Boarding pole protection

A marine surface vessel arranged to carry a boarding pole for maritime boarding actions, the marine surface vessel comprises an attachment device at a deck of the marine surface vessel, the attachment device being adapted to be connected to a flexible joint provided at a first end of the boarding pole, wherein the marine surface vessel comprises a holding device presenting, or being arranged to present, a holding cavity, the holding cavity being arranged to receive a boarding engagement device at a second end of the boarding pole, which second end is opposite to the first end,

• wherein the marine surface vessel comprises a plurality of attachment devices at the deck of the marine surface vessel, each of the attachment devices being adapted to be connected to the flexible joint provided at the first end of the boarding pole, whereby the boarding pole may be erected selectively at one of a plurality of locations on the marine surface vessel;
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• wherein the marine surface vessel comprises a plurality of air supply connections for the boarding pole, each air supply connection being provided in relation to a respective of the attachment devices, so that the boarding pole may be connected to the respective air supply connection, while the boarding pole is connected to the respective attachment device.

A marine surface vessel arranged to carry a boarding pole for maritime boarding actions, the marine surface vessel comprises an attachment device at a deck of the marine surface vessel, the attachment device being adapted to be connected to a flexible joint provided at a first end of the boarding pole, wherein the marine surface vessel comprises a holding device presenting, or being arranged to present, a holding cavity, the holding cavity being arranged to receive a boarding engagement device at a second end of the boarding pole, which second end is opposite to the first end;

• wherein the attachment device is mounted to the deck so as to be movable, and fixable at any of a plurality of locations distributed in two dimensions along at least a portion of the deck;
• wherein the attachment device is mounted on a first rail, and arranged to be moved along the first rail, and fixed to the first rail at any of a plurality of locations along the first rail, wherein the first rail is mounted on one or more second rails, oriented at a non-zero angle to the first rail, wherein the first rail is arranged to be moved along the one or more second rails, and fixed to the one or more second rails at any of a respective plurality of locations along the one or more second rails.