Update: chose the ratty old umbilical over the shiny new one and it saved the job

Andrew Williams · 2026-10-28T21:15:03.922272+00:00

Last Tuesday on a pipeline job outside Morgan City, my new 300 foot umbilical had a bad connector out of the box and the only backup was the shop's beat up spare with 400 dives on it. I picked the old one, and it ran clean for 6 hours while the new one sat in the truck. Has anyone else had a brand new hose fail right off the reel like that?

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Update: chose the ratty old umbilical over the shiny new one and it saved the job | Commercial Divers - Vivisector