# First U.S.-flag Wind Farm Vessel Christened **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [May 13, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217 "2016-05-13T20:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/1 "2016-05-13T20:37:45Z")
From Marine Technology Reporter: “Serving notice that U.S. yards can and do build workboats for the nascent North American offshore wind farm industry, Blount Boats has delivered the Atlantic Pioneer, America’s first U.S.-flagged crew transfer vessel (CTV) for Atlantic Wind Transfers. Atlantic Wind Transfers is the commercial wind support services subsidiary of Rhode Island Fast Ferry, which secured a 20-year contract from Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC to operate the vessel for the nation’s first offshore wind farm, beginning in May 2016.” ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/2 "2016-05-14T03:49:24Z")
And from [Offshorewind.biz](http://Offshorewind.biz): [http://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/04/15/photo-of-the-day-atlantic-pioneer-creates-a-stir/](http://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/04/15/photo-of-the-day-atlantic-pioneer-creates-a-stir/) PS\> Appears to make a lot of waves (I.e. use a lot of power) when steaming along in good weather. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/3 "2016-05-14T04:15:19Z")
[QUOTE=ombugge;184433]And from [Offshorewind.biz](http://Offshorewind.biz): [http://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/04/15/photo-of-the-day-atlantic-pioneer-creates-a-stir/](http://www.offshorewind.biz/2016/04/15/photo-of-the-day-atlantic-pioneer-creates-a-stir/) PS\> Appears to make a lot of waves (I.e. use a lot of power) when steaming along in good weather.[/QUOTE] You sir, appear to make a lot of wind (i.e. expel a lot of hot air) when judging a vessel’s performance based on a press release photo. Could it be because it was built in the U.S. and not in your “better than thou” socialist utopia? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/4 "2016-05-14T04:34:36Z")
> [@Lee Shore;184434](#): > > You sir, appear to make a lot of wind (i.e. expel a lot of hot air) when judging a vessel’s performance based on a press release photo. Could it be because it was built in the U.S. and not in your “better than thou” socialist utopia? It does APPEAR to do so when compared to this one, built in Great Yarmouth, UK. Also steaming along in good weather: ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/3X/7/9/798c35e976925a5fd8ecb4dead5274073420f760.jpeg) Do you regard Britain to be a “Socialist Utopia”? Well, it may APPEAR to be so in your mind, compered to your “Capitalist Heaven”. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/5 "2016-05-14T04:44:30Z")
> [@"ombugge"](#): > > It does APPEAR to do so when compared to this one, built in Great Yarmouth, UK. Also steaming along in good weather: Do you regard Britain to be a “Socialist Utopia”? Well, it may APPEAR to be so in your mind, compered to your “Capitalist Heaven”. it was a European design though? ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/6 "2016-05-14T04:47:06Z")
[QUOTE=z-drive;184438]it was a European design though?[/QUOTE] I don’t know. I did not bring up where it was built or designed, only that on that picture it APPEARED to make a lot of waves. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/7 "2016-05-14T04:48:14Z")
> [@"ombugge"](#): > > I did not bring up where it was built or designed, only that on that picture it APPEARED to make a lot of waves. you imply such as your example was “built in the UK” in comparison ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/8 "2016-05-14T05:12:10Z")
[QUOTE=z-drive;184441]you imply such as your example was “built in the UK” in comparison[/QUOTE] “Built in the UK”, not in the IMPLIED “Socialist Utopia” of Scandinavia. What is wrong with you guys? You see criticism where none is intended, or IMPLIED. The mentioning of UK, ruled by the Torries for many years, was to build up to a reply to the snide remark about “Socialist Utopia”. Am I to understand that the existence of Scandinavia, which is now also governed by right-wing Governments, are an Utopia?? UTOPIA: an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect: [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopia](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopia) Imaginary; No. Last I saw, Scandinavia does exist. Perfect; depends on what you compare to, but I don’t think anybody in Scandinavia has made that claim. ---
**Author:** ![Traitor\_Yankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/traitor_yankee/32/876_2.png) [@Traitor\_Yankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Traitor_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/9 "2016-05-14T22:31:17Z")
Its actually exceeded all of their expectations, thats coming from one of the guys running it. ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/10 "2016-05-15T08:43:48Z")
[QUOTE=ombugge;184443]“Built in the UK”, not in the IMPLIED “Socialist Utopia” of Scandinavia. What is wrong with you guys? You see criticism where none is intended, or IMPLIED. The mentioning of UK, ruled by the Torries for many years, was to build up to a reply to the snide remark about “Socialist Utopia”. Am I to understand that the existence of Scandinavia, which is now also governed by right-wing Governments, are an Utopia?? UTOPIA: an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect: [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopia](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/utopia) Imaginary; No. Last I saw, Scandinavia does exist. Perfect; depends on what you compare to, but I don’t think anybody in Scandinavia has made that claim.[/QUOTE] My response was prompted by this previous post of yours discussing US vs Scandinavian wind farm support vessels: "Somebody will probably fit cheap port-a-camps on the back of a mud boat, add four point mooring for positioning and a few Zodiac MOB boats to transfer personnel to the various wind turbines. VIOLA!!! You have “State-of-the-Art” Wind Farm Support Vessel for deep water operation off the North East Coast." Excuse me if I misread this as trash talk. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 10:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/11 "2016-05-15T10:48:47Z")
[QUOTE=Lee Shore;184507]My response was prompted by this previous post of yours discussing US vs Scandinavian wind farm support vessels: "Somebody will probably fit cheap port-a-camps on the back of a mud boat, add four point mooring for positioning and a few Zodiac MOB boats to transfer personnel to the various wind turbines. VIOLA!!! You have “State-of-the-Art” Wind Farm Support Vessel for deep water operation off the North East Coast." Excuse me if I misread this as trash talk.[/QUOTE] That was meant as a reply to earlier comments on the new Ulstein Wind farm Support Vessels of the type that sits in the field for long periods, housing Technicians who service large wind farms situated far from shore, not the small Personnel Transfer Boats that bring the Technicians to/from shore, or from the above mentioned Support Vessels. It was not meant as “trash talk”, but an attempt at being funny, or sarcastic, in relation to earlier posts in another thread about the difference between the Ebb Tide and the UT 704. I’m now living in the “Socialist Utopia” of Norway, after many years in what many says is an “Eastern Utopia”; Singapore. There are many differences in the way these two functions, but there are also similarities. The main similarity being that both have become rich in a very short time: Norway because of Oil and other natural resources, as well as a very fair and equalitarean society. Singapore because of hard work, strict rules and good Governance. You can debate which is the best way, but you cannot say that “this is a Utopia”. The proof that it can be done, one way or the other, is right here for all to see. (OK, you cannot chose if you are going to have oil and minerals in the ground) ---
**Author:** ![PaddyWest2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/paddywest2012/32/2405_2.png) [@PaddyWest2012](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PaddyWest2012)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/12 "2016-05-15T11:47:35Z")
I’m surprised ol’ Luther’s girls can build anything that floats, let alone steams along efficiently in good weather. This from the same yard that built sea-going 100-passenger/20-crew boats with very NON-watertight exterior doors 3 feet above the waterline. How have those things not been involved in a serious meteorological casualty? ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/13 "2016-05-15T15:11:53Z")
> [@"PaddyWest2012"](#): > > I’m surprised ol’ Luther’s girls can build anything that floats, let alone steams along efficiently in good weather. This from the same yard that built sea-going 100-passenger/20-crew boats with very NON-watertight exterior doors 3 feet above the waterline. How have those things not been involved in a serious meteorological casualty? lol and they’re great at rusting so they’re more like a screen door anyways ---
**Author:** ![\_A465B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/e8c25b/32.png) [@\_A465B](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/_A465B)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/14 "2016-05-17T14:57:32Z")
I wonder if it has a foil bt’wn the hulls to lift it when underway. It works a treat ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/15 "2016-05-18T07:44:17Z")
[QUOTE=+A465B;184621]I wonder if it has a foil bt’wn the hulls to lift it when underway. It works a treat[/QUOTE] You mean like the Missionkraft 20 m. MP Wind farm boat here?: [http://missionkraft.com/?page\_id=27](http://missionkraft.com/?page_id=27) That is a highly sophisticated design for the future, but has any actually been built yet? ---
**Author:** ![JayNola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7cd45c/32.png) [@JayNola](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/JayNola)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/16 "2016-05-18T13:02:39Z")
[QUOTE=ombugge;184638]You mean like the Missionkraft 20 m. MP Wind farm boat here?: [http://missionkraft.com/?page\_id=27](http://missionkraft.com/?page_id=27) That is a highly sophisticated design for the future, but has any actually been built yet?[/QUOTE] They’re building HYSUCAT boats down on the bayou. [http://www.geoshipyard.com/catamarans.html](http://www.geoshipyard.com/catamarans.html) They’ve got a couple doing service as fisheries boats and ferries. [http://www.geoshipyard.com/catalina-adventure.html](http://www.geoshipyard.com/catalina-adventure.html) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/17 "2016-05-18T15:32:18Z")
[QUOTE=JayNola;184652]They’re building HYSUCAT boats down on the bayou. [http://www.geoshipyard.com/catamarans.html](http://www.geoshipyard.com/catamarans.html) They’ve got a couple doing service as fisheries boats and ferries. [http://www.geoshipyard.com/catalina-adventure.html[/QUOTE]](http://www.geoshipyard.com/catalina-adventure.html%5B/QUOTE%5D) I don’t see any foils on any of these??? All Catamarans appears to be fairly normal aluminum hull crafts. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer69](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/flyer69/32/6000_2.png) [@Flyer69](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Flyer69)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/18 "2016-05-18T17:21:50Z")
> [@"ombugge"](#): > > I don’t see any foils on any of these??? All Catamarans appears to be fairly normal aluminum hull crafts. Foils are for pussies. Besides, they get tangled up in lobstah fishing geah, deah. ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/19 "2016-05-18T17:25:42Z")
> [@"Flyer69"](#): > > Foils are for pussies. Besides, they get tangled up in lobstah fishing geah, deah. tell you what, if I EVAH ketch you fuckin round my gayah with some 'loom-num foil they’ll be hell to pay bud. -anonymous “bug picker” ---
**Author:** ![Steamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Steamer](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Steamer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217/20 "2016-05-19T03:48:16Z")
[QUOTE=ombugge;184524] I’m now living in the “Socialist Utopia” of Norway, after many years in what many says is an “Eastern Utopia”; Singapore. There are many differences in the way these two functions, but there are also similarities. The main similarity being that both have become rich in a very short time: Singapore because of hard work, strict rules and good Governance. [/QUOTE] The Singapore government must have redefined “utopia” If they did the press was not allowed to report it. > **[Human rights in Singapore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Singapore)** > > The government in Singapore has broad powers to limit citizens' rights and to inhibit political opposition. In 2015, Singapore was ranked 153rd out of 175 nations by Reporters Without Borders in the Worldwide Press Freedom Index. Freedom in the World scored Singapore 4 out of 7 for political freedom, and 4 out of 7 for civil liberties (where 1 is the most free), with an overall ranking of "partly free" for the year 2015. The Ministry of Home Affairs Internal Security Department enforces the cou... [Next page](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/first-u-s-flag-wind-farm-vessel-christened/16217.md?page=2)