DAVITS & CRANES
“We were one of the first suppliers of electrically driven tender boat cranes and have developed DNVGL-type approved stainless steel hooks suitable for combined tender-rescue boat cranes. “
Peter is proud of the customer service his company provides and recalls a situation where recently, somewhere in the Caribbean between the Bahamas and Miami, a superyacht fitted with Fuchs equipment had a problem.
He told us, “The owner had taken the yacht’s tender away on a fishing trip and while he was away, and the yacht was stationary the crew took the opportunity to work on the yacht’s Jet Skis opening the stern doors and extending the crane to do so. When the owner returned from fishing, he instructed the crew to pack up and head for Miami ‘toute de suite’. In their haste to stow everything away quickly disaster struck. The wireless remote-control panel needed to operate the crane fell over the side, the crew watched it sink and it was lost.
That was not a problem (or so they thought) because a spare control panel that could be plugged into the unit using a cable, was stored in the engine room. Unfortunately, in their haste (once again) to retrieve said spare control, the cable and its plug caught on a fire door and the plug was destroyed. Efforts to repair the plug on board were in vain and the vessel, with her stern door still wide open, was unable to proceed. The yacht contacted Fuchs asking for advice. Minutes later, technicians were connected to the yacht’s control system using a satellite connection.
They rapidly connected an emergency control programme and instructed the chief engineer on how to make some changes to the electronics, making it possible to operate the crane again without a control panel. Crane retracted, the door was safely closed, and the vessel resumed her voyage arriving in Miami before the owner became too irate!
FEEBE Located in the north of the Netherlands, Feebe have built and developed custom equipment for superyachts for the past 15 years. You can find the passerelles, boarding ladders, deck cranes, overhead cranes, swimming ladders, pool-top stages and design specials all over the world on many exclusive superyachts. With their specialised team, they always design the products according to the specific customer brief. From the first line on the drawing board to the moment the Feebe service engineers explain the operation to the crew on board, they ensure that the projects are manufactured to the highest possible standard. They fundamentally believe there is a solution to every challenge. For more details Tel: +31 (0)517 850 851 or visit www.
feebe.nl
MOVEABLE BATHING PLATFORMS
An alternative to lifting a tender or jet ski into or out of the water is to float it on or off a platform. Hydraulically operated moving swim platforms are frequently built with this feature incorporated into them and the system works well on sail boats and smaller motor yachts whose overall length precludes a garage. The Seascape is a hydraulic moving bathing platform made by Hydromar using a Z-shaped movement crankshaft mechanism compromising of two sets of cylinders which drive the crankshaft system. It can be produced in several sizes in which further variables are possible.
Early incarnations of devices such as these suffered failure when large waves from astern caused damage to the platform. Hydromar have allowed for this potential problem by fitting an integrated breaking mechanism to deal with the critical loadings which are caused by waves that are too large. The mechanism can be replaced by the crew without the need of shoreside assistance and even if parts are not available on board, the seascape is able to be used with breaking mechanism un-mended making the Hydromar a reliable bathing platform that cannot be damaged beyond repair due to a too high sea state.
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