Christmas at Sea 2020 A Months at Sea on an ERRV (December 2020). Part 2
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- A Month at Sea Could Turn into 2 Months Thanks to COVID-19
ERRV (Emergency Response & Rescue Vessel) is a support vessel for Oil & Gas Platforms.
They stay at sea for a month at a time (2 months during COVID-19) in all kinds of weather.
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SOME OF THE ROUGHEST SEAS EVER FILMED
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Here watching my favorite British Merchant Marine Maritime, North Sea Oilfield videos by a man that does them better than anyone!!!!
At least I used to 😂
Thank you all for sharing this with us please all stay safe and well sending regards 👏❤️😁xx
Thank you :)
@@Bigwavemaster1 hope you are all having a well deserved break xx
@@morrislouiseeagle7161 Yes thank you. Nearly over now though :(
Looking forward to this. Hope you are well Chief.👍👍
We give you a shout-out 😊
@@Bigwavemaster1 awesome, thank you Chief.👍👍👌👌
First of all you are all some tough men. They don't make men like you guys anymore. You all work so hard. Thank you for what you do. I just subscribed.
Thank you very much. Greatly appreciated.
Bogdan rocks! He must be exhausted after having created all of those Christmas feasts.
He's now home for a well earned rest.
Thank you for this vídeo, on a date as special as Christmas, hope is born for better days for all of us , that God bless you and your families, have a Happy New Year, thank you !!!!!!
Thank you, Marta. Happy New Year to you also. 🍻
Glad u all made it home in time for celebrations with family & friends, following the crew party & almost bad news. A Blessed 2021 to you all. May it leave the trials of 2020 in its wake. Cheers!
Thank you. 2021 isn’t shaping up to be any better 🙄
@@Bigwavemaster1 Yeah, I was trying to gloss over that. Here's hoping, anyway. Perhaps the second half of the year will bring noticeable improvements. Just came back from getting my 2nd shot. We shall see. Luv yr vids & appreciate what u do. Stay safe!
@@TheSWolfe I intend to stay safe 😊. No experimental drugs for me
Happy new Year guys, Thankyou Graham for the fabulous insight in to you lives at sea......👍🇮🇲
Happy New Year, Andy 🍻
This as a very good video...a very cheery crew (in a gruff sort of way) good on you, wish you and all your families well for 2021...the question is now...is our glorious ''leader'' going to let you come back over the border?!
That is the question. How much longer can her power trip continue?
Awesome as always. I like your conversations with Albert. He seems like a chill guy.
Albert is pretty chill....until someone tries to get him to buy a round 😆
so awesome another brilliant video and sorry you couldn't go home to family
Thank you. We are home now :)
wow. they are like sorry about your luck, just stay out at sea smh...sorry you guys were not with your loved ones
That’s just the job and the ridiculous times we live in
@@Bigwavemaster1 hell, its scary on land. i live an hour from dc.
Thank you for this inside look. I hope you got to catch up with your family.
Yes. Just a few days later. Back at sea now though ☹️
It's show's how hard your journey at all!
Good luck guys!
Stay safe!!!
Marry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Thank you very much. Happy New Year to you also.
I know im super late but i feel for you! Past 2 years ive been with the Coast Guard we missed Christmas and thanksgiving. Thank you for doing what youre doing:) Best of luck to y'all as 2021 goes by!
Thanks and the same to you.
I’ve been in this game nearly 30 years so spend half of everything (Christmas, New Year, birthdays, weddings, births & deaths away from home.
No doubt you are the same?
@@Bigwavemaster1 I was! I can go to sea on and off. Next year I could be on a boat and maybe I won’t be. Never know with my field of work
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year From an Ex British Seaman now retired in New Zealand
Thank you. Happy New Year to you also.
I sure hope you guys were payed over time for doing two tours back to back and for us we get a good long video.
Got a little bit extra but also a double leave.
Loved the video. Hello from the States. You Gents have balls of steel. Stay safe, all of you.
Thank you 😊
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year.
Great once again. Glad you made it to shore in the date planned
Thank you very much. A Happy New Year to you also.
Yeah Yeah boss.congratulation.mots welcome.
Thank you 😊
Great video 😄 hope your safe and well.
Always 😊
Brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻
Ta very much 😊
Merry belated Xmas to you all!
Thank you. Happy New Year 🥳
this is a pretty cool channel which i just discovered last night by accident... love the big waves footage in your 'storm' video clips, on some of the videos the waves easily seem in 40' plus range, and this seems like a frequent occurrence - is this because the north sea is relatively a 'shallow' sea as compared to the atlantic or pacific oceans?... hell, if i weren't paralyzed in a wheelchair [broke my damn neck in 1990] i think i'd fly to scotland and try to get mustered aboard one of those kickass errv boats as long as the pay is decent; and i'm guessing it's probably at least ok plus you feel you're doing something good like saving lives in an emergency...
i'll make a long post here, hope you don't mind but i'd like to find out mre info re-these videos...
these videos leave me with a lot of questions [no offense meant but the poor audio and strong scottish/brit accents also don't help either haha] like how extensive is the maintenance, repair/refitting after each 1-2 month stint at sea because the errv's seem to take a beating and who performs it [crew itself?], etc, etc...but what intrigues me the most is part of the permanent crew...
it seems you have quite a bit of polish crew members judging by their names and accent... i believe that wojciech, bogdan and andrew are polish and although 'yuri' is a russian name your chief mechanic seems to also have a polish rather than a russian accent...
i was born and grew up in poland until we as a family escaped [the then-commie government] here to the usa back in 1980 when i was 14 y/o so it was a pleasant surprise to find some kin-folk onboard the errv all the way in northern scotland...
how and why is there such a large contingent of poles as crew there?...
are these immigrants who settled in your country or is this some type of an exchange workers type of a deal?...i think you mentioned something about polish consulate or embassy in your video so they're likely not scottish citizens...
i'm guessing that getting mustered aboard one of those ships as crew ain't easy considering the small amount of crews on each and specialized type of duties an there's likely a competition for one of those jobs there... so why so many poles as part of the crew, could you enlighten me?...thanks, just really curious, that's all...
i myself found life at sea extremely boring [did a couple of years stint in the u.s. navy in mid-1980s and a couple of 2 week jobs on a 90' scalloping boat out of new bedford, massachusetts around xmas of 1989] but really and only enjoyed myself during hurricanes and storms, kind of like riding a coaster at an amusement park except for the shipmates who'd get seasick and hurl chunks, so i really enjoy watching the big stormy waves as the errv plows through them... the work above these errv's seems much more interesting and less boring than anything at sea i've done in my past life...
apart from some storms, i've also been in a hurricane [charley in 1986 in the atlantic] at sea for about 24 hours on an amphibious assault ship [lpd] and we had seas cresting well over 50' and really high winds... the ship was about 550' in length, close to 100' beam so it would take a relatively long time for it to list side-to-side and we hit some extreme angles at times... of course had to use strap belts in our bunks when turning in... the crappy part was that the ship's flight deck and stern gate area was flat bottomed with shallow draft - so about half its length - for shallow water amphibious ops and that flat bottom sucked in big storms when it would smack hard coming onto or off a big wave, sometimes it felt as if the damn ship would come apart after a particularly deep bottoming out it hit so hard and loud...
my first scalloper short outing to sea was altogether different than experiences asea during my navy stint, it was xmas time in '89 and there was a large winter storm... only 4 boats decided to put out to sea out of the entire fleet in new bedford, the rest didn't want to chance the storm...
we went as far south as north carolina and all the way up to newfoundland, about 250 miles offshore but barely made enough to pay for fuel so that 13 day cruise was a total bust and i made about $40 plus a bag of scallops haha... i hated the shucking of scallops pat of that job but loved the rest of the ride...
we officially had 32'-36' seas [our skipper and 1st mate swore that some were reaching over 40'] for 2 days and nights and 20'-24' most of the rest of that cruise but because the boat was only 90'-something long and most of the working deck was just above sea surface the experience was very different than my hurricane/storms experience during my navy stint; wish i had a camera and took some cool pix but back then there were no smartphones/digi cams and few would think to take along a photo - much less a video - camera along on such a job...
the friggin' steel deck became an ice skating rink for most of that 2 week job and with the gunwales/sides being barely thigh-high it was a bit of hairy experience each time when we'd turn to haul in the nets and get hit by a big wave from the side...
2 crewmates from another scalloper that went out to sea with our boat got washed overboard and drowned about halfway into the cruise, bodies never recovered, that boat stayed with us within a few miles for most of the time and it was a serious reminder of the constant danger present to listen to their and coast guard radio transmissions as it happened...
a couple of days after that i myself was nearly crushed and knocked overboard by the steel net as well as i slipped and the net swung right into me and knocked me down on my a$$ right against the side...
we had so much ice formed the entire boat was encrusted within it and looked otherwordly for the last 16 hours or so as we were heading back nearing the harbor...had to bust it with sledgehammers and big crowbars constantly, it can capsize the ship if left alone... good times... :)))...
but i really went out on a typing bender here hehe, sorry...
incidentally, these errv's don't seem to have that ice issue despite winter, stormy/windy weather so either the temps are warmer there or something else, perhaps you spray coat the entire vessel with some antifreeze coating?...i suppose that's my second question if you don't mind answering... all the best, cheers from 'cross the pond - jerzy...
Hello
That's quite a list of questions. The largest wave I have filmed for these videos was measured by one of the rigs we work with at 29 meters (95 foot). On this occasion we had 3 x spells of hurricane force winds in the space of one month.
We work 100 miles North East of Shetland so, not only is the sea relatively shallow, it is also very exposed in all directions apart from the east.
We usually get back into port quite early in the day at the end of each trip. Any maintenance or repairs that cannot be conducted at sea are generally completed the same day and the ship sails again that evening with a different crew. Each ERRV has 2 x crew. We work month on/off. Sometimes 2 months on/off because of travel restrictions caused by the Covid panpanic. The ship will then spend 2-3 weeks in drydock every 2 years.
We have quite a mixed crew but mostly from England & Scotland. Bogdan, Rafal (2nd Mate, not often filmed) Wojtek (now on a different ship) are Polish. Andy is Ukrainian, Little Jurij (2nd Engineer & now on another ship) & Big Jurij are Latvian. Big Jurij & Wojtek now live in the UK but the rest travel back & forth.
The reason we have so many is because so few Brits want to come into the industry. Most school leavers want to sit behind a computer screen. The European crew must have quite extensive seagoing experience before they come into this job but must still spend a couple of weeks in Aberdeen being trained on courses that are specific to this job.
You mention being in the navy & fishing. A lot of our crew are ex-forces or ex-fishermen. I myself am an ex-fisherman. The fishing side gives you a good basis of seamanship that is not found inn the merchant navy.
We never ice up but we do get quite a bit of snow. We get the Gulf Stream coming up round the UK which is why we get much milder weather than other parts of the world on the same latitude. Though I have seen Aberdeen Harbour frozen over.
Hope that answeres all your questions?
ah crap, i just got my entire reply bite the dust and disappear as i tapped the wrong key...arrrrrgghhh... ok, will start anew but i think i'll abridge this one somewhat...
thanks so much for the comprehensive and an exhaustive reply, much obliged and i initially thought that my long-ass comment would be too long and boring for you to read, glad you took it all in and replied in kind, thanks...
95' wave, now that's a true monster, never seen one that big in real life, yikes... still, i take it that these errv's can still take it on without too much terror although i'm sure with such monster waves there's gotta be at least a bit of a sphincter factor when plowing through such...
i see, so it IS actually the crew who does the immediate 1 month post-ops repairs, that's likely somewhat less of a fun task but it must be done, i noticed some serious windshield wiper damage on one of the 'big waves' videos and from past experience i know the boat must take some serious beating after one of the storms; which seems to occur frequently there...i'd love to ride out a major storm - or a few - in one of those errv's though, these boats seem friggin' hurricane proof...
here in the navy the ships' maintenance and the pms [preventive maintenance service] is done constantly on daily basis, apart from a major refit in the dry dock every few years... for example, as soon as the repaint would be completed of the hull/deck/superstructure - which would take quite a while done in gradual stages - it would be tme to move back to the point of where it has begun and start chipping off the paint again... a closed circle and a never ending task...
aha, so i got andrew's and jurij's nationalities wrong...i couldn't hear their accents too clearly...aye, i imagined that despite anyone's past experience, any potential new crewmen would need to undergo some intensive training before being accepted onboard as full crewmates... hard for me to believe that most of the natives would actually rather get soft and flabby behind a desk than to do what you guys are doing, sign of the times i suppose... i'd take a major pay cut to be able to do your job aboard the errv instead of sitting indoors in front of a computer screen...
you're not missing anything interesting with the ice, that was a crappy task to go at the boat with sledgehammers and crowbars at full tilt for hours just so it doesn't friggin' capsize...
hey man, much obliged for the reply, i subscribed to your channel and will watch future and some older videos as time and life allows... stay safe out there - cheers brother...
@@36Studebaker We do all the maintenance and repairs we can at sea. Also the ship gets painted at sea every year. Obviously that’s a summer job but she gets painted top to bottom over the course of about 6 months.
@@Bigwavemaster1 so pretty much like it was here in the u.s. navy, paint at sea and by its own crew... however, with such a small crew [i might be wrong by a couple but i think i counted about 15 men in your errv crew via the several videos i watched thus far] as opposed to around 500 on my old ship the maintenance and routine repairs is probably a much more demanding task on everyone there...hey thanks, your answers helped a great deal in better understanding your videos' content... cheers... btw, this was my old ship: www.hullnumber.com/LPD-12
@@36Studebaker She looks like the old RN assault ships HMS Fearless & Intrepid.
hope they pay u the extra bonuses in tripple time!
We would get a small bonus plus extra time off.
@@Bigwavemaster1 good man urself, respect
@Bigwavemaster1 I have the question of the year. When you guys crest a wave and are headed down, sometimes at 90 degrees from the horizon what keeps your stern anchored in the water? This is the most horrifying thing I've ever seen.
Stay safe!!!!!
Good question 😂
You guys even had Christmas gifts for each other :') 🙂 That's so awesome 🙂
Christmas at sea is not too bad as long as it’s only every other year. It very peaceful.
We should be at home this year.
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@@Bigwavemaster1 I'm back to re-watch this video 😊
@@RequiemDream Thank you very much 😊
awesome guys
Cheers 😊
Happy New Year, handsome men!! Stay safe!!! Great video!!
Thank you very much. You also.
Watched again 🎉
The gift that keeps on giving
@@Bigwavemaster1 oh yes I enjoy these videos getting to know everybody lije Albert and the captain and you
What I was going too ask, How do you refuel and restore without going back into Port?
We carry enough fuel & water for 2 months but, if we were doing a double trip we would still come in for fuel, water, stores and repair. We would not leave the ship but sail again the same day.
As usual, great vedio.
But, I wonder, how do you guys deal with sea sickness.
What's the secret recipe?
There isn’t one. We just get used to it ☹️
I thought the bloke on the floor was genuinely took bad for a minute....
Re Wanda...She needs 'Replacing'... it added to the motion seeing her whip about, head into the wind.
It got his wife a bit upset 😂
@@Bigwavemaster1 I'm not surprised!
It was only the lack of concern on the others that made me realise ''It's an exercise''...And the tuneful ''Arrrgghhh! .😂
GO GO Contender!!
😂😂
Miss all this 😢
I will….one day.
@@Bigwavemaster1 no chance of a return then ?
@@johnhunt1996 I’m afraid not. Not for the Month at Sea on an ERRV videos.
@@Bigwavemaster1 😭😭😭😭all the best mate !
@@johnhunt1996 Thank you very much
Great stuff awesome vid, stay safe stay well.
Cheers 😊
love it
Thank you
You’re welcome.
Unfortunately we have made our last ever Month at Sea on an ERRV video
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Greetings from sunny Aus bud. Been watching for the last 2 months. Cheers for posting, Ive been sitting in hospital and watching Ur vids every night before bed. Legend. Something relaxing about em. I wanna live that life ay. Is there a chance for an shite bloke like me (29, physics n engineering teacher) to join this kinda vessel?
Ha! Stranger things have happened
Do cadets not go to sea over the Festive’s?
I think so. If they are part of the crew they do the same time at sea.
Please create content about the ship accident in Indonesia Tanto Bersinar vs TB. Mitra Jaya XIX vs TK. Makmur Abadi the accident occurred on January 23, 2021. Losing 5 crew members, OPSAR is currently being stopped due to weather problems.
That’s nothing to do with me or this channel.
its a pity the video is not in english ❤
good work mate
Jocksnese not one of your languages?
Do you get to much time to handover or do they have some sort of ridiculous 1 way system of 1 crew off then the other comes on? 😂
We had the ridiculous one way system. Utter bullocks the whole fiasco but it ticked the boxes.
You’re welcome.
Unfortunately we have made our last ever Month at Sea on an ERRV video
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What was the name of your vessel?
This was the Grampian Contender
Another great one :)
Thank you very much
You’re welcome.
Unfortunately we have made our last ever Month at Sea on an ERRV video
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Is this Scotland ?
Pretty much. North East of Shetland.
@@Bigwavemaster1
I thought so .
Congratulations!!!😜😜
Thank you 😊
9:00 go kart on water
Yep 😂😂
You’re welcome.
Unfortunately we have made our last ever Month at Sea on an ERRV video
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I found this place with some help
I’m glad you did 😊
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@@Bigwavemaster1 😎
@ 5:49 ish You know when you are a man at sea {Albert??} when ''Fancies'' means ''Biscuits with Chocolate on'' rather than ''Women in skimpies'''
Albert looked a bit fed up?
😂😂😂
Albert says “They’re the only fancies I get and I have to pay for them an all” 😂
@@Bigwavemaster1 Haha! I bet Albert has quite a Fan club who would send him fancy biscuits!