RV Moody Blue

Ocean Ecology's research vessel, the Moody Blue

Ocean Ecology operates the research vessel Moody Blue. The Moody Blue is a Transport Canada approved vessel and participates in the Small Vessel Compliance Program (SVCP), a program aimed at enhancing safety in the small vessel community by emphasizing the importance of compliance and better understanding of legal requirements.

The Moody Blue's specifications are as follow:

• Length: 40 feet (11.90 meters)
• Beam: 12.4 feet (3.70 meters)
• Draft: 5.6 feet (1.70 meters)
• Power: 225 horsepower
• Cruising speed: 8 knots
• Range: 2000 nautical miles
• Hull: Fibreglass
• Engine: Gardner 6LXDT
• Vessel construction: Gooldrup
• Stabilization: built-in batwing stabilizers
• Equipment:
  • 2 VHFs
  • 1 radar
  • 1 sounder
  • 1 forward scanning sonar
  • 1 GPS
  • 1 DGPS
  • 2 notebook computers with electronic charting, data logging, and GIS software
  • 1 hydraulically operated A-frame crane in stern
  • 1 drum winch with slip-rings in stern
  • 1 hydraulically operated Easthope sampling winch on port
  • 300 m stainless winch cable
  • 150 m electromechanical (single coaxial) camera cable

Shown below are several pictures of the Moody Blue taken during a recent haul out. Clearly seen are the batwing stabilizers, forward scanning sonar, and rudder and wheel.

Batwing stabilizers on the Moody Blue.

View of the forward scanning sonar unit.

View of the rudder and propeller

Another view of the rudder and propeller

The Moody Blue anchored during a recent video survey.