St Cicala Liveaboard

[Angleseyskipper]

looking at the photos of this beastie cracking salvage tool anyone know what skippers ticket and licence you'd need to run the thing?
elfyn

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Yellow Butty Box

looking at the photos of this beastie cracking salvage tool anyone know what skippers ticket and licence you'd need to run the thing?
elfyn

Why ? is it a big mummer ?

[Richie]

Andy =The St Cicala sorry no piccie - see Resurgam from Neil M

PRINCIPAL SHIP'S EQUIPMENT VESSEL PARTICULARS

Hold space for 220 tons Length O.A 35.21m
80 m/T hiab

Breadth 8.99m
Delta 6m RhIB Support boat Draft Loaded 3.0m
- with DGPS & Sounder Gross Tonnage 283 T
Accommodation for 10 Fresh Water 20.11 T
12cu/ft diving compressor Water Ballast 112 T
Mixed gas mixing panel Class Board Of Trade
Accommodation for 10 Builders DC Holmes Ltd
Crew 4 Year Built 1970
Flag British
Crew British
Category Class VIII
RADIO & NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT PROPULSION & POWER
Auto Pilot and Gyro Compass Propulsion Lister Blackstone ERS8
Sailor RT2048 VHF 660 BHP @ 750 RPM
Waterproof hand-held VHF Single Screw
2 x VHF
Backup GPS & Back-up Raython sounder Gearbox Lister Blackstone
Sat –C phone with fax and e.mail
CSI Wireless DGPS Max Generators Perkins 68 kVA
Olex Plotter with bathymetric ground discrimination Perkins 30 kVA
and 3D capability ether linked to Simrad EQ60 Echo Sounder
Furuno Radar Fuel Capacity 26.7 T
Aquascan MC5, 100 magnetometer - PC interfaced Consumption @ 8.0 Knots 1.5 T per day Max Speed 10 Knots


And rolls like a pig

[Ian@1904]

Andy here are the details

Hold space for 220 tons Length O.A 35.21m
80 m/T hiab Breadth 8.99m
Delta 6m RhIB Support boat Draft Loaded 3.0m
- with DGPS & Sounder Gross Tonnage 283 T
Accommodation for 10 Fresh Water 20.11 T
12cu/ft diving compressor Water Ballast 112 T
Mixed gas mixing panel Class Board Of Trade
Accommodation for 10 Builders DC Holmes Ltd
Crew 4 Year Built 1970
Flag British
Crew British
Category Class VIII

[Andy the Coastie]

Originally Posted by Ian@1904

Andy here are the details

Hold space for 220 tons Length O.A 35.21m
80 m/T hiab Breadth 8.99m
Delta 6m RhIB Support boat Draft Loaded 3.0m
- with DGPS & Sounder Gross Tonnage 283 T
Accommodation for 10 Fresh Water 20.11 T
12cu/ft diving compressor Water Ballast 112 T
Mixed gas mixing panel Class Board Of Trade
Accommodation for 10 Builders DC Holmes Ltd
Crew 4 Year Built 1970
Flag British
Crew British
Category Class VIII

Wow , me wants one

[Steve S]

It's a crackin boat and a hell of a drop into the water I believe it was used to re stock ammunitions in a previous life.

Safe diving,
Steve

[Ron Mahoney]

Elfyn,

depends what you want to do with a vessel that size. In Liverpool we were in dock with her two "Insect Class" sister ships - the Scan Scarab and the Cockshaffer - try selling that as a liveaboard - that's why she's becoming the "Fyne Spirit".

The Scan Scarab is a pure salvage boat with large derrick and boom for a 2 tonne grab system. To get her into Lloyds class for a five year ticket runs to between £18-25k. The Fyne Spirit once converted is off Whale watching around the Scottish Isles during the summer and will be off Tenerife in the winter. They have gone for a "super-yacht" ticket but still only licensed for 12. Our class is Board Of Trade - Short Internatiomnal Voyages - still cost around £20k to get her re-flagged (was Belize) and into class. Skippers ticket - if you were thinking of something this size you'd probably have to get a "Commercial Endorsement" to your ticket depending what you've got.

With her size, it took us a while to find our skipper as most with the required tickets earn far in excess of a liveaboard; so we went for a guy who is semi-retired (at 55!!) - in that he doesn't want to spend six months away - but still has all his masters tickets and likes what we want to do. The other thing MCA will come down on with a vessel this size are the qualifications of the engineer - in our case we have a fully ticketed Cheif Engineer and 2nd engineer for offshore work. Thats why the likes of Richie Stevenson at Deep Blue and George Mayer of GEM Marine went for the smaller "Loyal Class".

Hope this helps

ATB

Ron

After thought - it wasn't just a "I wonder if they've got the right (legal) people question was it Elv?!!

[Angleseyskipper]

Originally Posted by Ron Mahoney

Elfyn,

depends what you want to do with a vessel that size. In Liverpool we were in dock with her two "Insect Class" sister ships - the Scan Scarab and the Cockshaffer - try selling that as a liveaboard - that's why she's becoming the "Fyne Spirit".

The Scan Scarab is a pure salvage boat with large derrick and boom for a 2 tonne grab system. To get her into Lloyds class for a five year ticket runs to between £18-25k. The Fyne Spirit once converted is off Whale watching around the Scottish Isles during the summer and will be off Tenerife in the winter. They have gone for a "super-yacht" ticket but still only licensed for 12. Our class is Board Of Trade - Short Internatiomnal Voyages - still cost around £20k to get her re-flagged (was Belize) and into class. Skippers ticket - if you were thinking of something this size you'd probably have to get a "Commercial Endorsement" to your ticket depending what you've got.

With her size, it took us a while to find our skipper as most with the required tickets earn far in excess of a liveaboard; so we went for a guy who is semi-retired (at 55!!) - in that he doesn't want to spend six months away - but still has all his masters tickets and likes what we want to do. The other thing MCA will come down on with a vessel this size are the qualifications of the engineer - in our case we have a fully ticketed Cheif Engineer and 2nd engineer for offshore work. Thats why the likes of Richie Stevenson at Deep Blue and George Mayer of GEM Marine went for the smaller "Loyal Class".

Hope this helps

ATB

Ron

After thought - it wasn't just a "I wonder if they've got the right (legal) people question was it Elv?!!

No Ron just curious as its not something you see as a liveaboard a vessel of this size.
now many passengers is it licenced for?
elfyn

[angleseydiver]

I got a Commercial endorsement on my ticket, Ron, gizza job!

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Yellow Butty Box

how many passengers is it licenced for?
elfyn

Elfyn, there were 10 of us on her the other week in two cabins, one for 8 and a 2 berth.

Intrigued as to why you are asking.