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US 10,676,160 B2Granted
Mooring and tensioning methods, systems, and apparatus
AssigneeBardex Corporation
InventorsNick Atallah, Dennis Graney
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Abstract
A method of mooring a floating vessel having a fairlead stopper coupled thereto is provided. The method includes retrieving a line pre-reeved on the fairlead stopper, connecting the line to an upper end of a mooring line, retrieving a second end of the line, connecting the second end to a winch of the AHV, and hauling in the mooring line to apply tension thereto. Also disclosed are mooring lines and systems, including lines having tensioning connectors thereon, such as tri-plate connectors, for stretching lines.
Claims28
A method of mooring a floating vessel having a fairlead stopper coupled thereto, the method comprising:
- hauling in a mooring line that is anchored to a seafloor into and at least partially through the fairlead stopper by pulling a messenger line coupled with the mooring line toward an anchor handling vessel, wherein the mooring line is hauled in until a first tension on the mooring line is attained, and wherein the fairlead stopper secures a position of the mooring line to at least partially maintain the first tension on the mooring line;
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- while hauling in the mooring line, pulling a tensioning line toward the anchor handling vessel to apply tension thereto, wherein the tensioning line is coupled between the anchor handling vessel and a tension coupler that is positioned along the mooring line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.