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Not much progress has been made with the rigger. There is a very strong concensus out there that a 3rd pass is not a good idea, especially seen the rig is back on the vessel and a 3rd pass would be done cold, weeks after the first double pass. But, getting the manufacturer or the importer to state that in writing is proving a tough task. Putting words into writing is the support we would expect from them for a product that is engineered for load bearing applications. What we really need is for some hard copy of information that supports the idea that overworking the swage by multi passing it, is not a safe practice. With that we have a better chance of getting through the impasse that seems to exist at the moment.

Even if the riggers swaging machine gets repaired and another pass is attempted, will it come to spec on the third pass or is a fouth or more going to happen.

Thanks again for the feedback. Much appreciated.