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Why not just buy a 46’ catamaran?
by MaupitiBlue 8y ago
Why not just buy a 46’ catamaran?
- Scoundreller 8y agoThat's what I'm thinking. An old enough and used one is like an old diesel car. As long as it still runs, it will still be worth what you paid for it.
- AWildC182 8y agoThe floating weighted tube is designed such that it's not influenced by wave action. To oversimplify, the proportion of overall volume/buoyancy that a wave covers and uncovers is insignificant and so even in somewhat rough seas, the platform probably feels like solid land, not bouncing up and down or rocking side to side.
- noneeeed 8y agoThanks for the explanation. I hadn't considered the length of the tube in the this setup. Is this how floating oil rigs work?
- AWildC182 8y agoYea, generally oil rigs have a similar design with most of the buoyant volume underwater. There are a few different designs to achieve this but ultimately the goal is the same. You can also do something similar with boats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hull https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small-waterplane-area_twin_hul...
- ghaff 8y agoI’ve been out of the business for a long time, but in addition to the fact that semi-submersibles pump in ballast and partially submerge when operating, they’re generally anchored using 8 or so anchors. There have been dynamically rigs for deep water drilling but I’m not as familiar with current details. I assume with current oil prices deep water drilling is pretty unattractive.