Boat Diving
The oceans are full of dive sites, but many of them - including the best ones - are only accessible from a boat. If you want to discover these amazing dive sites, learn to dive from a boat with SSI. This is the best way to explore diving from different types of boats in a safe and secure way. As a diver skilled in diving from a boat, you'll be able to visit remote dive sites that attract schools of pelagic fish and marine megafauna not found offshore. You'll experience the delights of week-long dive cruises around the world, fill your days with diving away from the crowds and see the most beautiful sunsets at sea. Covering online theory and open water training sessions, the SSI Boat Diving specialization is the best way to learn. This course will teach you all the skills and techniques you need to dive safely and comfortably from different types of boats. Diving from a small boat Small boat (such as a dinghy) - a small vessel that allows you to get to the dive site quickly. Often the boat is manned by divers. Note !!!Small boat is a very broad concept, in diving pontoons are used that can accommodate at least a few divers, a pontoon with a length of 3.80m is perfect for a group of 4 people, when we think about a group of 6 people it is worth having a pontoon with a length of 4.20m or more. Used solutions: pontoons with a rigid folding bottom - mainly aluminum, but in cheaper solutions the bottom can be made of wooden plywood RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) - a great solution, but this type of pontoon is not removable, requiring a suitable cart for transport. RIB has a rigid bottom part made of laminate, profiled in the shape of the letter V, so it is stable even at high speeds, and the speeds it can reach up to 100km.The pontoon, in order to float, must be equipped with an engine - nowadays two or four cylinder four-stroke engines are used.We can distinguish the following elements on the boat: Diving from a large boat; The sides are two - left and right (this is due to looking from the deck towards the bow of the craft). The sides also have their historical names, the starboard side is starboard, the port side is starboard. These names date back to the time when the rudder blade was not yet known, and a rudder oar was used instead of a hinged rudder. The helmsman operating such an oar always stood with his back (back) to the port side, and his oar came down to the water from the starboard side. Only the port side was approached to the shore. The ship on the starboard side carried a green light, on the starboard side - a red light. Mess - a large room located in the middle part of the boat, used as a dining room, a place for common meetings and briefings before diving. The mess hall is located on the main deck, below it are the passenger cabins, the exit of which leads just to the mess hall. Kingston - in nautical terminology, a deck toilet on a sailing ship, yacht, with a drain to the outside. Galley - a deck kitchen. Depending on the size of the vessel, it is either a separate room or a separate section of another room. In the second case, the galley is usually located near the companionway, which allows for better ventilation. Kubryk - a common, multi-person crew living quarters formerly used on ships and vessels. The cubicle was usually in the forward section of the ship as opposed to the officers' quarters in the aft section. Today a cubicle is called on school ships the common living quarters of pupils or students who are doing their maritime training. Midship - the middle part of the hull of a vessel. The region around the middle of the hull's length. galley - the deck kitchen. Depending on the size of the vessel, it is either a separate room or a separate section of another room. In the second case, the galley is usually located near the companionway, which allows better ventilation. Railing - a slat running along the edge of the yacht's deck and extending a few centimeters above the deck. It makes it easier for the crew to work on deck, by being able to support or stop a foot slipping on this slat on a smooth deck when heeling deeply. It also keeps small objects from falling overboard. This slat can also have holes to which the weakest working lines can be tied. Note the possibility of diving in Egypt , Croatia and we are planning to Mauritius. Get your SSI Boat Diving specialty certification. Get started today.
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