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Haha that place will get you for sure....The 200 will be going for 2015 for sure

We are waiting to get loaded at C-Port 1. :)

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Originally Posted by JnT (Post 4200298)

We are waiting to get loaded at C-Port 1. :)

Who do you work for? Captain? Hand?

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Originally Posted by I.C.U.Lookin (Post 4199712)

Sunny. 75ish degrees. 5 knot wind. 2 ft seas. I love my job. Ewing banks 910. 63 miles south of Port Fourchon, LA

Nice pic ICU and thanks for posting. No wonder you love your job. ( at least on nice days like we are having this week! ). This is a pic taken today along the Gulf coast at Marco Island. Hope this great weather continues. Safe travels.

Bob

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Originally Posted by I.C.U.Lookin (Post 4199904)

Well the beauty of working in the oil patch is you can live where you want. I'm a captain of an offshore supply vessel. I fly to work and fly home. There are all sort if hitches(work schedule) depending on what you get into. 28-14. 14-14. 7-7. 14-7. 28-28. These are days on and days off. I currently work 28-14. Studying now to upgrade to a big boy license and the pay rate goes up enough ill work 14-14 at some point in the near future. 6 months a year off ain't bad.

Any of those schedules would be nice! I did a 173 day hitch in 2007, after 10 days off the office called and told me to be at the shop at midnight, I declined. A lot of jobs do not have set schedules, try not to get fooled into that. We were told to live within a couple hours of the shop. Almost 7 years of offshore burned me out completely. I did a few months in the winter out west on a drill rig when there was no work for my trade that winter, wouldn't mind doing that again if i could do it in PA or West VA, somewhere somewhat close to home.

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Originally Posted by showtime83 (Post 4200536)

Been doing it 6 years so far and have never had a scheduling problem. I have worked extra to help people out here and there but they have done the same for me. Maybe 4 times in 6 years have I worked extra. Always by my choice.

Been out on many an OSV out of Fourchon. Usually stuck in the engine room though. Wonderful views topside that's for sure.

Yeah, the captains mates, ab's and chiefs on the boat I was on always had a set schedule. The construction crew with exception of the superintendent all got the short end of the stick. At the time I truly enjoyed it, however it was not uncommon for the average hitch to be 90 days for us.

I used to work 90 on 21 off in the Bay of Campeche back in the 80's. It was by choice as I was trying to get a nest egg together to start a business. I can remember the excitement that would build when I had less than a week to go, praying for decent flying weather so that I wouldn't have to ride a crewboat for hours.

And then there's days like this. 20-25 knot winds. 6 ft seas. Can't see seas in the pic. Luckily they are following. Heading to te dock. Back home Wednesday.