I recently picked up a small piece of netting half way between two islands in the Azores, cleared the net in a marina using the traditional mask, snorkel and much gasping. But then saw a Danish boat with the same problem but he had a small "oil free" compressor a length of pressure hose and a SCUBA mouth piece so he could work easily on the prop. Can anyone help with the specification of the equipment to do this as I fancy having this as an emergency kit option.

John Weighell

S/V Sleipnir

John,
No experience of this but I 'd feel safer with a traditional bottle of compressed air (however small) and a contents gauge rather than being reliant on a compressor chugging away on deck. I 'd bet it would be cheaper too.
Simon