The Helicopter is due to arrive in an hour or so. The temperature is 21 degrees, winds 35 to 38 knots, seas 10 to 20 feet. My job was to get topside ready for the transfer, then watch the Helicopter's rear rotor, just in case it got close to the deck. The weather is not getting any better. 20 foot waves, and it's hitting 50 feet, up the Sub's sail.
Footing is bad, the spray is like ice pellets.
We kneel down on the deck for each wave, so as not to get hit. Most times only one line is used, but I need room to get out of the way of the chopper's rotors if need be. The Chopper is late. I am soaked to the bone. The weather is getting worse, and the foul weather gear must weight a ton.