Been in the Gulf of Mexico for the last five weeks plus, and just had to get my thoughts out about this last trip.
Trip in review
Day one…. Travel to the boat was by Bus, none stop so that we could meet the boat at the dock. Well we could have taken a restroom/snack break with no problems, we waited at the dock for 30 min before the Boat even showed up and then had to wait another two hours before we could get on…
Next fun thing was leaving Dock because this boat could not move into a different slip. This delayed supplies by two days when we were already out of minor things like drinking water. Also when we left dock we ran into a nice little storm (our first of many)
Not going to break each storm down one by one lets just say we have had far more shitty days of seas over 8ft then we have had of 7 and under. See photo above, it was taken just as the storm hit, it got worse. This has meant a lack of sleep d/t the rocking and rolling of the boat.
Lost three crew members to sickness, injury, and family leave. This hurt us because we were a small crew to start with (12 to start 9 still here). We all have had to do extra duty to pick up the load.
Now for end of trip, for the last 3-4 days what the office wanted this boat to do seemed to change daily. Then to top it off we did not know if we would be getting off on time to go home or not.
This crew is worn out… We need our break, do not want to stay over knowing the other crew ends up with a longer break yet again… So far this year we have done two five week trips on the boat and two four at home, the other crew has been 4wk trips on the boat and five at home… Speaking for myself I want my five week break!!!!!
Guess what the crew change for us did not take place on the 18th as it should have. Once again our crew gets the short end of the stick. When it was time for the other crew to change after ***Four weeks** the gear is pulled on and off to port, because the weather is not looking good for crew change... We have now been out for five weeks and counting… BEST we can HOPE for is some of us to get off only one day late the others two days late... And crew 1??? Sitting in the hotel rooms getting $70 a day plus full sea pay.
Day one…. Travel to the boat was by Bus, none stop so that we could meet the boat at the dock. Well we could have taken a restroom/snack break with no problems, we waited at the dock for 30 min before the Boat even showed up and then had to wait another two hours before we could get on…
Next fun thing was leaving Dock because this boat could not move into a different slip. This delayed supplies by two days when we were already out of minor things like drinking water. Also when we left dock we ran into a nice little storm (our first of many)
Not going to break each storm down one by one lets just say we have had far more shitty days of seas over 8ft then we have had of 7 and under. See photo above, it was taken just as the storm hit, it got worse. This has meant a lack of sleep d/t the rocking and rolling of the boat.
Lost three crew members to sickness, injury, and family leave. This hurt us because we were a small crew to start with (12 to start 9 still here). We all have had to do extra duty to pick up the load.
Now for end of trip, for the last 3-4 days what the office wanted this boat to do seemed to change daily. Then to top it off we did not know if we would be getting off on time to go home or not.
This crew is worn out… We need our break, do not want to stay over knowing the other crew ends up with a longer break yet again… So far this year we have done two five week trips on the boat and two four at home, the other crew has been 4wk trips on the boat and five at home… Speaking for myself I want my five week break!!!!!
Guess what the crew change for us did not take place on the 18th as it should have. Once again our crew gets the short end of the stick. When it was time for the other crew to change after ***Four weeks** the gear is pulled on and off to port, because the weather is not looking good for crew change... We have now been out for five weeks and counting… BEST we can HOPE for is some of us to get off only one day late the others two days late... And crew 1??? Sitting in the hotel rooms getting $70 a day plus full sea pay.
Well about half of us got off only one day late and feel lucky to be off, but that still leaves half the crew out on the boat for at least one more day.. I will get home two days late for start of break, but it could have been a lot worse.
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