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Posted on 4/14/21 at 4:57 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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I think it slid off. Lot of counterweights,booms swinging,etc. Those are 185 Ton Cranes.
For those not familiar with cranes they sit on a turntable and gravity holds them down due to a counterweight system. They have hook rollers to some what secure it.
All that weight turning over pulled it loose from the turret/turntable. IMO
This is what Im thinking as well......when they pull those legs and pads for USCG and ABS inspections....the crane just stays in place on it's ringer. I doubt they remove the crane everytime they have to pull those legs.
Cootkilla and Cheeze can comment on that
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:04 pm to Chucktown_Badger
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Me too. How in the hell can that be the best way?
Because the platform is unmanned or there's no crane on it. If there's a crane 2 guys get off first and the rest ride the basket, otherwise everyone is Tarzan.
Don't watch that training video where it's flat calm. That shite doesn't happen. Find one where the crew boat can't hold position and the props are coming out the water, he's backing into the platform, and you know he's pissed because it's a pain maneuvering that boat with only 1 prop on the bow and the seas and wind have him all over the place. Excitement happens
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:06 pm to saintsfan1977
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Motion Compensated Gangway Safety Video
Check out this new technology.
I like how they just push the rope swings out of the way to film that gangway.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:36 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Check out this new technology
It's a great invention but the captain has to hold the boat steady. There's no cure for rough seas and you can't just stay on the platform because there's no living quarters on all of them. I guess you could ride it out but it might be awhile with no food or water.
At least they quit doing boat to boat transfers. Swing ropes are a cakewalk compared to that. When you have a crew boat tied to a barge or another boat in rough seas that's when it gets nuts. It's not simply just walking over the rail and your on the next boat. It can kill someone or seriously injure them if you go under or over a rail and the next boat is coming up. They are steady slamming into each other. And the longer it takes the worse it gets. But I think they banned that a few years before I quit.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:37 pm to choupiquesushi
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Night carrier landing.
and miss the wire... no fun
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:40 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Now look at the port leg sticking out of the waster... What happened to the crane? Can it slide off?
That’s the back leg
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:40 pm to tgrbaitn08
Would have 100% assumed there was some sort of gangway like that for vessel to rig traffic and vice versa. Not a fricking Bogue Chitto river rope swing
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:44 pm to saintsfan1977
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but the captain has to hold the boat steady
They have to do that anyways when they are loading or unloading cargo or transferring fuel and water
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There's no cure for rough seas and you can't just stay on the platform because there's no living quarters on all of them. I guess you could ride it out but it might be awhile with no food or water.
Crew boats dont stay at the platforms very long....they stick and move..the crew boat in the video is not a very big crew boat..a 145' at best
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When you have a crew boat tied to a barge or another boat in rough seas that's when it gets nuts.
Aluminium crew boats dont typically tied up next to steel supply vessels or steel barges in rough seas.....that never turns out well for anyone
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:47 pm to SOLA
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That’s the back leg
not its not....It's the port bow leg
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:52 pm to SOLA
Look close do you see the white lettering in front of the leg. That’s the vessel name.
Port bow.
Port bow.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:53 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Aluminium crew boats dont typically tied up next to steel supply vessels or steel barges in rough seas.....that never turns out well for anyone
Im talking about steel crew boats nearly 100 ft long like a fast boat. I've transferred from work boat /supply vessels and barges onto a crew boat a few times. But like I said I think they pretty much stopped that and for good reason because it's extremely dangerous if the seas aren't flat calm. For some reason mother nature loved to frick with us because it was seldom calm when we did any of that. I still got all my fingers and toes and never got hurt. Ive seen a few people get injured out there though. They just weren't paying attention.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:57 pm to saintsfan1977
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Im talking about steel crew boats nearly 100 ft long like a fast boat. I
There’s no such thing as a steel crewboat. That’s what I’m trying to explain to you
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:58 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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Look close do you see the white lettering in front of the leg. That’s the vessel name.
Port bow.
You can also tell by looking at the rake
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:00 pm to tgrbaitn08
Tgrbaitn. Why do you think the pad is not fully retracted into its nest?
I think the hammering of the crane moved it.
Or did the Captain lower it for ballast? Do they do that?
i can’t see him even attempting to jack up in the sea conditions at the time.
I think the hammering of the crane moved it.
Or did the Captain lower it for ballast? Do they do that?
i can’t see him even attempting to jack up in the sea conditions at the time.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:04 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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I think the hammering of the crane moved it.
This is what I’m thinking. I’d imagine the hydraulic system and hoses all failed and busted and with the crane sliding surely moved the legs
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:05 pm to tgrbaitn08
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There’s no such thing as a steel crewboat.
The last time I saw a steel crew boat was in the 60’s at Caillou Island for Texaco.
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Im talking about steel crew boats nearly 100 ft long like a fast boat. I
What is he talking about?
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:09 pm to Bigfishchoupique
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The last time I saw a steel crew boat was in the 60’s at Caillou Island for Texaco.
and I promise you that boat wasn’t making 20-24 knots. Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:10 pm to Bigfishchoupique
Man I just saw a report on Wwl with one of the families and my heart breaks for them. They are absolutely devastated
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