I boarded the piper alpha during a bad storm in the winter of 78. too rough for the choppers. We went out by crew boat. Crane operator lowered down a boarding basket from the clouds 1000 feet up.
the Brits and Scots jumped on cool is ice. I was looking for the nearest exit. Tough, tough men. Tough, tough conditions
I'm an ex North Sea Tiger now living in Perth Australia. Watching this gives me the creeps and sends shivers down my spine! Just remembering the chopper out from Aberdeen, rough as sheeps guts! It's totally different down here mind you. The chopper doesn't just drop 100 ft and make you S&%T yourself on the flight out or home! No massive swells and barely any movement, even on a semi or a drill ship. No way would I return home to Aberdeen to work out there now. Not for all the money in the world!
I have been offshore a few times doing welding work on lift-barges and jacket platforms, but where I have been I didn't experience extreme swaying of the structure. It is amazing to me how much those platforms were moving with the waves. Great vid!
I have been offshore a few times doing welding work on lift-barges and jacket platforms, but where I have been did I experience extreme swaying of the structure. It is amazing to me how much those platforms were moving with the waves. Great vid!
What people will do for oil. Looking at this I now know it will be very hard for my people of Ijaw lands, Niger Delta to be free from multi-nationals(Shell, Chevron, BP) and the government set up by this companies and their owners. Simple truth to believe you do not have to rebel agaist the truth. There is no 1 country that have 100% democracy. What have human right, UN, NATO done right since they form them(business for the rich)?
Thats nothing, you should see the waves in the Persian Gulf, they get about..................1ft high! Fuck being in the North Sea do the rigs ever tip?
I boarded the piper alpha during a bad storm in the winter of 78. too rough for the choppers. We went out by crew boat. Crane operator lowered down a boarding basket from the clouds 1000 feet up.
the Brits and Scots jumped on cool is ice. I was looking for the nearest exit. Tough, tough men. Tough, tough conditions
phaedrus19521 2 months ago
I'm an ex North Sea Tiger now living in Perth Australia. Watching this gives me the creeps and sends shivers down my spine! Just remembering the chopper out from Aberdeen, rough as sheeps guts! It's totally different down here mind you. The chopper doesn't just drop 100 ft and make you S&%T yourself on the flight out or home! No massive swells and barely any movement, even on a semi or a drill ship. No way would I return home to Aberdeen to work out there now. Not for all the money in the world!
Stuarty88 10 months ago
@Stuarty88 Man up lol
poolking01 7 months ago
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I have been offshore a few times doing welding work on lift-barges and jacket platforms, but where I have been I didn't experience extreme swaying of the structure. It is amazing to me how much those platforms were moving with the waves. Great vid!
MrGjcruz 10 months ago
I have been offshore a few times doing welding work on lift-barges and jacket platforms, but where I have been did I experience extreme swaying of the structure. It is amazing to me how much those platforms were moving with the waves. Great vid!
MrGjcruz 10 months ago
What people will do for oil. Looking at this I now know it will be very hard for my people of Ijaw lands, Niger Delta to be free from multi-nationals(Shell, Chevron, BP) and the government set up by this companies and their owners. Simple truth to believe you do not have to rebel agaist the truth. There is no 1 country that have 100% democracy. What have human right, UN, NATO done right since they form them(business for the rich)?
kuroyoroki 11 months ago
@kuroyoroki ,have a drink and get laid, you seem a little stressed
trucku2adams 11 months ago
nice
MrFraser1987 11 months ago
gd stuff i work offshore man No matter what the Weather u still GETTIN MONEY BOI!!!
vincevega91 1 year ago
aarrgh tht gives me the shivers!
doxvr 1 year ago
looks more like a 50ft swell to me
kingiescastel 1 year ago
What's the matter. too scared to stand near the edge? :p
ukulazy 1 year ago
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maxtabb 1 year ago
send more man, especially at that weather.
gandalfs80 1 year ago
my fucking arse would be nipping if i was on that fucking thing!!!
TheJules2011 1 year ago
This is really nice to experience. 90knots in yer face! I love it!
tyecat101 1 year ago
I would need a bottle of valium before I worked on one of those
chiptopher1986 2 years ago
at 20 seconds , damn big wave man
North sea is pretty wild , even though it isn't that deep
hollandshoop 2 years ago
u fuckin retard ...the reason the north sea is so wild is because its not very deep...
sustanonsandwich 2 years ago 2
That is true , I realize now . But why such a bitchy response?
hollandshoop 2 years ago
im sorry, im a seaman...... it may seem like a rude response but on a ship that response is considered really polite...i love you really man!!!
sustanonsandwich 2 years ago
@sustanonsandwich LoL @ "i'm a seaman"!
PumperThumper 1 year ago
@hollandshoop thats why its pretty wild because its quite shallow the waves are quite big in storms.
shadowfax371 1 year ago
Thats nothing, you should see the waves in the Persian Gulf, they get about..................1ft high! Fuck being in the North Sea do the rigs ever tip?
HoltyDUFC1 2 years ago
@HoltyDUFC1 some of the semi subs have been known to....very very very rare though
sustanonsandwich 1 year ago
isint it 4deg before u roll over
rednut18 3 years ago
We were on a semi in the same weather, check out West Phoenix at 65 deg North.
Keep Safe
subseajimmy 3 years ago
Can you feel these platforms moving in bad weather,or are they rock solid?
GunnerGraham 3 years ago
they move a bit, but not much
yyvonneP 3 years ago
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joetremarco 3 years ago
i was kickin bk on the dolphin the time this was videod..
joetremarco 3 years ago