“Gardian 1″ – 20m Catamaran

“Gardian 1″ – 20m Catamaran
Vessel Type: MCA Cat 2 Wind Farm Service Vessel
Marine Kit Number: MK 09051
“Gardian 1″ – 20m Catamaran
Vessel Type: MCA Cat 2 Wind Farm Service Vessel
Marine Kit Number: MK 09051
“Gardian 1″ is the pride of the Gardline Industries fleet.
It all started when in 2009, Gardline saw a need to enter the renewables sector with Wind
Farm Service Vessels. After extensive research and an impromptu visit to he Global Marine
Design office in Western Australia, they chose GMD as their exclusive supplier of designs
and kitsets, for building by their subsidiary Alicat Workboats, located in Great Yarmouth, UK.
Based on our highly successful jet cat “Sea Stryder”, the “Gardian” has been specifically
developed for the rapidly growing UK and European Wind Farm market and was built by UK
based Alicat Workboats, a subsidiary of Gardline Shipping as their first WFSV.
The hull is designed with foil keels and twin semi tunneled propellers and achieved a
genuine 30 knots in trials off Southampton in June 2010. Caterpillar have since reprogrammed the engines from 1800 to 2100 RPM and as a trade off we lost 2 knots off the
top speed and picked up a heap of bollard pull.
The design is fully approved to Det Norske Veritas DNV and was built to UK MCA code for
Cat 2 vessels 60 miles offshore and 4 metre seas.
We have since had this vessel fully approved to Bureau Veritas by strong demand from the
operators.
Demonstrating the versatility of this vessel kitset, two of ‘Gardian’ vessels how now been
refitted and painted in orange and black livery to operate as Scoot Ferries on their CowesPortsmouth route. It’s clear from the photos that this route demands a very capable and
comfortable offshore hull.
As part of a major refit to two of the vessels in 2015, GMD have designed and delivered Z
Bow modification kitsets. This modification will take the vessel from 20 to 22.6 metres and
provide a forward cargo deck. The first of the modified vessels is due for launch in
December of 2015.
Among our valued clients are Gardline, Dalby Offshore and Rix.
MK 09051
Vessel Specifications
metric
imperial
Hull Length
20.00 m
65′ 7″
Overall Length
21.60 m
70′ 10″
Waterline Length
18.55 m
60′ 10″
6.50 m Moulded
21′
Draft @ Working Displ.
1.70 m
5′ 7″
Working Displacement
48 Tonnes
105,800 lb
Light Displacement
39 Tonnes
85,980 lb
Deck height above Waterline
1.50 m
4′ 11″
Bow Freeboard at rest
2.65 m
8′ 8″
2 x 4,500l Litres
2 x 1190 Us. Gal.
Beam
Fuel Capacity
2 x Caterpillar C32 1320 HP
@ 2100 RPM
Engine/s
Total Installed Power
2 x 977 kW
2 x 1,320 HP hp
Sprint Speed
56 km/hr
30 Knots
Cruise Speed
44 km/hr
24 Knots
metric
imperial
6 & 8 mm
1/4″ & 5/16″
5 mm
3/16″
Main Deck Plates
5 & 6 mm
3/16″ & 1/4″
Foredeck Plates
5 mm
3/16″
4 mm4 mm Roof
5/32″5/32″
600 mm
2′
Structure
Bottom Plates
Side Plates
Superstructure Plating
Nominal Frame Spacing
Aluminium Delivery Pack Dimensions
metric
imperial
Length
9.1m
30′
Breadth
2.3m
7′ 6″
26.0 Tonnes
57,300 lb