Safety Boat Job

[speedy]

Heres another, one of those more complicated ones. I get tons of these will pass on to anyone that wants.


> Message from: sarah Burns
>
> Dear Greg,
> I am a representative of Tenby Sea rowing Club in Pembrokeshire West Wales
> . In May 2008 We are taking part in the Celtic challenge rowing our 24ft
> Celtic Long Boat in a race from Arklow om the East coast of Ireland to
> Aberystwyth on the West Coast of Wales , approximately 96 nautical miles.
> Rules of the race stipulate each crew must have a Rib no less than 5.5 m
> in lenghth and a safety vessel no less than 12 metres in length to
> accompany them the entire length of the race . Ideally the safety vessel
> needs to be big enough to accomodate the 12 race crew and up to ten
> support crew . Crews in past races have chartered safety boats which they
> have then gone over to Ireland on , taking their race boat with them,and
> slept on board the night before the race to lessen the added complication
> of finding accomodation in Arklow before hte race . The Race is due to
> start on 3rd of May however could be started as late as 5th depending on
> the weather window .
> We would be very grateful if you could please forward any information you
> may have on possible sources for such support in our area , but also
> noting from your web site you provide your services anywhere in the uk ,
> however due to your location I am presuming this would put you out of our
> budget as all funding is being raised by sponsorship.
> I have been unable to locate any other providers of support vessels on the
> internet therefore would be very grateful of your help and information as
> soon as possible with this matter as our entry has to be finalised in
> January .
> In anticipation of your response
>
> Sarah Burns.

If anyone is interested please PM me and i will let you have the email.

Greg

[Rogue Wave]

Do you think they'd be looking for change out of a hundred quid. We have a fleet tender that will do that support job
but it ain't cheep

[havener]

We have four vessels available in the >12m category, they will only cost the rowers around £8k per day to have

With that number of support vessels it will look like an invasion fleet!

Originally Posted by speedy

Heres another, one of those more complicated ones. I get tons of these will pass on to anyone that wants.


> Message from: sarah Burns
>
> Dear Greg,
> I am a representative of Tenby Sea rowing Club in Pembrokeshire West Wales
> . In May 2008 We are taking part in the Celtic challenge rowing our 24ft
> Celtic Long Boat in a race from Arklow om the East coast of Ireland to
> Aberystwyth on the West Coast of Wales , approximately 96 nautical miles.
> Rules of the race stipulate each crew must have a Rib no less than 5.5 m
> in lenghth and a safety vessel no less than 12 metres in length to
> accompany them the entire length of the race . Ideally the safety vessel
> needs to be big enough to accomodate the 12 race crew and up to ten
> support crew . Crews in past races have chartered safety boats which they
> have then gone over to Ireland on , taking their race boat with them,and
> slept on board the night before the race to lessen the added complication
> of finding accomodation in Arklow before hte race . The Race is due to
> start on 3rd of May however could be started as late as 5th depending on
> the weather window .
> We would be very grateful if you could please forward any information you
> may have on possible sources for such support in our area , but also
> noting from your web site you provide your services anywhere in the uk ,
> however due to your location I am presuming this would put you out of our
> budget as all funding is being raised by sponsorship.
> I have been unable to locate any other providers of support vessels on the
> internet therefore would be very grateful of your help and information as
> soon as possible with this matter as our entry has to be finalised in
> January .
> In anticipation of your response
>
> Sarah Burns.

If anyone is interested please PM me and i will let you have the email.

Greg

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by havener

We have four vessels available in the >12m category, they will only cost the rowers around £8k per day to have

perhaps Frank's fleet tender is cheep after all it's only 1.5 a day and sleeps 24

[havener]

No, the fleet tender sounds a good rate. Ours are anchor handling vessels so tend to be a bit more expensive!

[havener]

Greg,

PM sent.

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by havener

No, the fleet tender sounds a good rate. Ours are anchor handling vessels so tend to be a bit more expensive!

I've been in a few winch halls in my time, very impressive craft. what is your fleet called?

[havener]

Wish it was my fleet, I could be relaxing on a Greek island instead!

I work mainly with Les Abeilles, part of Bourbon, a French owned company probably most famous for the Abeille Flandre and Abeille Bourbon, part of the French SAR standby tugs fleet. Otherwise, the Group is mainly involved in North Sea anchor handling and port operations in, well, all over the place really.

http://bourbon-online.com/en/ will give you a better idea.

And you're right, vessels like the Abeille Bourbon are amazing pieces of engineering, especially when you think that on the salvage fleet the guys are working flat decks in some very nasty conditions to get tow lines attached.

[Rogue Wave]

excellent Fleet nice well kept boats. Maybe you guys could give some hints and tips to Putfords. Saw the aries last week and it needs some TLC

We worked with the Bourbon Surf one of your AHTS which was the heading Tug on the Captain FPSO during diving ops in 2005. We were on the Geosea and later the Maersk Asserter

Have a good watch!

[havener]

Maersk are a decent fleet, good people to work with. Don't know much about Putfords recently, their reputation always used to be very good.

Boring day today as I'm reviewing contingency plans, but at least will be back out on the Ab. Bourbon for a bit of excitement next week

[Rogue Wave]

Originally Posted by havener

Maersk are a decent fleet, good people to work with.

yeah European Catering

[havener]

Originally Posted by Rogue Wave

yeah European Catering

Makes a big difference!

Best food - Bourbon fleet (French), Hellespont (Greek)

Worst - Fish heads & rice (Hanjin Lines)

I know a few pilots joining ships off Cherbourg on the Rotterdam run who event take their own food with them!

[Alex Brown]

Only just noticed this thread - it's not far off being local either!!

I wonder for the larger safety boat whether they're after something like one of the old RMAS Fleet Tenders maybe. There used to be one operated from Milford, but she's been layed up now at the top of the dock for a few years and doesn't look to be coded.

I suppose companies like Holyhead Towing or Williams Shipping to provide the larger vessel would be ideal, but like Simon said (although probably not quite so extreme) neither would be that cheap given the distances.

Would be interesting to see what other teams are doing for cover.

Went to see a presentation from one of the tug skippers that was working down at the Azores on the CP Valour container ship the other week, apparently they were all in awe when the Maersk Achiever turned up for the final pull off when over the radio the master was asked to put 250tons on. I think the biggest pull on the other tugs was from the Remo (now Red Dolphin) at 90ton bp.

-Alex

[havener]

Originally Posted by Alex Brown

Went to see a presentation from one of the tug skippers that was working down at the Azores on the CP Valour container ship the other week, apparently they were all in awe when the Maersk Achiever turned up for the final pull off when over the radio the master was asked to put 250tons on. I think the biggest pull on the other tugs was from the Remo (now Red Dolphin) at 90ton bp.

-Alex

Never been on the Achiever but it's only my list of to do's !

We can manage a 200tbp on the Bourbon, but 250tbp proportionally is a heck of a vessel!

[speedy]

Sorry gents I did not realise I had not left the contact details for this job. I also have a very bad habit of not noticing PMs!

I have messaged the details just now.

[Rogue Wave]

that's ok we are busy talking about tugs now!

[Markyboyo]

Along similar lines I'm going to be joining the Bourbon 101 down in Angola long term in March, She is still in Norway being mobilised at the moment. Looking forward to getting on a nice new vessel.

[Rogue Wave]

Have a good watch

[Roger Barr]

Wnen you get down to Angola and are tied up at the Quayside in Luanda feel free to come over for a coffee.
I am an Operations Engineer with FMC down here and am 200m from the quayside!

Regards,
Barry