# Hard shell life raft on bow

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645>\
**Category:** Offshore\
**Created:** [November 15, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645 "2014-11-15T12:18:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![seaboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@seaboy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seaboy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/1 "2014-11-15T12:18:49Z")

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Eta to Fourchon about 2100 11/15/2014.  
Someone please get a good pic!

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**Author:** ![CaptRob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CaptRob1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CaptRob1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/2 "2014-11-15T12:54:28Z")

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Doesnt make sense. What are you talking about?

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**Author:** ![seaboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@seaboy](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/seaboy)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/3 "2014-11-15T13:14:55Z")

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A vessel crashed into a rig while running weather patterns. One of the life boats from the rig is now on the bow of the vessel and there is no forward mast.

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**Author:** ![Kingrobby](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kingrobby/32/68137_2.png) [@Kingrobby](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kingrobby)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/4 "2014-11-15T13:42:16Z")

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Have a name of a vessel or rig???

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**Author:** ![Traitor\_Yankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/traitor_yankee/32/876_2.png) [@Traitor\_Yankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Traitor_Yankee)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/5 "2014-11-15T14:42:49Z")

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A DP semi sub or a platform?

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**Author:** ![CaptRob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@CaptRob1](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/CaptRob1)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/6 "2014-11-15T14:51:36Z")

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Semi sub and OSV

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**Author:** ![Bayrunner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bayrunner/32/966_2.png) [@Bayrunner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Bayrunner)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/7 "2014-11-15T15:12:14Z")

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Some of you guys down there seem to have a hard time not running into the rigs!

😃

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**Author:** ![Colston1285](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@Colston1285](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Colston1285)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/8 "2014-11-15T16:22:42Z")

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What’s the name of the OSV? Which semi sub did it hit?

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**Author:** ![OBXmariner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d9b06d/32.png) [@OBXmariner](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/OBXmariner)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/9 "2014-11-16T02:17:43Z")

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And so it begins…

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**Author:** ![captaint76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@captaint76](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captaint76)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 7:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/10 "2014-11-16T07:21:38Z")

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Pictures or it never happened!

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**Author:** ![AHTS\_Master](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ahts_master/32/117_2.png) [@AHTS\_Master](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/AHTS_Master)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/11 "2014-11-16T08:21:10Z")

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It’s the Odyssea Courage. I’m looking at it.

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**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/12 "2014-11-16T08:22:12Z")

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> [@"Bayrunner"](#):
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> Some of you guys down there seem to have a hard time not running into the rigs! 😃

Too busy counting their money to pay attention

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**Author:** ![Number360](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3e96dc/32.png) [@Number360](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Number360)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/13 "2014-11-16T08:33:14Z")

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> [@"AHTS Master"](#):
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> It’s the Oddesea Courage. I’m looking at it.

where is it?

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**Author:** ![comus57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/53a042/32.png) [@comus57](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/comus57)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/14 "2014-11-16T08:39:32Z")

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They just pulled into the Chouest dry dock facility

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**Author:** ![tugsailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@tugsailor](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/tugsailor)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/15 "2014-11-16T11:42:23Z")

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I cannot open the images

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**Author:** ![coldduck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@coldduck](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/coldduck)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/16 "2014-11-16T14:29:46Z")

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Post was deleted for some reason??

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**Author:** ![captaint76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@captaint76](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captaint76)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/17 "2014-11-16T15:07:36Z")

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Good thing that I saved them then I guess.

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**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/18 "2014-11-16T18:04:33Z")

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you have no idea how horrible this casualty is…the 1000man raft didn’t end up on the bow of the vessel but on its deck and when it landed, it exploded on impact…

this is the hideous result!

![](https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7503/15805838571_fb66783e49_z.jpg)

all the crew committed suicide on docking except for a few who were extremely turned on by the event…

they have all been quarantined in a mental institution

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**Author:** ![Rain\_Wizard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Rain\_Wizard](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Rain_Wizard)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/19 "2014-11-16T20:51:23Z")

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c.captain, I usually find you rather amusing, your brash, uninhibited sense of humor really meshes well with mine, but you tried way too hard on this one.

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**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/hard-shell-life-raft-on-bow/13645/20 "2014-11-16T21:34:32Z")

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[QUOTE=Rain Wizard;148114]c.captain, I usually find you rather amusing, your brash, uninhibited sense of humor really meshes well with mine, but you tried way too hard on this one.[/QUOTE]

fair enough…but its humor is based in the context of the current state of internet media pseudocelebrity pop culture. Without that, it is stoopid trash just like internet media pseudocelebrity pop culture.

oh well, every gag can’t be a winner I guess

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