This page is dedicated to our faithful old research vessel, the Moody Blue. She has served us well for the last 10 years, and we wish her all the best in her future endeavors.
Ocean Ecology operated the research vessel Moody Blue. The Moody Blue was a Transport Canada approved vessel and participated 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 were 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/li>
- 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.
