Happy New Year!

Thank you all for making 2011 a very good year for me and my family. I wish you all a wonderfull and blessed 2012. Joining Hugin in India (3 x "in" ;-),  and the blog again around Jan 16th.

Dawn & Offsigning

Just finished the Eastern "swath", Picked up the last node and 50% of this project is over and done with. There will not be much left next time we come back. Now deploying nodes on the Western swath, closing in on the SBM and tanker. Lets see how to play that one? Helicopter inside 500 is a no no.
Hand over done, desk is clean, bag is packed, sent off the weather report to the helicopter dispatcher in Mumbai..I'm going home...

Avslutat den Oestra delen av projectet, 50% aer avklarat, inte mycket kvar att komma tillbaks till.
Nu laegger vi Noder i den Waestra delen in emot tankern foertoejd i SBM'n. Faar se hur vi skall goera daer. Vi kan inte ha helikoptrar "fallande fraan" skyn innanfoer 500 meter. Har skickat vaederleken till Helikopter terminalen i Mumbai. Min oeverlaemning e' klar, vaeskan packad och skrivbordet rent...Paa vaeg hem...

Sign off tomorrow

Had a "general repitition" today. Two choppers, 13pax on, 12pax off. tomorrow the big day 5 choppers.
Hopefully we will make it, but we must reduce the "turn around" time onboard. I am Keeping the supply boat "standing by", if no time for a 5th chopper, a few of us can take her to Mumbai. And we will be home for christmas.

Avmoenstring imorgon,
Hade general repetition idag. Tvaa helikoptrar, 13 pass paa, och 12 pass av. I morgon blir det 5 helikoptrar. Foerhoppningsvis saa skall vi hinna med det, men daa maaste vi reducera tiden paa vaart helideck, snabbare "av och paa". Har behaallt supply baaten haerute saa skulle det inte finnas tid foer en 5:e kaerra saa kan naagra av oss i alla fall ta den till Mumbai. Faar ju boka om planet, men vi kommer hem till Jul i alla fall.

 Transit across the field. driving "forward", when in DP we always face aft,(most of the time)

 I transit oever faeltet. Staar och koer foerut, I DP saa aer vi "bakaatvaenda" tittar akterut.

Lunch on the bridge..
Lunch paa bryggan..

Shady operations.

Adding a few pics from far, thus haze and dusk hugely impact the result.
Amazed by the numerous helicopterlandings in a day. Many riggs get visited during the day. 3-5 people with their little "carry on"bag works for a few hours,then comes the chopper again. Pick them up and bring them back to the bigger platform. Strange things in the making?

Ett par bilder fraan laangt haall, saa dis och skymning paaverkar givetvis resultatet.
Foervaanad oever det stora antal helicopter landningar per dag. Paa riggarna droppas 3-5 personer, som kommer med sin lilla vaeska och jobbar under naagra timmar, sedan kommer helikoptern igen och tar med dom tillbaks till den stoerre platformen daer de tillbringar natten. Mystisk verksamhet?

 Diving operations ongoing /
Dykarbeten utfoers

 Tanker and supply at the SBM /
Tanker och Supply baat vid SBM'n 

Munin Explorer "shoots" past a "spare transfer" Munin Explorer skjuter foerbi ett kran lyft.   

 Another landing /
Aennu en landning

Evenings sun set /
Kvaellens solnedgaang

Personal transfer / provisions.

3 new crew members arrived yesterday with the supply boat.
After that we provisioned well into the evening.
Today we have continued recovery of our nodes. Helicopter manifests are now complete with weights and all, sent to “shore rep” for completion with the joining crew numbers.
I think Burt is hungry, amount of smaller moths etc. is now deteriorating, he has to fly closer to the flood lights aft of the bridge night time to get something to eat, and that is not good for him.

Personal transport och proviantering.

Vi fick 3 nya besaettningsmedlemmar med supplybaaten igaar. Efter det saa provianterade vi till laangt in paa kvaellen. Idag fortsaetter vi att plocka noder. Helikopter manifesten aer nu faerdiga, med vikter och allt. Skickat till rederirepresentanten Iland som skall fylla I ankommande gubbars nuffror .

Fladder-musse aer nog hungrig. Tillgaangen paa mal och nattfjaeril aer daalig. Han maaste nu flyga naermarevaara straalkastande decksljus akter om bryggan foer att faa naagot att aeta, det aer inte bra foer den stackarn.

 Hugin FRC , bringing the 3 new comers from the supply boat onboard to Hugin.

Hugins "snabba raeddnings baat" haemtar de tre nya besaettningsmedlemmarna fraan supply baaten till Hugin

 Supply boat coming alongside.

Supply baaten naermar sig

A boat on stilts?! En baat paa styltor?!

Now and then.

Just let the Supply boat go. Properly set up with "good stock" for my reliever(Christmas approaching).
Crashing time.. It'll be a few hectic days ahead, have to make time for clearing the piles on my desk.
Below two ROV on deck pics, not only a 9 months ago and in another part of the world, but approx 25 degrees C, difference.

Just lagt av supply baaten. Lagrat upp med "gott gott" foer min avloesare infoer julen. Nu dags och knoppa. Det blir ett jobbiga sista dagar, maaste foersoeka faa undan hoegarna paa skrivbordet.
Nedan ett par ROV paa deck bilder, inte bara 9 maanaders skillnad i en helt annan del av vaerlden utan ocksa c:a 25 grader C, skillnad.

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Management review

Today management review. A few good points to bring to our shore management.
Sat a new record yesterday 91 nodes either deployed, or recovered in 24 hours.
Now we are recovering again until tomorrow afternoon when supply boat is back with 3 new crew members and more provisions.

Idag hade vi aarlig ledningsgrupps revision. Gaar igenom vaart saekerhets och kvalitetssystem, kollar vad vi vill foeraendra eller vad som aer bra, detta dokumenteras, och styrande i toppskickten iland faar ta del av detta och agera daerefter. Igaar satte vi nytt rekord totalt 91 noder antingen planterades eller plockades upp under en 24 timmars period. Nu plockar vi igen, och fortsaetter med det tills i morgon eftermiddag, daa supply baaten kommer ut med 3 besaettningsmedlemmar och matvaror.

 Birdie nam nam

 Tanker with support at the SBM  /  Tanker med support vid singel boy foertoejningen,

 Scalloway Shetland summer -11 Seismic antenna fix / Seismiker fixar antenner

Current subsides

Current has subsided, and ROV are breaking records, faster and faster.
Managed to get "half a Bart" yesterday...he is so quickly flapping. Not a good pic, just to show that he is still alive and kicking.
Been cosy summer weather today again, a bit hazy/humid. Not that I am effected, in my confined glass cubicle, "detained"  all day light hours 06-18 on the bridge, no no not complaining, just a statement of fact. 

Stroemmen har avtagit, saa ROV piloterna plockar noder fortare och fortare, nya hastighets rekord paa gaang. Lyckades faanga en halv Fladder-Musse igaar. Han e' saa snabb saa att jag /cameran inte hinner med. Ingen bra bild, men bevis paa att han lever i all vaelmaaga.
Varit fint sommarvaeder idag igen. Lite fuktigt och disigt i horisonten. Inte foer att det bekymrar mig, eftersom jag sitter internerad i min glasbubbla paa bryggan under dagsljus timmarna 0600-1800. Gnaeller inte, bara konstaterar.