Patent ID: 6899049
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. An offshore platform, comprising: a buoyant hull having a top, a bottom, and a plurality of substantially flat sides extending between the top and the bottom to form a hull interior, the bottom of the hull including a first aperture positioned substantially in a central portion of the bottom of the hull to thereby define a first tendon access shaft aperture, the top of the hull including a second aperture positioned substantially in a center portion of the top of the hull to thereby define a second tendon access shaft aperture, a conduit extending between the first tendon access shaft aperture and the second tendon access shaft aperture to thereby define a tendon access shaft, the bottom of the hull sealed about the tendon access shaft to prevent loss of buoyancy for the hull interior, and a tendon extending into the tendon access shaft to moor the hull to a site specific location.