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.

1 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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