[razorback-bert]

A litte J-B Weld, a few sacks of paper and miles of duct tape and you were back to drilling in a couple of hours.

[COB1]

LOL!
You forgot the soft line and the sash cord!

Yup, we got in the capsule the next morning and made a tour of the legs and the hull bottom.
One of the legs had a small crack in it, but it could have been there all the time.
We were back to drilling the same day we got back on board.

[Dark Wing]

ping

[COB1]

Another time on a posted barge rig in Main Pass of Venice, LA, one of my men was trying to free a valve on a frac tank located on a barge we had tied alongside.
The seas were rough with 6-8 foot swells and a considerable chop.
As I watched him from the safety of the drilling barge, I saw a wave coming straight for us that was at least 25 feet tall.
I screamed a warning, but the noise of the rig drowned me out.
The wave took him between the barges and slammed one barge against the other crushing him to death.
Another man who tried to rescue him had both legs crushed and later amputated.
I went down to the barge when the wave hit, and I heard the man screaming between the barges.
I lived with that man's screams for many nights as I tried to sleep.