"The riggers were the noisiest, rowdiest bunch of cahoots in the shipyard." So begins the colorful story of Ed Goodrich's experiences diving and rigging before diving regulations and treatment tables were even written. Rigger-divers earned their money the hard way: ship hull cleaning, repair and maintenance of sea chests, replacing props on huge ships, underwater welding and Oxy-Arc cutting, doing pier inspections, and getting out of dangerous situations while diving in zero visibility. The stories along with some old photos and illustrations make this book an exciting read. Ed Goodrich has an extensive commercial diving background. He was employed as a Foreman Rigger-Diver at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, a Diving Supervisor and Mixed-Gas Diver for DivCon, and an Instructor for the College of Oceaneering in the Los Angeles Harbor. (Hardcover: 104 pages) ISBN:1-930536-06-2
Author: Ed Goodrich