And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It's an anchor handling, towing, and supply vessel. If it's towing a drilling rig (MODU = Mobile Offshore Drilling unit) then it's probably a little under-powered for that, solo. Usually there's two for an ocean-going tow. But for anchor handling (if the rig is so-equipped) or supplying a rig day-to-day, it would do fine.
Do the three white propeller markings indicate it has three bow thrusters? The new Canadian Coast Guard heavy ice-breaker is supposed to have two bow thrusters. Al_in_Ottawa
Interesting!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.bourbonoffshore.com/en/news/bourbon-arctic-expansion-new-markets
So that's what they use to move oil drilling platforms.
ReplyDeleteIt's an anchor handling, towing, and supply vessel. If it's towing a drilling rig (MODU = Mobile Offshore Drilling unit) then it's probably a little under-powered for that, solo. Usually there's two for an ocean-going tow. But for anchor handling (if the rig is so-equipped) or supplying a rig day-to-day, it would do fine.
DeleteNo man that's what they used to use to bring me a years worth of bourbon back in the day
DeleteI'm looking for a houseboat and this fits the bill.
ReplyDeleteDo the three white propeller markings indicate it has three bow thrusters? The new Canadian Coast Guard heavy ice-breaker is supposed to have two bow thrusters.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
three bow thrusters, two stern thrusters
Deletesee: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_Arctic
Now THAT'S my kind of bourbon transport vehicle. It can pull up to my house any time it wants.
ReplyDeleteObviously they need a lot of bourbon in the arctic
DeleteSo, it's the new 'most likely to end up on sinking, on fire and stranded on a reef' under the gentle hand of an inexperienced captain?
ReplyDeleteOnly it's a DEI hire Captainette in charge.
DeleteIt's not a Coast Guard vessel.
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