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Saturday, 01 October 2005
Neptune


Length 11.4m Beam 3.92m Draft 1.15m
Built in Carrigaline, Eire by Aquastar Workboats 1996.
Powered by single 420HP Caterpillar 3126A
 six-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine.
Neptune has an extended cabin
which can seat 8 people plus skipper.
She has a working speed of around
20knots with 12 divers,,
(each with full kit and two dive cylinders).
There is a toilet and small galley in the forecastle.
From Ilfracombe Harbour
we can reach Padstow or
 Milford Haven and return the same day.
She has a transom door from which we deploy divers
and recover them via an articulated stainless steel budgie ladder.
She carries a 3.5m Zodiac inflatable with 25hp Mariner outboard
and a twelve man liferaft.
She is equipped with Koden radar and colour sounder,
 differential gps, chart plotter and vhf radio.


A diver's eye view of Neptune coming in for a pickup (June 2003)


Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 October 2005 )
 
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