Do It - catching waves at 30 knots!

Waves don’t give way. Fast, small boats in a limiting sea state can be surprised by a steep crest or deep wave trough, and a crew transfer to a wind turbine can become a nightmare by an unexpected wave group. Speed is often reduced as a precaution or operations are cancelled altogether to avoid injury, motion induced illness and damage.

The Do It project aims to increase the operability of small boat operations by the forward prediction of vessel motions using radar remote sensing of the waves. The project was done in a cooperation between Radac, Damen Shipyards, Next Ocean, the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Organisation KNRM and MARIN.