This is the recovery end of CTD ops. I have in my hand, no lie, the happy hooker. I tag the CTD when it is still over the water with the hooker, throw the hooker back behind me and grab the line that is now attached to the CTD to haul it on board. On deployment, I just ease the CTD into the water with a line on it. During deployment and recovery the winch operator is controlling the CTD, I am just steadying it.