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Got called out on my umbilical handling last month
Working a salvage job off Galveston, the lead diver watched me surface and said, 'You're coiling it like a garden hose, that's asking for a kink.' He showed me the big over-under loops they use on the boat. I switched to his method and my line management is way cleaner now. How do you guys handle your umbilical on deck to keep it from twisting?
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fionamurphy1d ago
Wait, you were coiling it like a garden hose on a real dive job? That's wild. Thomas.river, a tight coil on a pin is fine for dock line, not an umbilical under load. The over-under method exists for a reason, to stop those exact twists.
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thomas.river1d ago
Garden hose method works fine if you know what you're doing. Big over-under loops just take up more deck space for no real gain. A tight, neat coil on a cleat or pin is faster to deploy and just as safe. Seen guys do the fancy loops and still get a twist because they stepped on the line wrong. Sometimes the old way is just simpler.
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