Bourbon - Offshore - Surf - SMS manual 2016

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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

4.2.1.19 Spooling of wires

W

hen

anchor

hand

li

ng

i

n

deep

water

,

the

use

of

p

i

ggybac

k-

anchors

, "

m

i

d

li

ne

"-

w

i

res

and

other

operat

i

ons

may

re

q

u

i

re

spoo

li

ng of wor

k

w

i

res

,

pennants

etc

.

I

n

the

conte

x

t

of

th

i

s

procedure

,

the

spoo

li

ng

of w

i

res

i

s

the

operat

i

on where w

i

res

are

transferred

from

the

secondary

w

i

nch

to

the

anchor

hand

li

ng

w

i

nch

,

or

v

i

ce

versa

. I

t

can

a

l

so

be

when

a

co

il

of

w

i

re

i

s

connected

to

the wor

k

w

i

nch

,

dropped over

board

and

then

spoo

l

ed

onto

the w

i

nch

.

I

nsta

ll

at

i

on/rep

l

acement

of w

i

res

a

l

so

re

q

u

i

res

spoo

li

ng

. S

poo

li

ng

of w

i

res

i

s

necessary

i

n

order

to

ach

i

eve

a proper

l

ay of

the w

i

re on

the drum

,

wh

i

ch

avo

i

ds

damage

and

unnecessary wear

i

ng of

the w

i

re

.

S

poo

li

ng

of w

i

res

can

be

contro

ll

ed

by the

spoo

li

ng

dev

i

ces

on

the

secondary w

i

nch

or

the

anchor

hand

li

ng

w

i

nch

. I

t

i

s

i

mportant

to

hau

l

the

w

i

re

around

the

two

i

nner

tow

i

ng

p

i

ns

,

w

i

th

the

p

i

ns

c

l

osed

. I

f

the

w

i

re

s

li

des

off

the

tow

i

ng

p

i

ns

,

the

resu

l

t

i

ng

b

i

ght

of w

i

re

can

be

a

ser

i

ous

hazard

for

the

crew

.

A

stretched w

i

re

may ho

l

d

forces

that

can be

re

l

eased

i

f

the w

i

re

i

s

a

ll

owed

to behave

i

n

an uncontro

ll

ed manner

.

B

e

aware

the

poss

i

b

ili

ty

of

w

i

re

abras

i

on

/

damage

to

e

q

u

i

pment

, i

f

the

w

i

re

i

s

forced

towards

the

top

of

tow

i

ng p

i

ns

.

Wi

re wor

k

carr

i

ed

out w

i

th

remote

contro

ll

ed

dev

i

ces

, i

s

the

safest

and

best way

for

both

the

crew

and

the

w

i

re

re

q

u

i

r

i

ng

to be

spoo

l

ed

.

Commun

i

cat

i

ons

between

dec

k

crew

and

w

i

nch

operator

i

s

a

l

so

of

great

i

mportance

. O

perat

i

on

shall

be

superv

i

sed

from

the br

i

dge

,

and

no

one

should

be a

ll

owed

to

stand

i

n a

b

i

ght of w

i

re or

hazardous

area

.

RIG

H

T

WRONG

Vers

i

on

S

F(

BOS-

P

RD-0

7

01.000

5

-

ver

.

C

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)

. 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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44

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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