Patent ID: 6651580
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
A mooring system comprising:a plurality of combination winch/windlass units, attached to a floating offshore structure; a first set of fairleads, attached to the floating offshore structure, wherein a first set of mooring lines can be deployed from each combination traction winch/windlass unit, through said first set of fairleads, said first set of mooring lines providing adequate mooring during normal conditions but not during a period when tropical revolving storms are expected in the region of said floating structure; and a second set of fairleads attached to the floating offshore structure, wherein a second set of mooring lines can be deployed from an unused component of each combination traction winch/windlass unit through said second set of fairleads, said second set of mooring lines and said first set of mooring lines together providing adequate mooring during a period when tropical revolving storms are expected in the region of said floating structure.