crane operator
Senior Member
Anyone have any insight as to why this heavy lift ship was designed to lift over the side as opposed to most of the ones I’ve seen that were more like a pair of sheer legs over the bow or stern.? That setup is much more stable.
I think the idea is that the wind turbine motor, blades, and tower, are on the ship deck. They sail to where they are in the ocean, then swing and pick everything off the deck to build the wind turbine. The ones with stiff legs that dead lift over the front don't swing or have turntables, they have to move the boat to do everything.