I tried helping out once, the crew were at lunch and the wanted to pullout 2 mtr, i went to pull out the slips and drop them back in once Norman Ferguson the driller had pulled the string. I wont do that again man they are frigging heavy. I called Norman "Vinegar Tits" on account of the prison warder on prisoner cell block H being called Ferguson. The best man you could ever hope to meet (from Newcastle, UK) The other Driller on days was Dave (someone). was a fantastic crew apart from on french guy and the Italian Salvage Master Mario (Vagan ?). There were a couple of guys who had worked on the first Titanic discovery expedition, Fred Biggoet and Dave Belford, both had worked for Infermer the french government diving company who operated the manned submersibles. Dave was a pilot fred was a rescue diver and technician. A few years later i met Bob Ballard (the infamous discoverer of the Titanic ) and Dick Barton the now salvor/owner of the wreck who was also one of the original submersible pilots. The oil and maritime salvage business is a very small world.