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re: UPDATE 265 Class Liftboat capsizes . New survivor story. Page 77
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:39 pm to Saskwatch
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:39 pm to Saskwatch
Liftboats don’t have DP. They jack the legs down to stay on station. DP is for deepwater stuff like semi subs, drill ships, and the support vessels that service deepwater
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Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:42 pm to Captain Crackysack
For those seeing DP discussed - I think the DP discussion was in regards to the Last Breath documentary that was mentioned in this thread. DP isn’t applicable to the Seacor Power discussion.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:44 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Would have taken 12 min to jack down at a rate of 5 ft per minute which is what that boat can do.
That had to be a pretty horrifying 12 minutes.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 1:57 pm to Meauxjeaux
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That had to be a pretty horrifying 12 minutes.
Sounds like they only got 1 minute into that. The legs were only extended 5 feet according to the CEO.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:05 pm to Devenbaker
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I think the DP discussion was in regards to the Last Breath documentary that was mentioned in this thread. DP isn’t applicable to the Seacor Power discussion.
Yeah makes a lot more sense after reading the quoted post. Either way it goes to show you how forceful and sudden the storm was. Full throttle DP thrusters were getting manhandled. Generally if they project weather above a certain level the pull up instead of risking detachment.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:06 pm to LSUFanHouston
Such a gut wrenching situation. Feel so bad for the families.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:06 pm to Nado Jenkins83
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6 days trapped in not warm water with little air and probably no fresh water to drink. Yea my hope is almost drained. I guess there is always a chance though
After the first 2-3 days the chances are nearly zero. They had the story of the guy that survived 3 days 100' down in a sunken ship, but the conditions were about as good as you can get. He was able to stay on top of furniture so that he was able to stay dry and the space that wasn't submerged was big enough to give him enough air for about 3 days. Had it taken a day longer he probably would have died from lack of oxygen or even carbon dioxide poisoning from his breathing.
Humans on average breathe about 350-400 cubic feet of oxygen a day. So if lets say they found a 12x12x10 pocket of air they would only have a little over 4 days worth of oxygen to breathe per person.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:09 pm to TiketheMiger
I’m wondering when we will be able to hear from the survivors
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:10 pm to MonroeTigerstripes
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I’m wondering when we will be able to hear from the survivors
After the settlement
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:22 pm to LSUFanHouston
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That had to be a pretty horrifying 12 minutes.
Sounds like they only got 1 minute into that. The legs were only extended 5 feet according to the CEO.
I read that completely wrong.
Derp.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
quote:settlement will almost certainly include an NDA
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I’m wondering when we will be able to hear from the survivors
After the settlement
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:27 pm to TiketheMiger
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After the first 2-3 days the chances are nearly zero.
Yeah, 4 days under ideal circumstances is about the best one can expect. Assuming the water was above hypothermia thresholds (which isn't guaranteed), saltwater dehydration, breathable air (depleting O2, increasing CO2). I was holding out for a miracle, but last Thursday I figured the 6 rescued were going to be the 6 rescued.
God bless the families and survivors.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:50 pm to Ace Midnight
According to Spencer Gremillion whose been posting in fb, CG had three vessels flip during this process but they were able to recover their people.
Jus thought I’d share.
And whomever Joshua Segura is, he knew some of these guys and is saying that Seacor is not blaming captain David. I think that bothers me most — I was/am still afraid they’ll blame a man who has no opportunity to defend himself. Said he had started trying to jack the boat up.
Just sharing what I’m reading.
Jus thought I’d share.
And whomever Joshua Segura is, he knew some of these guys and is saying that Seacor is not blaming captain David. I think that bothers me most — I was/am still afraid they’ll blame a man who has no opportunity to defend himself. Said he had started trying to jack the boat up.
Just sharing what I’m reading.
This post was edited on 4/19/21 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:50 pm to LSUFanHouston
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CEO saying the captain jacked down 5 feet... which he thinks mean the captain was trying to jack down at the time of the incident.
Which would mean the captain had already tapped the legs of the liftboat down & gotten the hull out of the water. High waves would have been beating the hull from underneath causing the liftboat to lean over if the captain was indeed jacking back down. The question becomes then why did the captain decide to jack back down after making the original decision to jack up to get the boat out of the rough seas?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:55 pm to BigBrod81
And other than the survivors who may or may not know, how will they determine that?
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:57 pm to BigBrod81
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Which would mean the captain had already tapped the legs of the liftboat down & gotten the hull out of the water. High waves would have been beating the hull from underneath causing the liftboat to lean over if the captain was indeed jacking back down. The question becomes then why did the captain decide to jack back down after making the original decision to jack up to get the boat out of the rough seas?
I’m pretty sure the captain never got the legs past 5’ down. Which means he didn’t soft tag the bottom. He didn’t have the chance.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 2:58 pm to BigBrod81
Nah man that means the legs only went down 5 feet from their original position.
In other words, he was nowhere near hitting the sea floor at that time.
In other words, he was nowhere near hitting the sea floor at that time.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 3:04 pm to MulletHead
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I’m pretty sure the captain never got the legs past 5’ down.
Ok, I misinterpreted what was said. The captain was attempting to jack down but only was able to get two of the legs down 5 ft before tipping over. Gotcha.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 3:26 pm to tiger91
I’m pretty sure. The divers were able to get to the forward gear locker, which was the last possible water tight compartment, they didn’t breach the door, but made no contact with anyone inside.
This was second hand info, but Sunday night they had gone through most of the vessel. With the press conference at 1300 I’m assuming they have located the remaining men and are just unable to recover them yet.
This was second hand info, but Sunday night they had gone through most of the vessel. With the press conference at 1300 I’m assuming they have located the remaining men and are just unable to recover them yet.
Posted on 4/19/21 at 3:31 pm to BigBrod81
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Which would mean the captain had already tapped the legs of the liftboat down & gotten the hull out of the water. High waves would have been beating the hull from underneath causing the liftboat to lean over if the captain was indeed jacking back down. The question becomes then why did the captain decide to jack back down after making the original decision to jack up to get the boat out of the rough seas?
I apologize if I'm using the wrong terms.
My understanding was that the captain had to get the legs to go down 60 feet, and he only got them 5 feet down (toward the seafloor).
Jacking the legs down, not jacking the boat up. Again, that may not be the proper terms, was trying to understand what the CEO was saying.
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