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re: UPDATE 265 Class Liftboat capsizes . New survivor story. Page 77
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:15 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:15 pm to tgrbaitn08
Prayers for all. I'm truly hopeful for lives to be saved.
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Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:19 pm to Federal Tiger
'sup Fed.
When it's your time, it's your time. In hindsight, these guys should have ridden it out in Fourchon.
When it's your time, it's your time. In hindsight, these guys should have ridden it out in Fourchon.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
How many are still missing?
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:34 pm to man in the stadium
Platform wave height measurments are usually determined by the 'air gap' or distance between the water surface and the instrument on the platform.
The maximum air gap is the trough of the wave and the minimum air gap is the crest. The difference of those two is the wave height.
For example, if the instrument was located 100 feet above the surface of calm water and the maximum air gap was 110 feet (water level of 10 feet below calm level) and the minimum air gap was 90 feet (water level 10 feet above calm level), then the wave height would be 110 - 90 or 20 feet.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:36 pm to Ol boy
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That has to be a miserable ride strapped in with all the hatches battend down bouncing around.
Considering the alternative, I doubt anyone in there is complaining
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:43 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
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I never thought one would see 90' plus waves in the GOM. Then I went to survey damage on Shell's Mars platform. The lowest deck was severely damaged. Huge 30 - 36" beams were flexed UPWARDS. Nothing but a lot of water caused that. Not only did it get that high, it got that high with enough force to bend Large structural beams and girders.
What was that damage from?
Hurricane Ivan had a measured rogue wave of 90'. Estimated wave height in the eye wall was 130'. Ivan wrecked shite all over the Gulf, which I'm sure you know.
Posted on 4/13/21 at 11:59 pm to Bigfishchoupique
I used to work offshore and I've been on numerous lift boats. That's dangerous shite and from the pic no way the whole crew makes it out. The living quarters are under water in that picture. That's terrible.
I've been in some bad shite in the GOM. I remember being on a barge when they evacuated the GOM and here we are floating around trying to get to shallow water. We never made. I told the barge super to drop anchors because either that or we going to hit a platform. I was watching the map on my screen to see when it was safe to drop anchors with pipe lines out of the way. That was rough.
I've been on lift boats in 15 to 20 ft seas in 100 ft of water. Scary shite. It's only 3 legs and its about 1ft every 5 seconds of jacking them down. It's hydraulic motors powering them. Slow as shite.
When they tow them overseas they take the legs off because it would never make it otherwise.
I never liked working on those things and I've been on damn near every one of them in the GOM. That looks like a brand new one. I've been on mostly small ones but I've been on a couple big ones like this one.
Prayers for the families because that's not good at all.
I've been in some bad shite in the GOM. I remember being on a barge when they evacuated the GOM and here we are floating around trying to get to shallow water. We never made. I told the barge super to drop anchors because either that or we going to hit a platform. I was watching the map on my screen to see when it was safe to drop anchors with pipe lines out of the way. That was rough.
I've been on lift boats in 15 to 20 ft seas in 100 ft of water. Scary shite. It's only 3 legs and its about 1ft every 5 seconds of jacking them down. It's hydraulic motors powering them. Slow as shite.
When they tow them overseas they take the legs off because it would never make it otherwise.
I never liked working on those things and I've been on damn near every one of them in the GOM. That looks like a brand new one. I've been on mostly small ones but I've been on a couple big ones like this one.
Prayers for the families because that's not good at all.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:32 am to LegendInMyMind
I’m out in Walker Ridge right now and we got 35-40 knot sustained winds right now. I was sleeping thru all the bad shite yesterday afternoon
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:38 am to Bigfishchoupique
My dad was supposed to be going off on to his platform tomorrow morning I think. I know it’s not his because he doesn’t work for Seacor and wouldn’t be taking a lift boat but the title of this still scared the shite out of me.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 12:39 am
Posted on 4/14/21 at 12:50 am to Pedro
From what I saw on FB the captain on the boat was Dave Ledet.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 1:03 am to GEAUXmedic
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Posted on 4/14/21 at 1:06 am to GEAUXmedic
That’s nothing short of a miracle if everyone survived that
Posted on 4/14/21 at 1:07 am to Pedro
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Posted on 4/14/21 at 1:13 am to Pedro
I mean you never want to have to abandon ship, but if you do, that’s probably the best place to do it. The approaches to belle pass are always full of traffic. Plenty of highly maneuverable vessels that can quickly respond. It’s not like it’s a bunch of huge ships that can’t really provide a lot of assistance
Posted on 4/14/21 at 4:22 am to saintsfan1977
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That looks like a brand new one.
I thought so too. It was built in 2002 according to Seacor’s Site.
I’ve seen those boats standing by in Lafitte. I recognize from the pictures the cranes wrapped around the legs.
From the pictures of the wreck it appears the cranes have slid down the legs. That boat must have got tossed around pretty good when it flipped.
What a mess.
I saw a couple of post ahead that all were rescued. Can anyone confirm?
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 4:48 am
Posted on 4/14/21 at 4:22 am to Captain Crackysack
I'm in Green Canyon and we had them hit 50 knots with gusts even stronger
Posted on 4/14/21 at 4:32 am to adavis
Pardon my stupidity, but the video and still pictures seem to show the vessel is resting on its side (as opposed to "floating"), but that may just be my eyes playing tricks on me.
Posted on 4/14/21 at 5:40 am to udtiger
WWL still saying 13 remain missing as of Wednesday morning. Really hope that isn’t the case
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:05 am to Chucktown_Badger
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Pardon my stupidity, but the video and still pictures seem to show the vessel is resting on its side (as opposed to "floating"), but that may just be my eyes playing tricks on me.
It probably is. The legs on a liftboat that size are long enough to work in water up to 200 feet.
I’ve been on one before where we took the long way around the Intracoastal, just to avoid wind in Vermilion Bay.
This post was edited on 4/14/21 at 6:09 am
Posted on 4/14/21 at 6:10 am to LSUAngelHere1
Damn thats some snotty shite. Those FRC's are some badass boats.
Hopefully today's reports are delayed and they found the crew. I dont think anybody was expecting weather nearly this nasty today
Hopefully today's reports are delayed and they found the crew. I dont think anybody was expecting weather nearly this nasty today
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