Patent ID: 8136465
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: B63B

Abstract:
1. In combination, a vessel, a first stabilizer assembly and a second stabilizer assembly, each stabilizer assembly comprising: at least a first submergible at least partially hollow body comprising at least one closed ballast tank of adjustable ballast; suspending means for suspending the or each body below the vessel such that the or each first body is fully submerged below the water line of the vessel and above the seabed and is movable vertically relative to the seabed, at least one saddle attached to a hull of the vessel for supporting the suspending means and for transferring loads from the suspending means to the vessel, and the first and second stabilizer assemblies being suspended from substantially opposite respective sides of the vessel, wherein a top of the suspending means of the first stabilizer assembly is connected to a top of the suspending means of the second stabilizer assembly by a connection which is structurally separate from the vessel.