A quick question please:
Clearly, the winch is used to raise and lower the hose when it's empty, but, is it the load bearing point when the fuel is being pumped or is the weight shifted to another hard-point during the actual refuelling process - It just seems to me that it's a big load to hang from your winch and has the potential to wreck it if something goes wrong.
Cheers!
OH
Ps: Didn't Bristow / HMCG occasionally use and train for HIFR for their S-61s from small decks and non-deck vessels to get them further out into the Atlantic (or have I just invented that)?