Model Boat Mayhem

The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: Martin (Admin) on October 30, 2008, 04:57:14 pm

Title: Mayflower Resolution - Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Post by: Martin (Admin) on October 30, 2008, 04:57:14 pm

Saw this at Doncaster...  http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Shows2008/Doncaster2008/imagepages/image27.html (http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Shows2008/Doncaster2008/imagepages/image27.html)

(http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Shows2008/Doncaster2008/images/Doncaster2008-036.jpg)

Here the video! - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1G1942lX0Ek

HEMBC member's model platform ship with all working legs and cranes.

Real ship:   http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/mayflower/ (http://www.ship-technology.com/projects/mayflower/)
Title: Re: Mayflower Resolution - Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Post by: Garabaldy on October 30, 2008, 07:11:27 pm
i wonder what the maximum water depth it can work in is?

by the looks of the jacks its not very deep.....unless the jacks are replaceable?
Title: Re: Mayflower Resolution - Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Post by: amdaylight on November 19, 2008, 12:14:31 am
I was watching the discovery channel Sunday night. They set the bases for the wind generators from a jack up crane barge, and then they set the substation on one of the bases but when it came time to install the masts and wind generators they could not use the ship as they planned on.  >>:-(  They said that the ship was not stable enough to assemble the wind generators due to the fact that they could not get the hull completely out of the water and the waves caused the whole  ship to move while they were trying to lift the parts in place so they went back to the jack up crane barge.

Andre Anderson
over yonder in Portland Oregon