rough seas

[Kendall]

Thought a few of you might be interested in this.
Currently I am offshore working.
65' 35" N and 005' 17" E it is half way up the west side of Norway.
Presently we are experiencing some unpleasant weather.
70knot winds at the moment.
Earlier this afternoon at it was 64-knot winds wave height of 12 meters and deck heave of 15 meters.
Needless to say we are being bashed about a bit. We have lost some in-sea equipment and tangled the rest. According to the weather reports it should subside by morning some 7 hours off.
I don’t think I will get a lot of sleep tonight.
I’m sure things are a lot better back there in Brisbane
The photos are of water crashing the back deck

[Kendall]

my appologies for this being a bit fuzzy I think I was moving at the time

[StevenM]

appologies acepted Kendel.

Doesnt look like fun at all, what are you doing or what work are you in?

How far off shore?

Cheers Steven

[MOZ]

Kendall

Looks like scary stuff to me! Hope they are paying you well!

MOZ

[Kendall]

My line of work is marine seismic, we are about 110 Nautical miles off the coast of Kristiansund, Norway.
At the time of this post is 3:am local time, which is 11am Bris time.
The storm hasn’t calmed any after 12 hours.
I feel sorry for the guys in the north part of Gulf of Mexico where the winds were 170 miles an hour. Now that would have been scarey.

[Kendall]

It isnt so much the pay that keeps in this job Moz. It is the 6 weeks off at a time, That allows me to go fishing there at home.

[philip_thomson]

WOW do you guys have a copy of the titanic CD? keep playing that as well as the movie should help out abit.
6 weeks off at a time is nice.

[rando]

Great photo Kendall, very scary, there would probably be a few green faces around, while that is going on I imagine
rando

[saphire]

Terriffic Photo Kendal,
Marine Seismic.
Does this mean that you measure the earths activity under the ocean?
Keep safe.

[Kendall]

Hi Saphire.
marine seismic is oil and gas exploration, we map the ocean floor from the bottom to about 7 km into the earth. the oil companies study these maps and determine if there is anything there.
There wasnt any green faces on the shift I do but I felt sorry for the other guys that were trying to sleep Rando.

[Angla]

Great picture Kendall. Do you have any more of the type of clothing you have to wear or up in the wheel house. Does your job intail inside work or are you one to get wet during the working day? Looks like it would never be boring

Angla

[DNO40]

Can't be too bad a job if you can surf the net and Ausfish and upload pics via a sat phone connection I presume #

[Hoges]

Great stuff Kendall!
Could not think of a better way to make my 100th post here on Ausfish than to ask you to post more pics please.
Cheers
Hoges

[Burley_Boy]

Yeah I dig the photos too so show us more, in that swell I hope you wear a helmet as you 'walk' around.

[DICER]

Kendall - what's the water temperature like up there. I'm sure its refreshing and teeth clenching. Nice report - keep safe.