Blount boat first to serve US market for offshore wind

摘要

On a blue-sea, blue-sky day at Quonset Point in North Kingstown, R.I., Atlantic Pioneer cleared the breakwater and entered Narragansett Bay. When Capt. Jordan Ryan lay on the throttles, the stern dug in and the bow rose up and over, throwing an impressive display of white water. Atlantic Pioneer is the first crew transfer vessel (CTV) purpose-built in the United States to support offshore wind farm construction and maintenance. The aluminum catamaran, with three offshore workers aboard, was speeding to the Deepwater Wind LLC site - the first offshore wind farm in the country, under construction in 90 feet of water three miles southeast of Block Island, R.I. The speedster was designed by South Boats IOW in the United Kingdom and constructed for Atlantic Wind Transfers by Blount Boats of Warren, R.I.