Helicopter number 3 just turned back because the boat was rolling too much. Chopper 4 has already left and if it lands, I will not be on it when it leaves. Unlikely previous crew changes when a helicopter didn't make it, off signing crew for chopper 3 will still be on the third chopper to land. I was scheduled for chopper 4, but because of the size ( Read more... )

First off a warning, there will probably be lots of geek-speak in this post as well as some really bad puns. (Starting with the one in the subject) Now to explain the pun above, I have been playing with some statistics from the processing jobs we have been running on this trip. Though every blade (not cutting edge, except perhaps my first trip to ( Read more... )

To finalize my long stream of posts about the last trip, I should mention crew change as it was definitely an interesting bit of adventure ( Read more... )