somthing similar but I've not seen it.
I've included some pics (borrowed for demonstration purpose only).

Hope you find this useful.
Chris

[Ben Panter]

Cheers Chris - would you mind putting those in the 'training photos' section in the gallery?

I think if you use just rope the technique is called 'parbuckling', but I have to confess I've never seen it done with netting. My memory of being parbuckled is one of absolute agony - this way looks far more comfortable!

cheers,

Ben

[Chris aka divingchef]

Cheers Chris - would you mind putting those in the 'training photos' section in the gallery?

I think if you use just rope the technique is called 'parbuckling', but I have to confess I've never seen it done with netting. My memory of being parbuckled is one of absolute agony - this way looks far more comfortable!

cheers,

Ben

Hi Ben

The photos are just "borrowed", I will have to get consent first.

But I am already working on a improved version using a length of plastic electrical conduit to keep the loose end from folding during depolyment.
Watch this space.
:)
Cheers

[judithbodkin]

What a good idea. Having done it the ropes and yes it's very
uncomfortable. It was on a PRM Course about 4 years ago.:)

[NickMcV]

On our club hard boat we have dedicated parbuckle straps fashioned from car seat-belt webbing. This speads the load a little and is more comfortable for the casualty. Mind you, if it were being done for real, a couple of bruises would be the least of my worries.

We have fixed metal snap-hooks at one end of the strops that can be snapped to convenient loops in the boat (on the bottle rack!) and have finished them off with a bit of velcro that allows them to be stored without unwinding and getting tangled up. They seem to work very well.

The strop system (not that I want to appear stroppy...) has the advantage of being easy to stow. A sheet of park fencing, while obviously very effective, needs a much larger stowing space.

[TerryH]

All good ideas and just a thought.

Wrapped arond some plastic conduit them stuffed into a bit of drainpipe
with end caps (smaller/longer version of the marinox) and you have a very
neat solution.

Plus add a loop/line on the top and it would make a pretty good throwing
float.

Just remember to take out the insides before you chuck it lol.

T.