Abstract: A marine vessel is provided comprising a liquefied gas (LG) handling system. The LG handling system comprises an LG tank which is installed on a portion of the marine vessel. The LG handling system comprises a vent line system which is connected to the LG tank and which has an outlet arranged on a elevated structure on the marine vessel at a vertical distance from the portion of the marine vessel on which the LG tank is installed. Optionally or additionally, the outlet may be arranged on an elevated structure on the marine vessel at a vertical distance from the deck or a working area below the outlet.

Abstract: A cassette assembly is disclosed attachable to an end portion of a waterborne vessel including a cassette section to bear against an external structure in use. The cassette section is movable relative to the vessel in a direction towards an opposite end of the vessel. A resilient buffer system counters movement of the cassette section when the vessel is moved towards the external structure, wherein the resilient buffer system includes a fluid-operated buffer. A waterborne vessel includes a receiving portion for receiving the cassette assembly, and can be used to service a water-accessible structure such as a wind turbine.

Abstract: A wingsail for a powered watercraft comprising a first aerofoil element, a second aerofoil element, and a third aerofoil element, wherein each of the aerofoil elements is rotatable about an axis and has an aerofoil section with a centre of area which is closer to its leading edge than its trailing edge, and the aerofoil elements are movable to a configuration in which flow from the trailing edge of one of the first or third element is directed toward the leading edge of the second element, and flow from the trailing edge of the second element is directed toward the leading edge of the other of the first or third element.

Abstract: A control system, adapted for a boat having a first GNSS receiver disposed at a bow side of the boat, and a second GNSS receiver disposed at a stern side of the boat, the control system includes a control unit including a processor configured to determine whether an approach direction of the boat to a berth is bow first or stern first; and select, based on the approach direction, the first GNSS receiver or the second GNSS receiver for determining a position of the boat.

Abstract: A bimini top having first second and third frame members. Each having a first end opposite a canopy support. The second frame member is pivotally connected to the first frame member between a pivotal connection of the first frame member and its canopy support. The third frame member is pivotally connected to the first frame member between the pivotal connection of first frame member and the pivotal connection of the second frame member to the first frame member. A flexible canopy is connected to the canopy supports of the first second and third frame members. An actuator pulls on the third frame member to move the frame members from a stored position locating them relatively near each other to a use position locating the canopy supports spread apart from the stored position.

Abstract: A tow attachment for a watercraft is disclosed. The tow attachment is configured to attach a tow rope to the watercraft, and has a first part and a second part that is connected to the first part by a connecting portion. The first part is configured for rigid connection to the watercraft, and the second part is configured to attach to the tow rope. The second part disconnects from the first part about the connecting portion in response to the tow rope applying a load above a predetermined load to the second part. A tow pylon assembly having a tow pylon and the tow attachment connected to the tow pylon is also disclosed. A watercraft with the tow attachment and a watercraft with the tow pylon assembly are also disclosed.

Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated installation structure for a marine apparatus, a storage container and a manufacturing method. The integrated installation structure includes a primary insulating layer formed by arranging at least one first primary insulating plate and at least one second primary insulating plate, a secondary insulating layer disposed on an outer side of the primary insulating layer and a secondary shielding film between the primary insulating layer and the secondary insulating layer. The first primary insulating plate is prefabricated and connected with the secondary shielding film into a one-piece member through a first connecting device, and the second primary insulating plate is a structure separated from the secondary shielding film, and is connected with the secondary insulating layer through a second connecting device.

Abstract: A watercraft comprising a hull, a roof, a support including a first end coupled to the roof and a second end positioned within the hull, and an actuation assembly coupled to the support. The support is moveable between a first position and a second position in response to activation of the actuation assembly. The support extends into the hull a first distance in the first position and a second distance in the second position. The second distance is larger than the first distance.

Abstract: The adjustable chair and leaning post for a kayak or other watercraft is configured for use with a vessel and with a client. The adjustable chair and leaning post for a kayak or other watercraft attaches to the superior surface of the vessel. The client uses the adjustable chair and leaning post for a kayak or other watercraft for a purpose selected from the group consisting of: a) sitting; and, b) leaning. The adjustable chair and leaning post for a kayak or other watercraft comprises a framework and a seat structure. The framework transfers the load of the client and seat structure to the vessel. The seating structure forms a structure that the client sits on. The seating structure further forms a structure that the client leans against. The adjustable chair and leaning post for a kayak or other watercraft is a collapsible structure.

Abstract: A bunkering marine vessel has an elongated, multi-deck accommodation structure extending along a portion of the length of one hull side and spaced apart from a centerline extending from bow to stern. Positioned within the vessel hull is at least one LNG pressure vessel filling at least 50% of the hull volume and extending from adjacent a lowermost deck to adjacent the main deck. At least one marine gasoil tank is positioned along an opposing hull side to counter the weight of the accommodation structure, The bow and stern ends of the vessel are substantially the same in shape, and each end includes a marine propulsion system.

Abstract: A fail-safe sealing system for a watercraft includes a self-bailing drain plug having an outer wall with a proximal end having a proximal opening, a distal end having a distal opening, and a fluid conduit that extends from the proximal opening to the distal opening. The sealing system includes a check valve including a ball disposed within the fluid conduit and being surrounded by the outer wall, and a ball retaining pin extending between opposite lateral sides of the outer wall adjacent the proximal opening for preventing the ball from passing through the proximal opening. The sealing system includes a sealing cap having a bayonet-style locking assembly that locks onto the ball retaining pin for securing the sealing cap to the proximal end of the outer wall for forming a water-tight seal with the proximal end of the outer wall of the self-bailing drain plug.

Abstract: A bearing device of a floating power station includes a supporting component and operation and maintenance passages formed by multiple operation and maintenance floating bodies arranged in sequence. Two adjacent rows of the operation and maintenance passages are connected by the supporting component, and an electrical device mounting position for mounting an electrical device is provided on the supporting component. In the bearing device for the floating power station provided according to the present application, the two adjacent rows of the operation and maintenance passages are connected by the supporting component, and the electrical device is mounted on the electrical device mounting position of the supporting component, that is, the mounting of the electrical device is not affected by a space between the two adjacent operation and maintenance passages, thereby the versatility of the bearing device provided according to the present application is improved.

Abstract: An outboard motor includes a drive shaft, a coupling to connect a first shaft and a second shaft of the drive shaft together, and a transmission including a dog clutch to transmit a rotation of the drive shaft to a propeller shaft. The coupling includes a first portion attached to the first shaft, a second portion attached to the second shaft, and a damper. The first portion includes first claws arranged along a rotation direction of the drive shaft. The second portion includes second claws between adjacent ones of the first claws in the rotation direction. The damper includes an elastic portion interposed between adjacent ones of the first claws and the second claws in the rotation direction.

Abstract: Wakeboat hull control systems and methods are provided to permit the accurate reproduction of a wake behind a wakeboat. The onboard wake control system receives data from a draft measuring system. Incorporation of the data from the draft measuring system permits accurate reproduction of a wake behind the wakeboat after a change in an onboard variable such as the number, weight or position of passengers, the weight or position of cargo and the position of trim tabs or amount/location of ballast.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bionic cuttlefish-typed underwater detection robot, including a bionic “cuttlefish”-typed body structure, a piezoelectric energy capture device, a circuit rectification and storage assembly and a power control assembly. The bionic “cuttlefish”-typed body structure includes a head and a main body; the piezoelectric energy capture device includes piezoelectric ceramic elements arranged around the main body and PVDF floating belts, and an end of each piezoelectric ceramic element is connected to a spherical spoiler component, the PVDF floating belts are evenly distributed at a tail end of the main body. The present disclosure adopts piezoelectric ceramic elements with spoiler components and PVDF floating belts to generate electricity, converts wave energy and ocean current energy into electric energy, powers the power control assembly of the detection robot.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for mooring a structure and/or tensioning a mooring line. The apparatus comprises: a guide portion for guiding a portion of a first mooring line, and a lock arrangement, wherein the apparatus provides a mooring line path, the lock arrangement being provided on an opposite side of the mooring line path from the guide portion, at least when the lock arrangement is in an unlocked configuration. When in a locked configuration at least a portion of the lock arrangement is provided in the mooring path.

Abstract: The invention relates to devices, systems, and methods that involve automatically lifting a boat cover above an interior of the boat.

Abstract: Provided is a control system for stabilizing a floating wind turbine, the comprising a detection device for monitoring an offset from a predetermined floater pitch angle and/or an offset from a predetermined floater yaw angle, wherein the detection device is further configured for monitoring an oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and/or the floater yaw angle, wherein the predetermined floater pitch angle and floater yaw angle define a predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine, wherein a threshold of the oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and the oscillating motion of the floater yaw angle further define the predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine, and an actuation device configured for manipulating the oscillating motion of the floater pitch angle and/or the oscillating motion of the floater yaw angle until the predetermined balanced state of the floating wind turbine is met.

Abstract: A fluid machine includes: a shaft portion extending in an axis direction; a shroud provided to surround the shaft portion and having a diameter decreasing from an upstream side on one side in the axis direction toward a downstream side on another side in the axis direction, a flow path being formed between the shroud and the shaft portion and having a flow path cross-sectional area decreasing toward the downstream side; a propeller rotatably provided about an axis between the shaft portion and the shroud and configured to pump a fluid from the upstream side toward the downstream side; and a motor provided to correspond to the propeller, the motor including a rotor having a ring-like shape and being fixed to an outer circumference portion of the propeller and accommodated in the shroud and a stator having a ring-like shape surrounding the rotor and being fixed in the shroud, in which the motor is a conical motor in which diameters of the rotor and the stator decrease from the upstream side toward the downstrea

Abstract: The invention relates to a propulsion system (30) intended to be integrated into a boat (1) and comprising a vertical guide device (31) comprising a member for fixing the vertical guide device (31) to the hull of said boat (1); an electric thruster (32) comprising a gyration box (33), said gyration box (33) being vertically movably mounted on the vertical guide device (31) to be able to adopt an emerged position and a submerged position; a drive system (34) capable of causing a vertical movement of the gyration box (33) of the electric thruster (32) along the guide device (31); a control unit (35) capable of receiving a movement instruction and arranged, in response to said instruction, to control the drive system (34) to cause movement of the gyration box (33) toward the emerged position or toward the submerged position.