Originally Posted by
heliduck
On a positive note, it was a good decision to punch the load!!
...and a questionable decision to pick it up in the first place. They had a crewman, there should have been no issue at all putting it on Dolphin on a 50' line. I bet they went short-line to make it easier at the delivery end...just my wild guess. Send it out on a work boat next time.
For those of us with a bit of experience in O&G know how this investigation will go...the standard 3 step process.
1. Blame it on an act of God; failing that
2. Blame it on a contractor; and failing that
3. Blame it on the blue-collar worker at the lowest point of the food chain who should have known better.
They're already tried 1 with the attributed 46 km/h wind theory. That 'aint gonna pass the aero club sniff test. etc etc.