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FIGURE 9.23
Ship’s moonpool ROV launch.
FIGURE 9.24
Telescoping LARS.
Ship integrated systems
(Courtesy Dynacon.)
(Todd Walshr 2009 MBARI.)
For those vessels that can afford to fully integrate the ROV system there are other LARS options available. One option is the moonpool LARS. Figure 9.23 shows the MBARI marine opera- tions staff launching the ROV Doc Ricketts through the “moonpool” on the research vessel Western
