re: Did these guys post thier story

haha, ok, i'm done now, this is just getting ridiculous

quote:

---

We usually just troll around them

---

Exactly, thats really the only way to do it

CAN NOT TIE UP






CAN TIE UP




for the visual learners

They are not suing.

Would not even want to tie up!! ^^^

Anywhere you even could tie off to on a floater is pretty damn close to big arse thrusters right?

quote:

---

I have never tied up to a floater, I think they are a little more strict.

---

i don't know whether these dudes are telling the truth, so i'm not commenting on that.

floaters are strict, but dynamically positioned rigs like the Horizon are much more strict about this for fear of fishing line compromising one of the rig's thrusters. there have been a number of instances where fishing line (typically commercial grade type stuff) has wrapped itself around the shaft of a prop and been worked under the main seal that provides isolation within the thruster between the gulf and the hull, causing the seal to be breached and knocking the thruster out of commission.

being actually beneath a floater is really not okay. in the event of an emergency disconnect (like what they tried to do when the blowout started) there is a lot of activity in the moonpool and high potential for explosive releases of pressure, high energy impacts of big iron, and a high potential for dropped objects.

there was also a DP workboat attached to the rig -- not tied up, but connected via hose -- taking on mud that was being displaced from the riser. i have seen a number of instances where captains from both DP workboats and rigs have instructed fishermen to clear the area when this was going. the workboat's failsafe plan, should his DP system fail and he's unable to hold station during this operation (or if a sudden squall is upon him) is to gun his engines and pull away from the rig. it's just a good idea not to be hanging around.

I would just like to add that I have probably caught 100 yellowfin directly under the flare(about 100ft away from the legs?) on floaters and the only time anyone had said shite to us on the radio was if they were about to put a diver in the water.

Drillships are total dicks about getting close, though.

quote:

---

I would just like to add that I have probably caught 100 yellowfin directly under the flare(about 100ft away from the legs?) on floaters and the only time anyone had said shite to us on the radio was if they were about to put a diver in the water

---

just one point -- if you were fishing under something that was floating w/ a lit flare, then it likely was a producing spar or TLP, which may have had a platform rig on it -- like thunderhorse, mad dog, or genesis. these are moored facilities, so it would be a different kettle of fish than what the guys near the horizon were claiming. a lit flare from a floating drilling rig would entail being there during well test operations (temporary flow periods) which are pretty abnormal, high alert type operations, and someone likely would have raised you on the radio.

quote:

---

Anyway, TigerFred how do you know that he removed content from his thread on the other forum about being tied to the rig?

---

yes I seen it before it was posted here.

Also a cited a quote from your original post that has since been removed from the original post on the other forum.

I have no doubt the guys were out there and that they meant no harm in there story. however I do believe the story was embellished quite a bit and they never thought that it would have gotten so much publicity.

If they were as close as they originally claimed, their boat could have caused a spark that was the initial cause of the explosion. I am not saying that it was I am just saying that it is a possibility. Also when the story first broke out that it was terrorist that blew up the rig, many officials would have wanted to talk to those guys.

quote:

---

Also a cited a quote from your original post that has since been removed from the original post on the other forum.

---

that is interesting bc I don't remember editing anything that I quoted from the other forum. Do you have any idea what quote was removed? Just curious.