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原文传递 MetalCraft to deliver new multimission vessel to Kuwait

题名：	MetalCraft to deliver new multimission vessel to Kuwait
正文语种：	eng
作者：	K. Hocke
摘要：	MetalCraft Marine is nearing completion of the 85'×26'×12' aluminum firefighting, rescue, patrol boat Mon-jeb 2. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered to the Kuwait Fire Force in September. The 79.6-dwt boat was designed by the U.K.'s Walker Marine Design Ltd. with a 4' draft. "MetalCraft started on preliminary designs back in early 2015. Several concepts did not fly due to the instability of shooting 12,000 gpm from 45 feet above the water," said Bob Clark, MetalCraft's contracts manager. "Even a catamaran design would need to be very large and very heavy with a super-low center of gravity to support the force of 12,000 gpm from the tower monitors. Of course, this is only one of the stability concerns. The boat would also need to handle severe seas if a fire occurred during a storm event. MetalCraft started looking at outside designs that were designed around severe sea states that could make good speeds and carry heavy loads. This led us to the wind farm boats of the North Sea." North Sea wind farm boats travel long distances to service turbines that are 25-to-50 miles from shore and work in very severe wave conditions. They typically run at 25 plus knots and carry multiple sea containers that hold all of the equipment necessary to keep the towers generating. They also operate with small crews but carry a large number of turbine service techs. Most of these vessels are also semi-displacement designs, which means very little hull motion and a comfortable ride for the service techs.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	79
期：	10
页码：	22,24