Socorro -Nautilus Belle Amie

[PK1]

Question for anyone who has done a trip
On the Nautilus Belle Amie. What is the procedure for getting back on the tenders after a dive? Are their ladders or do you have to lever yourself over the side? If ladder question is yes do you climb up with gear on or do you take off and hand up BCD? I’ll be diving with steel 100 tanks plus 10lbs of weight so BCD will be rather heavy and at age 69 it’s not so easy for me to climb onto tenders anymore. Just want to know what to expect

 

[Still Kicking]

Remove weight and BCD (crew hauls them in), remove fins, climb ladder.

 

[PK1]

Remove weight and BCD (crew hauls them in), remove fins, climb ladder.

Thank you for the helpful info. Are ladders rope or metal?

 

[Dan]

Metal.

For more info about Socorro on Belle Amie, I posted my trip report, here:

Trip Report - Socorro Jan 2021 Diving Trip Report

Summary This is a nine-day (7-15 January, 2021) liveaboard trip to Revillagigedo Archipelago, or it’s a better known as Socorro, with Nautilus Belle Amie. The itinerary, as shown in Table 1, includes 5 days of diving, 4 dives / day, except 2 days during Navy check-in while in Socorro island and...

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