Just some more offshore pictures

Status
Not open for further replies.

jackrat

Active Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2010
Messages
2,321
Location (City and/or State)
Hamburg,AR
400525_154036711378122_1373526254_n_zps8cadaebc.jpg


406492_154037281378065_1407321170_n_zps0e7e9bc2.jpg


400011_154037044711422_1228653903_n_zpsd94bcb73.jpg


407162_154037008044759_511086154_n1_zpsd5e0655b.jpg


398689_154037138044746_518181816_n_zpsd9372d23.jpg


377453_289237287801235_100001448997653_892040_481471106_n.jpg
 

jackrat

Active Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2010
Messages
2,321
Location (City and/or State)
Hamburg,AR
Kelly,you see a little of everything out there. Hammerheads,mako,leopard,big mantas,lots of big tuna,whales,turtles,whale sharks,you name it.I really enjoy watching all of the sealife. We send an ROV sub down at least once a day.You can tune the live feed from it on the tv.There are some crazy looking creatures at 8000 feet.
 

wellington

Well-Known Member
Moderator
10 Year Member!
Tortoise Club
Joined
Sep 6, 2011
Messages
49,660
Location (City and/or State)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
What kind of camera are you using? The pictures are so beautiful and clear. Would be cool if you see any wildlife at the surface if you could get a picture of that:D
 

CtTortoiseMom

New Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2011
Messages
4,515
Location (City and/or State)
CT
Holy cow, those are beautiful pictures! Does you rig rock in the waves? It looks so big and sturdy.


I thought of one more ques... Do you take a boat or helicopter to get to the rig?
 

jackrat

Active Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2010
Messages
2,321
Location (City and/or State)
Hamburg,AR
Wellington,I use a Sony DSCH20. I've tried to get photos of the wildlife,but unless they are out of the water,like a whale breaching or a manta jumping,they just don't show up.

CTM,thanks.Yes we do indeed rock,roll,pitch,heave and yaw,which makes operating a crane with 200 feet of boom interesting,to say the least. LOL We are free floating,dynamically positioned by eight thrusters,Two on the end of each pontoon.We fly out on helos. In the last picture of the whole rig,if you look close you will see that I took the picture while we were circling,waiting for another flight to clear the helideck.
This is the bird we fly on,Sikorski S-92.Its basically a flying school bus with seating for 19 passengers.

S-92-Take-Off-2.jpg
 

wellington

Well-Known Member
Moderator
10 Year Member!
Tortoise Club
Joined
Sep 6, 2011
Messages
49,660
Location (City and/or State)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Must be an exciting job most of the time. Scary a lot of the time. But beautiful all the time. Thanks for sharing.
 

jackrat

Active Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 3, 2010
Messages
2,321
Location (City and/or State)
Hamburg,AR
I've been at it for sixteen years and still love/hate it. You can't hate it much,only working six months out of the year.lol The fifty hours of overtime each week make up for the time you're at home,though.
 

CtTortoiseMom

New Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Jan 17, 2011
Messages
4,515
Location (City and/or State)
CT
Wow, thanks for the info. It sounds exciting and scary to do your job!! The helicopter picture is so cool!
 

N2TORTS

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 21, 2010
Messages
8,803
Very Cool .. Ratman' .... hope everything is going well! ... I figured you were out to sea ....Havn't seen ya in awhile ~ Keep Safe!

JD~
 

N2TORTS

Well-Known Member
5 Year Member
Joined
Feb 21, 2010
Messages
8,803
jackrat said:
Thanks,JD.It's good to be back for a while.

You need to take a trip out to So Cali ...... I know of a cool place for you to stay ! ....;)
Glad to see ya back ...and once again ...AWESOME PICS!


JD~
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top