Telling the wife to stop washing clothes and to stop using the A/C is reprehensible, especially for a meager $200 power bill.
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Furthermore, there is no such thing as "aircon head"
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Telling the wife to stop washing clothes and to stop using the A/C is reprehensible, especially for a meager $200 power bill.
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Furthermore, there is no such thing as "aircon head"
Aircon eyes
Surprised he doesn't disconnect them just before he leaves. Just in case.
There definitely is in these parts.Quote:
Originally Posted by bsnub
^ Yeah, ain't there just. Type in "aircon headaches' into Google and you get loads of hits...
Some people are extremely sensitive to a drop in the indoor humidity and can experience severe headaches from the lack of moisture in the air—especially when sleeping at night. To avoid an air conditioner causing headaches, make sure to keep well hydrated and try to avoid abrupt temperature/humidity changes.
^^^^ Snubby, you paint me in a bad light.
Firstly it's not "a meager $200 power bill", it's lots of bills, we get them every month. And I didn't tell the wife to stop using aircon and top washing clothes (I was referring to personal showers anyway). The wife complained that the leccy and water bills had gone up the moment I left the house for work and I was merely pointing out why this had happened. The family are very welcome to use the aircon, I just discourage it, that's all. And anyway, as if they'd take any notice of me. What's wrong with open windows, fans during the night and a jump in the pool in the morning to freshen up?
^^^
Ed, there's no need to disconnect the aircon units before I leave for work. Hiding the remotes is just as effective.
I would imagine.
Anyway, we stayed at Oseberg all day yesterday and after my shift I was sending a few Whatsapp messages while looking out at Oseberg C...
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... when the hangar doors started to open. This means the ROV was about to be recovered so I hung about to get some pics.
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Up from the deep... (well, about 120m water depth here).
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And latched on.
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One of the new Filipino trainees had the controls (under close supervision) and nicely done!
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And Randy excelled himself tonight... but midnight is too early for 'Taco Friday' for me and these days I walk straight past the chips. Just a bowl of chicken soup for breakfast...
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... with one of these things. They were called 'eggplant torts' and very nice too, but I don't know what was tort about them.
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They are a fantastic breakfast eggplant tortang talong i believe they are called. Was just thinking about them ,actually i was thinking about an old flame that used to cook them for me. Bibingka betty, great girl good with eggplants. A very under rated vegetable for breakfast
We all get them. It is part of daily life and if you ran off to LOS to escape them it seems you are sorely mistaken.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
A stern discouragement from the man of the house, holds sway, and it has seemed to have intimidated the ladies in your house, as when you are gone they are able to more freely use the laundry and run the air con.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
No wonder you sleep alone when you go home.
^ He doesnt sleep alone. There's him, the wife, daughter, Lola and the gardener in that bed. With just the one fan running...on the low setting:)
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Originally Posted by Reg Dingle
Surprised if his job isn't pedaling it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reg Dingle
Your just jealous , some like it hot,Quote:
Originally Posted by Reg Dingle
Next bus stop where a luminous thong with a flashing knob saying
"Room for one more on top"
Oddly a US film with a Canadian leading lady who was later Phuket Bound, or was it Bangkok Bondage , it's hard to keep up with these multinickers
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Originally Posted by Reg Dingle
And windows open. To the bugs, rats and mosquitoes.
Grub looks fanny fantastic on this tour of duty, lots of options.
Yesterday morning we had to postpone the Oseberg 500m zone work due to fog, se we headed off to the Troll field to see of we would have better luck.
Troll B off the stern of the vessel...
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By lunchtime the fog had cleared.
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Troll B is a semi-sub (floating but moored to the seabed with tethers attached to anchors) and not as famous as Troll A, a gravity based structure that sits on the seabed in over 300m of water. That's Troll A in the distance.
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And under the waves...
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Tonight we have 6 metre seas which are forecast to last until mid-week. As this is beyond our working limit we're heading towards land to carry out some nearshore route surveys in sheltered waters. The clients always have some back-up work up their sleeves for just such an occasion so that we don't go on standby. The seas are from the north and we're heading east, beam on, so it's not pleasant. The new batch of trainees that joined us last crew change have long since gone to their cabins! :)
Yeah, I really enjoyed them and put one aside for the next meal as well. So "tortang talong" explains where the "eggplant tort" name came from. I always thought torts were some kind of pie of tart?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
Yes Katie, it does take a lot of will power not to overeat as meals are about all you have to look forward to out here. I should be OK now that I go to the gym do often! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by katie23
Randy also knocked up this kind of stewed tinned mackerel dish with onions the other day. Call me traditional but I prefer my tinned fish cold and with some bread and salad, but each to their own of course.
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We don't have Nutella onboard but we do have this Norwegian copy called "Nugatti" which they claim is 'Den originale'. They seem to copy everything. I don't go for this kind stuff but I'll probably take a few tubes home for the daughter.
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The food has been excellent BC and it's been testing my will power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bonecollector
Tonight was a 'sausage party' and if there had been trays full of proper English sausages I would have been in trouble... but I don't go for these Continental frankfurter things so it was no problem and I walked on past.
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I opted for Randy's oxtail soup, one of my favourites. Sadly, just as I took the pic the boat rolled and much to the amusement of my colleagues, I ended up wearing a good portion.
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That soup does look good!
It looks like randy is doing a pretty good job. But ive got to wonder how many people does it take to run a boat of that size? What would be the percentage of filipino crew ? Foreign crew? And norwegians on board? Just curious , years ago i attempted to join the australian merchant marine but as the yearly intake was so small i had no chance. Aussie seamen that i know told me you basicly have to know someone to get in. A lot of shippingcompanies fly a flag of convenience and can hire anybody? Ive never heard any seaman mates australian or otherwise complain about the quality of the filipino seaman,
and without tomato sauceQuote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
liquid in a mug and solids in a bowlQuote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Damm it, I'm only on page 3, so much to catch up on.
Work and kids keeping me busy.
Not much to do about the sub hunt, more about the Norwegian oil fields
Sub Hunt: NATO on Patrol for Russian Subs - YouTube
Interesting nr Kirknes whicj I saw in 7os before the boom
Those floating rigs I assume could be moved once cycle ended?
Be interested in approx compliment onboard teh TRolls and you vessel, I am guessing around 40 and 24 all hands?
@mendy - the tortang talong (eggplant omelette) is a common dish for any of the 3 meals. We sometimes ate it for dinner, my dad liked cooking it. Sometimes we make it "posher" by adding minced pork/ chicken which has been sautéed with onion & garlic prior to adding the beaten eggs to the eggplant. Sometimes, the tortang talong is the one & only viand for the meal, plus rice. So preparing it with minced meat adds protein to the dish. The eggplant can either be grilled (then skins removed) or boiled. After that, the veg is opened up/ butterflied so that it becomes flat, then one pours the beaten eggs. I don't eat/ cook it that much since it can become very oily.
As for the tinned sardines or mackerel, it's common "poor people" food, since a can of sardines is cheap (and SPAM is posh bcos it's expensive.) There's usually tomato sauce so that the sauce can add flavor to rice, when they're eaten together. Sometimes, a small can (or 2) of sardines or mackerel is the only viand/ dish for the family meal. There's also the "Spanish style" sardines wherein the fish are marinated(?) in vegetable oil and the dish is a bit spicy. I seldom eat the sardines (in tomato sauce) but sometimes I have a craving for it. I prefer it cooked (with onions & garlic) than straight from the tin.
I think Randy preparing the tinned mackerel, tuna or sardines & eggplant omelette - it's for the Filipino staff/ mariners since those foods will remind them of home.
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Originally Posted by katie23
If one of our vessels goes to Australians waters to work almost all of the marine crew have to be swapped out for Aussies, I think just about everyone apart from senior officers. This happens even when a vessel has a regular core crew. The marine industry in Australia is so heavily unionised I think many contractors would rather look elsewhere for work as it's just too much hassle. Unless the money makes it worth while of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
In theory the semi subs could be moved to another field I guess but with such long design lives I don't think that happens very often. They wold need a complete refit for the new requirements of handling/processing a different grade of product etc but this isn't really my area.Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
Our vessel currently has a POB of 56. That's made up of 22 marine crew (who look after the day to day running of the vessel) and 34 project crew... Offshore Manager, ROV and survey. We have 6 trainees on just now so that brings the project crew count down to 28. We have 9 Filipino on board, 7 are marine crew and 2 ROV trainees. Apart from that, the marine crew are mainly Norwegian and the project crew are about 50% Norwegian and British with a couple of Egyptians, a Swede and a Pole thrown in.
We will go up to a maximum of around 70 POB on this vessel for jobs requiring riggers/deck foremen, CP (cathodic protection) contractors, dredging contractors, etc etc.
As for the POB on production platforms I have no idea but suspect that everything is so automated that it would be fewer than you'd think. PAG would know a lot better than me.
After escaping the bad weather offshore headed past the offshore supply base north of Bergen early yesterday on the way to the next project.
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We now have a flat calm for a cable route survey through a fjord which is way preferable to bouncing around at sea while waiting for the weather to come down at Troll where there are still 6 metre seas. This survey is for another Power From Shore (PFS) cable to electrify another offshore field.
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We had over 500 metre water depth just a stone's throw from land.
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So far we've found two uncharted wrecks on the cable route, both over 100 years old by the looks of things. This is the live feed fed through to my office during a visual of one of them.
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It's strange to think of people living just a few hundred metres from a shipwreck all these years and having no idea that it's there.
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This project will go on for another 5 to 6 days so considering we've found two wrecks in the first day it seems likely that we'll find a few more.
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Is there any legal requirement to have a qualified medic onboard?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Or do some of the senior officers need to have decent medical training and certificates as part of their job?
^ Yes, we always have a trained medic onboard. I'm sure that one or more officers will also have advanced first aid certs.
Part of the offshore survival courses everyone has to take is first aid although I wouldn't fancy getting resuscitated by some of the hairy arsed contractors out here.
invaluable insights of deep drilling which only comes from hands on experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
Thanks for a great thread and excellent quality pix.
When moored are you allowed to catch fish for fun?
Do the wrecks you chart find their way into public domain charts?Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
Must be kinda strange being the first person to gaze upon, what is in all essence, a grave of fathers, brothers and sons, that simply never came home.
And on a lighter note, I don't suppose you get to name them. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
I'm sure we could come up with a 100 or so, if you're drawing a blank.
I bet fishermen know where they are....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mendip
ah? I think you have confused me with Mendy McNemo of the deep Trollers, while i have laid some cable in my prime it was more in the pubic domain.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
As for wrecks you may not chart them but a Norwegian Wood, boom boom, it's all part of the haul of the Mounting Kings as in Grieg's first pasty in the Pier Skint symphony
Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, "In the Hall of the Mountain King" - YouTube
and err fishermen's friends?Quote:
Originally Posted by Topper
The only time we moor up is alongside for the two-weekly crew changes. When out at sea we're either in transit between work locations or when working with the ROV in the water, on DP (Dynamic Positioning). That is when we're locked on to satellite positioning using thrusters. If on long pipeline inspection or seabed mapping projects the vessels follows the ROV position. The two weekly alongside crew changes are one of the reasons I like working on this survey spread as it means no helicopters. Other vessels in places like West Africa will stay out at sea indefinitely and be supplied with provisions, bunkers and personnel carried out from shore. That means helicopter or more usually, small boat (surfer) crew changes.Quote:
Originally Posted by david44
In years gone by we could fish off the back deck. During a pipeline inspection if we saw a lot of cod along a pipeline we could go out and bounce a lure along the pipeline behind the ROV and we used to catch loads of cod. HSE has put paid to that bit of enjoyment but to be honest there's no longer any cod to catch anyway.
We pass our findings on to the client and the wrecks will no doubt end up on coastal charts in due course.Quote:
Originally Posted by malmomike77
Yeah, it is a strange feeling knowing that they have been on the seabed, unknown for 80 plus years and that there may well have been lives lost as they sank. Both of these wrecks were fairly small, wooden vessels around 15m to 20m in length and the Norwegians on board think they were probably sunk in WW2.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edmond
I don't get to name them unfortunately... they will already have a name. The information will be passed on to historians who may well be able to identify the wrecks. Apparently wrecks and missing vessels are very well catalogued in Norway and there's a lot of info online... but it's all in bladdy Norwegian.
Usually yes but these wrecks were in 400m to 500m of water and there's no bottom fishing in the fjords. They were completely undisturbed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Topper
Good morning Mendy.
Hope you have a reasonable day.
Yeah have a not too good but also not too bad day Mendy:bananaman:Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe 90
Presumably the pipelines have to avoid all these wrecks.
Yes, the routes will be diverted around wrecks. As this is a cable route only a minor deviation will be required. For large diameter, rigid pipelines an obstruction such as a wreck can mean a significant route deviation over several hundred metres. We once found a wreck later designated as a war grave and the pipeline route was diverted by several hundred metres out of respect, to leave the wreck well alone.
Given that that’s not much width in those fjords and they are scattered with wrecks I’d imagine that could be a real balls ache for the engineers. They don’t really want to be putting in loads of corner pipes do they? Or is it relatively simple?
Greeting from an old wreck, I love this thread, the cabins the little treats that make life at sea memorable, nearest I get these days in coastal inshore sailing or watching a ferry.
In fact should we need to rebrand TD
Old Wrecks may be a suitable name
We will of course welcome your own invaluable suggestions
Top piping
Troll farm
Bottom feeder
Men Dip Inn
Anna Manor
LuluLand
Harry BatteredCuties
Misskitz Fuzzfeed
ChittyHittyHappyHour
Dave's Dribble
Seeking A Slyam
Dr WiillYSTD clinic
Taxorama
or my pick
Dirty Dogouse
^ Can't be the Men Dip Inn, that name's already been taken.
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We still have another few days work in this fjord and as Willy says, it is fairly narrow.
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You can't design corner pipes into an offshore pipeline (apart from at spool pieces at platform connections), it would be impossible due to the way they are laid. The only way to avoid a wreck etc is to lay around the obstruction. Large diameter pipelines can't be laid in small diameter route curves so yes, if this was a pipeline route we were surveying it would be a headache. Maybe if the wreck wasn't historically sensitive it could be bridged by use of pre-installed gravel dumps either side if there was no other option, but I am guessing.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrWilly
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The narrowness of the fjord is obvious in this pic, with an added hazard...
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The Norwegian fjords are littered with salmon farms and not only are they devastating to the environment, the cause us a real headache as well.
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The salmon nets are anchored to the seabed by use of clump weights and chains which extend half way out into the fjord. We have to survey in each anchor chain before we can continue with the route survey to avoid ROV entanglement. Once the chain position and catenary are determined we can continue to map the seabed with the ROV flying above, or in some cases below, the chains. This is adding a lot of extra time to this survey (oh dear... :)).
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And a view back into the fjord from whence we started. This cable route started from the end of the fjord and I can only guess that there is some hydro-electric plant up there somewhere to provide the power for the future cable to supply to an offshore platform.
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How do the filipino crew take to the cold weather? Can you do these surveys all year long? Or is there a season?
I imagine they have shared cabins where they can acquire the English public school habit of the "bunk up" I think it is why many males are attracted to seaman, our Mendy of course has a single for reasons we can only imagine?Quote:
Originally Posted by BLD
@BLD - I would think that the Filipino crew have puffer jackets to protect them from the cold...
David's remark ^ reminds me of a "day in the life vid" of a Filipino seaman on YT. I watched it during lockdown. He shared the room with another person but they had different shifts. He showed some of the different places in the ship - engine room, dining area, entertainment area (TV room with karaoke function). They also had a "jamming" session since one of his mates could play the guitsr. He also cut the hair of one of his mates (used a shaver). Then at the end of the day, he was on his bunk bed and he grabbed a bottle of lotion/ moisturiser. Then lights out. Lol! :D