Patent ID: 8863680

Claim:
A marine craft recovery system for recovering a marine craft to a mother ship, the system comprising: a marine craft engagement apparatus for coupling to at least a portion of the marine craft; at least a first tensile member and a second tensile member, the first and second tensile members configured to extend between the marine craft engagement apparatus and the mother ship, wherein the first tensile member is configured to pull the marine craft engagement apparatus in a first direction towards a first anchor point and the second tensile member is configured to pull the marine craft engagement apparatus in a second, different, direction towards a second anchor point; a first pulling mechanism configured to pull the first tensile member towards a first anchor point on the mother ship; and a second pulling mechanism configured to pull the second tensile member towards a second anchor point on the mother ship, wherein the system is configured to transport the marine craft engagement apparatus across a body of water towards the mother ship and to pull the marine craft engagement apparatus in a third direction substantially away from the mother ship.