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A 30 year diver in Galveston called my umbilical management 'a rat's nest' and he was right
Back in my early days working the harbor in Norfolk I laid out hose and cable however got me in the water fastest. An old sat diver with close to 30 years under his belt watched me coil up after a job and just said 'that's a rat's nest, son.' Didn't yell it, didn't explain it, just said it and walked off. I was mad for about a day, then I actually looked at what I'd done and he wasn't wrong. Lines crossing each other, a kink starting right where the hose met the fitting, no figure eights, nothing. So I changed it up. Started laying everything in big figure eights, kept the pneumo line on top, tagged the ends, and made myself redo it even when I was tired and wanted to go home. Took maybe ten extra minutes a dive but I stopped finding weak spots in the hose every few jobs. Cost of a new umbilical section back then was around $1,400 so the math wasn't hard. Any of you still working with guys who never learned this, or did you pick it up the same way I did?
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brianm277d ago
Read somewhere that old timers called that the hundred dollar coil, since fixing kinks costs way more than doing it right.
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