| Lia
A. Burris ET1 (SW) retired
describes
photo below: "I like this
picture because it has the emergency breakaway rules on a big sign.
They verbally repeat these rules at the beginning of each unrep so the
ships do not dump the hoses while pumping is going on. It takes 3 hours
to untangle the hoses so that pumping can begin again." She
remembers a
Break Away Song "Oh Yeah" being used.
While Lia was
on
board they only broke away 2 times. Break Away signs are located
near the bridge. The only change from the old rules are that the oiler
will retrieve her hoses and then on her signal, release the span wire
(because the new rigs are all Hydraulically tensioned). They have
special quick release couplings. The Hoses are bigger, heavier, pump
faster and need to be pulled back before the span wire is released or
they may drop in the water and wrap around the screws and cause a
serious collision.
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