and are fully certified with the latest safety and navigation equipment.
Our latest addition is the Lodesman. Originally commissioned by Trinity house, she was designed as a 24 hour all weather pilot boat. As a result, she is a very capable maneuverable vessel, able to work in the extreme environment of the Pentland Firth in safety and comfort. With sensible modification she has proved ideal for our needs with ROV support and survey purposes.
She sails under the code of a category 2 work boat. Her first contract was a series of ADCP and ROV surveys for the Marine Renewable Energy Industry.
Our second mainstay work boat is the MV Guide.
MV Guide is a Class VI passenger vessel, and has a category 4 Work Boat Certificate, which gives her a wide range of uses from passenger transfer to coastal survey purposes.
The photos below will provide a walk through of our craft in operation.
1. MV Lodesman, renewable energy tidal device deployment
2. MV Lodesman, foredeck with 5.5m reach crane
3. MV Lodesman, Engine Room, twin Gardner powerplants
4. MV Lodesman, maintenance at annual dry dock
5. MV Lodesman, wheelhouse and navigation
6. MV Lodesman, ROV pilot station
7. MV Lodesman, comfortable rear saloon
8. MV Lodesman, Lower cabins berth 6
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9. MV Lodesman, heavy seas through Yell Sound, Shetland
1. MV Guide offshore pipeline survey
2. MV Guide ready to berth, Stromness, Orkney.
3. Aft Cabin fitted for passenger deployment, MV Guide
4. Aft cabin fitted out for survey equipment, MV Guide
5. MV Guide, comfortable lower saloon
6. MV Guide, BBC Holiday programme
