David Fleetham / "Stella Maris Explorer" at anchor off Quiminatin Island, part of the Cuyo Archipelago just north of the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.

David Fleetham / "Stella Maris Explorer" at anchor off Quiminatin Island, part of the Cuyo Archipelago just north of the Sulu Sea in the Philippines.

David Fleetham / Dive vessel "Solmar V" off Guadalupe Island, Mexico, Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Philip Stephen / Buzzard offshore production field, North Sea, February 2012. All non-editorial uses must be cleared individually.

Benoit Stichelbaut / ITA 85 demasted at America's Cup (Louis Vuitton Act 13), Valencia, Spain. May 2007.

Benoit Stichelbaut / Support RIB at the Figaro solo Transatlantic Race BPE Trophy race, April 2005

Philip Stephen / The Statfjord Bravo production platform at dusk shrouded in mist with the dive support vessel Skandi Carla undertaking subsea operations in front, North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / A dive support vessel alongside the Ninian Southern production platform, North Sea, September 2006

Philip Stephen / A crew helicopter lands on the helideck of the dive support vessel C.S.O Wellservicer, North Sea, September 2007

Philip Stephen / A helicopter taking off from the deck of the dive support vessel Seaway Osprey in the North Sea, January 2006

Rick Tomlinson / 90ft catamaran "Alinghi 5", followed by a support RIB, in training prior to the first race of the 33rd America's Cup, Valencia, Spain. February 2010. ^^^A Deed of Gift race between defender Ernesto Be...

Philip Stephen / Offloading containers at the Beryl alpha platform, North Sea, October 2009.

Philip Stephen / Dive support vessel "Normand Pioneer" undertaking subsea operations on the North Sea, September 2009.

Philip Stephen / Dive support vessel "Normand Pioneer" on the North Sea, September 2009.

Philip Stephen / A helicopter lands on the deck of the dive support vessel Seaway Osprey in the North Sea, January 2006

Philip Stephen / The dive support vessel C.S.O Wellservicer moves into position alongside the Statfjord Bravo production platform to start subsea operations, North Sea, September 2007

Warwick Sloss / Johnson Sea Link exploration submarine employed by NOAA Ocean Explorer, being loaded back on to its support vessel after a dive

Onne van der Wal / Detail of the cocktail table support on board a Morris 42, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.