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A

nc

h

or

H

andlin

g

and To

w

in

g

O

p

erations

P

rocedure

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

14

4.2.1.15 Use of grapnel

A grapne

l i

s

carr

i

ed on board

,

w

i

th a

notch

cut

i

n

the

f

l

u

k

es

to

ta

k

e

cab

l

es

of

about

8

5mm

d

i

ameter

.

T

h

i

s

i

s

used

for

recover

i

ng w

i

re or

cha

i

n

from

the

seabed

,

espec

i

a

ll

y

l

ay down w

i

res

.

A

l

ways

i

nsert

a

l

ength

of

cha

i

n between

the

grapne

l

and

the wor

k

w

i

re

,

to

force

the

grapne

l

f

l

u

k

es

i

n

to

the

bottom

,

and

thus

under w

i

res

l

y

i

ng

there

.

Put

out

tw

i

ce

the water

depth

of wor

k

w

i

re

,

and

try

to

steam

across

the

i

tem

to

be

caught

. I

f

i

t

i

s

there

you

w

ill

norma

ll

y

catch

i

t

. T

he

prob

l

em

,

espec

i

a

ll

y

w

i

th

l

ay

down

w

i

res

, i

s

that

they

are

dropped

short

,

so

the

nav

i

gat

i

on d

i

sp

l

ay

i

s

unrea

li

st

i

c

.

T

he

sh

i

p manoeuvre e

i

ther

s

i

deways

or

ahead

/

astern

to

catch

the w

i

re

.

D

ue

to

the

sma

ll

we

i

ght

i

nvo

l

ved

li

tt

l

e

i

s

shown on w

i

nch d

i

sp

l

ay

,

unt

il

the w

i

re

comes

t

i

ght

heav

i

ng

i

n

.

W

hen

the w

i

re

has

been

caught

by

the

grapp

l

e

hoo

k, i

t

i

s

v

i

ta

l

to

k

eep

constant

tens

i

on

to

avo

i

d

the

grapp

l

e

hoo

k

to

s

li

p dur

i

ng

the

recovery operat

i

on

. I

t

i

s

a

l

so

i

mportant

to

ensure

that

the grapp

l

e hoo

k

have

reached

the

end

of

the

pendant w

i

re

. T

h

i

s

i

s

to

avo

i

d

br

i

ng

i

ng

a w

i

re

l

oop

on

dec

k

wh

i

ch

can

damage

the

pendant

w

i

re and

create a

dangerous

s

i

tuat

i

on

.

I

f

recover

i

ng

a

bro

k

en

cha

i

n

the

grapne

l i

mmed

i

ate

l

y

l

oc

k

s

on

,

and

tens

i

on

rap

i

d

l

y

r

i

ses

. S

team

s

l

ow

l

y

away

from

the

r

i

g wh

il

e

recover

i

ng

,

to

prevent

the

cha

i

n

tw

i

st

i

ng

up

,

wh

i

ch

the wor

k

w

i

re

tends

to

cause

as

l

oad

comes

on

.

W

hen

the

grapp

l

ed w

i

re

i

s

on

dec

k

and

secured

i

n

the

shar

k j

aw

,

the

hoo

k i

s

re

l

eased

and

the

dec

k

crew

connects

the

sh

i

p wor

k

w

i

re

to the

system

.

T

he

O

ff

icer

i

n

charge

i

nforms

the

r

i

g

.

4.2.1.16 Use of J-Hooking

A

J

-

hoo

k i

s

carr

i

ed

to p

i

c

k

up

cha

i

n when

a

r

i

ng

chaser

cannot

be used

.

T

he

J

-

Hoo

k i

s

a

l

so

norma

ll

y

used

to

chase

out

to

the

anchor

i

n

case

of

a

bro

k

en

pendant

,

when

a

r

i

ng

chaser

cannot

be

used

,

or

to

li

ft

up

the

cha

i

n

from

the

seabed

dur

i

ng

anchor

operat

i

on

(T

andem

operat

i

ons

).

Use

a

p

i

ece

of

cha

i

n

between

the

wor

k

w

i

re

and

the

Hoo

k. I

f

there

i

s

good

tens

i

on

on

the

r

i

g

cha

i

n

,

and

thus

the

cha

i

n

w

ill

be

l

ead

i

ng

out

at

a

decent

ang

l

e

,

the

best method

of

hoo

ki

ng

i

s

to

run

out

2

/3

water

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

01.000

5

-

ver

.

C

R). O

r

i

g

i

na

l D

ate

:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Vers

i

on

D

ate

: N

/A

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y on QM

S

s

i

te

.

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39

of

60

Procedure prepared by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

: BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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