• Question: your job is extremely exciting but isnt it also extremely dangerous at times

    Asked by to Heather on 25 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Heather Ritchie answered on 25 Jun 2014:


      It can be. Of course any time you go to sea you are putting yourself at risk. With the equipment we use we are all trained properly in how to use it, we wear hard hats, steel toe capped boots and life jackets, we receive an initial emergency situation tour of the boat, what to do when a man overboard occurs etc. Most of us also have sea survival certificates from going to courses and some sort of sea going experience.

      On the last trip we got caught in a 60knot storm which battered the boat and damaged some of our equipment. There are some pictures on our blog showing the damage http://hadeep.wordpress.com

      But so long as you are sensible then there is nothing to be afraid of!

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