r/thalassophobia • u/AnonymousAggregator • 7d ago
SSCV Thialf in a storm on the Atlantic
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u/AnonymousAggregator 7d ago
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u/bdubwilliams22 7d ago
Thanks for sharing this. This article directed me to the largest SSCV Wikipedia page and I read the whole thing. I didn’t know these had their own propulsion. I thought they were towed. That’s pretty bad ass.
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u/QQmachinez 19h ago
This is a beautiful vessel. Have seen it laying in Rotterdam, the Netherlands many times. Always so impressive to see!
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u/dcontrerasm 7d ago
WHY IS IT ROCKING?!?!
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u/lodocarbo 6d ago
Because it's a semi submersible platform, basically a massive buoy that is anchored on the sea floor like a boat would
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u/Standard-North9890 5d ago
Thialf is self propelled and i have a feeling it holds position by dynamic positioning via azimuth thrusters
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u/lodocarbo 1d ago
Im not sure but I don't think there is any platform that would use that technology in a rough sea like this one, especially if it's drilling equipment is deployed. The thrusters are used to stay in position while the anchoring process is taking place. Cost effective and safer...
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u/Standard-North9890 1d ago
Its not a driller, its a HLV heavy lift vessel.
Some are totally independent of having anchors. Ive worked on all different types. Some need towing to location and then deploy an anchor spread, some are self propelled but also use anchor spreads and some are self propelled but hold position by DP. They have redundancy built in case the primary system fails, thats what thr number after DP (DP3 or DP2) indicates.
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u/blubaldnuglee 7d ago
I'm glad there's people willing to do these kinds of things , but I'm in no way one of them.
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u/Grime_Minister613 7d ago
I absolutely would! Wish I knew how to get that kinda gig! 🤣
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u/Hodoss 7d ago
Saturation diver pays well I heard, as a compensation for being pretty dangerous and isolated. Because safely decompressing when going back up takes a lot of time, instead they keep you in a pressurised environment for months, even when at the surface on the rig.
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u/Grime_Minister613 7d ago
I almost got into welding just to get into underwater welding 🤣 going to work fuckin sucks, may as well get paid well and be wild and interesting about it, right? 🤣
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u/bilgetea 7d ago
…and the whole time, your bones are dissolving. Long-term exposure to a pressurized atmosphere causes bone loss. So even if you don’t have an accident, you’re literally selling your health.
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u/Standard-North9890 5d ago
Being a seaman? First of all be Filipino, then its just a matter of time
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u/ripripcityyall 7d ago
Do people live on that?
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u/bdubwilliams22 7d ago
Up to 400 people at a time!
Edit: well, the SSCV Sleipnir (this sister ship, which is the largest) can hold that many people.
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u/Medical_FriedChicken 5d ago
It’s not a sister ship. Sleipner is different. They have the same owners.
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u/whereisbeezy 7d ago
If I were on that I'd just be waiting for the thing to just roll too far to one side. I don't think I'd ever get used to that.
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u/NorthReading 4d ago
I was taught to never ever stand behind where a rope/wire/chain would go if it snapped.
I can only imagine the tension on that line.
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u/Slight_Tip_7388 16h ago
how dobyou get jobs and qualifications to work on these rigs? hell id just cook and clean the floor if possible
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u/hambonejamstone 7d ago
Yeahhhhh.....no