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Sound seeker

One of the most difficult tasks faced by marine contractors can be relating the subsurface terrain to their clients. While live video documentation from our commercial dive teams can provide an excellent window to the marine environment, this option may not always be the most feasible or economical option. To solve this dilemma, we offer several high-tech tools in our Hydrographic Survey package for accurately mapping, measuring, and locating targets within a marine environment to a high level of precision

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Commissioned by us in October 2005, ‘Sound Seeker is a purpose-built vessel ideal for near-shore and inshore survey work of canals, lakes, reservoirs, rivers and estuaries offering the following advantages:

  • Transportable by car on a road trailer to any destination
  • A max speed of 12knots reduces the passage times required
  • Large wheel house provides ideal environment for Survey equipment
  • Vessel is capable of operating in water depths as little as 1.4metres

Equipment

Length: 7.0m

Breadth: 2,55m

Draught loaded: 0,7m (with sonar head)

Weight: 2300 kgs

Speed: 12 knots

Aft Deck: 2.4m x 2.4m

Engine: 2*30hp 4 stroke outboards

Electrical power: 1 generator. 3Kva

Navigation aids:Leica SR530 RTK GPS

Radar: Simrad RA 30

Autopilot: Furuno autopilot Navpilot-500.

Gyro: Exsea Octans III

Communications: VHF Simrad RD 68

Accommodation: 1 large tempered wheel house

Survey systems:

Positioning RTK. DGPS – NaviPac/NaviScan

Leica SR530
Sensors:
Singlebeam dual frequency echo sounder – Hydrostar 4300
Reason Seabat 8101 multibeam echo sounder with option for side Scan sonar snippets
Exsea Octans III Fog Gyro with
Pitch, Roll and Heave

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