Another Boat Out of the Water in Anacortes

During a vacation trip to Anacortes, prior to moving to Washington, I posted some pictures of a large vessel out on the dockside being worked on.  I was quite taken with seeing it so high out of the water.  That post is here if you are interested.  We were passing through Anacortes again recently and I decided to go back to the same shipyard to see if something else was there.  Sure enough, another large vessel was sitting in the yard undergoing work.

Seeing a ship this large out of the water is impressive to me.  I got a few photos.  It was an interesting shaped hull.  I think it had propulsor units of some sort based on rotating vanes rather than traditional propellers.  They were a bit hard to see but I think that was what was back there.  My friendly marine engineers might step in here and help out.

One thought on “Another Boat Out of the Water in Anacortes

  1. Denny

    That propulsion system is a Voith drive. If you google Voith drive and scroll through the picks you will find a GIF that shows how it works.

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