First Of A Fleet Of Work Boats At Wick Harbour
17th April 2017
Today at Wick Harbour 'Rix Lynx'could be seen tied up. Wick Harbour is fast becoming a hive of activity with the work now well underway at the former Steven's yard.
'Rix Lynx' is an offshore wind-farm catamaran crew and small-goods transfer vessel and is the first of a likely small fleet of such vessels that will be using the port as works continue at, and for operational needs for the lifetime of, the Beatrice offshore wind-farm.
The work boats are likely to carry crews of up to 10 and Willie Watt of Subsea7 recently predicted there could be as many as 12 or more of these work boats based at Wick harbour.
With the fleet assembled off the Caithness coast things are certainly developing according to the schedule previously announced.
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