“Gardian 1″ – 20m (71′) Catamaran

Vessel Type: MCA Cat 2 Wind Farm Service Vessel

Marine Kit Number: MK 09051
“Gardian 1″ – 20m (71′) Catamaran
Vessel Type: MCA Cat 2 Wind Farm Service Vessel
Marine Kit Number: MK 09051
“Gardian 1″ is the pride of the Gardline Industries fleet.
It all started when in 2009, Gardline saw a need to enter the renewables sector with Wind
Farm Service Vessels. After extensive research and an impromptu visit to he Global Marine
Design office in Western Australia, they chose GMD as their exclusive supplier of designs
and kitsets, for building by their subsidiary Alicat Workboats, located in Great Yarmouth, UK.

Based on our highly successful jet cat “Sea Stryder”, the “Gardian” has been specifically
developed for the rapidly growing UK and European Wind Farm market and was built by UK
based Alicat Workboats, a subsidiary of Gardline Shipping as their first WFSV.

The hull is designed with foil keels and twin semi tunneled propellers and achieved a
genuine 30 knots in trials off Southampton in June 2010. Caterpillar have since re-
programmed the engines from 1800 to 2100 RPM and as a trade off we lost 2 knots off the
top speed and picked up a heap of bollard pull.
The design is fully approved to Det Norske Veritas DNV and was built to UK MCA code for
Cat 2 vessels 60 miles offshore and 4 metre seas.

We have since had this vessel fully approved to Bureau Veritas by strong demand from the
operators.

Demonstrating the versatility of this vessel kitset, two of ‘Gardian’ vessels how now been
refitted and painted in orange and black livery to operate as Scoot Ferries on their Cowes-
Portsmouth route. It’s clear from the photos that this route demands a very capable and
comfortable offshore hull.

As part of a major refit to two of the vessels in 2015, GMD have designed and delivered Z
Bow modification kitsets. This modification will take the vessel from 20 to 22.6 metres and
provide a forward cargo deck. The first of the modified vessels is due for launch in
December of 2015.

Among our valued clients are Gardline, Dalby Offshore and Rix.

MK 09051
 Vessel Specifications metric imperial
Hull Length 20.00 m 65′ 7″
Overall Length 21.60 m 70′ 10″
Waterline Length 18.55 m 60′ 10″
Beam 6.50 m Moulded 21′
Draft @ Working Displ. 1.70 m 5′ 7″
Working Displacement 48 Tonnes 105,800 lb
Light Displacement 39 Tonnes 85,980 lb
Deck height above Waterline 1.50 m 4′ 11″
Bow Freeboard at rest 2.65 m 8′ 8″
Fuel Capacity 2 x 4,500l Litres 2 x 1190 Us. Gal.
2 x Caterpillar C32 1320 HP
Engine/s
@ 2100 RPM
Total Installed Power 2 x 977 kW 2 x 1,320 HP hp
Sprint Speed 56 km/hr 30 Knots
Cruise Speed 44 km/hr 24 Knots

Structure metric imperial

Bottom Plates 6 & 8 mm 1/4″ & 5/16″
Side Plates 5 mm 3/16″
Main Deck Plates 5 & 6 mm 3/16″ & 1/4″
Foredeck Plates 5 mm 3/16″
Superstructure Plating 4 mm4 mm Roof 5/32″5/32″
Nominal Frame Spacing 600 mm 2′
Aluminium Delivery Pack Dimensions metric imperial
Length 9.1m 30′
Breadth 2.3m 7′ 6″
26.0 Tonnes 57,300 lb