SAFE Boats Merlin vessel has been developed in collaboration with Mythos AI, Echo81, and World Marine Design.
With its eyes on the offshore wind trade, SAFE Boats International has gained unique rights to construct a sophisticated autonomous hydrographic survey vessel at its Tacoma, Wash., large-craft manufacturing facility. The modern, 23-meter semi-displacement monohull design, known as Merlin, has been developed in collaboration with Mythos AI, Echo 81, and World Marine Design.
The Jones Act compliant Merlin can have an all-aluminum hull powered by a twin Volvo Penta D13 hybrid-ready system with IPS. For a zero-emission energy answer, the Merlin can accommodate hydrogen expertise provided by Zero Emission Industries (ZEI). Both energy choices provide decrease emissions and prolonged vary to carry out web site evaluation surveys at offshore wind power areas.
The Merlin’s three deck ranges provide crew and technicians sleeping berths, full lavatory, galley, survey workstation, and a marine mammal observer publish on the flybridge. The vessel’s beneficiant aft working deck is provided with an A-Frame, twin winches, moonpool, and outboard seismic booms.
The hull of the autonomous hydrographic survey vessel was particularly designed to include the trade’s most superior sonars with minimal interference whereas amassing knowledge at a extremely environment friendly tempo. A Seakeeper gyro gives lively trip management, enhancing stability and crew consolation. A shallow draft of 1.6 meters permits the Merlin to carry out numerous survey missions and make port in small or giant harbors throughout the U.S.
Hydrographic methods supplier, Echo 81, is nationally acknowledged as a pacesetter within the hydrographic survey trade. With its contribution, Merlin is the trade’s first geophysical vessel that may be acquired instantly from the builder (SAFE Boats International) with a completely built-in geophysical sensor suite configured particularly for U.S. offshore wind. Echo81 will present a single supply for sensor service and help, drastically decreasing the fee burdens related to proudly owning and working survey vessels.
Maritime autonomy supplier Mythos AI is accountable for optimizing Merlin vessels for autonomous survey operations. Mythos AI’s superior driver help methods (ADAS) are designed particularly to automate geophysical workflows in order that hydrographers and crew will not be required to bodily be onboard the vessel. As Mythos AI’s expertise advances, it will likely be able to offering a push-button, lengthy endurance, dock-to-dock, self-driving and self-surveying answer for offshore wind.
World Marine Design is a subsidiary of Walker Marine Design, whose modern hull varieties have been inbuilt Europe, the U.S. and the Far East.
