Patent ID: 8628274

Claim:
A floating construction ( 1 ), comprising: a base ( 2 ); a tendon ( 17 , 18 ) extending from a sea bed in a direction of the base; a connector ( 27 , 28 ) at an upper end ( 16 , 19 ) of the tendon; means for attachment ( 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 25 , 26 , 33 , 34 ) on the base for attaching to the connector ( 27 , 28 ), the means for attachment comprising a guide member ( 14 , 15 ) for lowering a tendon section ( 12 , 13 ) by a predetermined distance (D 2 ) below a bottom of the base ( 2 ), the distance (D 2 ) in a moored state of the floating construction being between 1 m and 200 m, the tendon section ( 12 , 13 ) at a free end ( 23 , 24 ) being provided with a complementary connector ( 25 , 26 ) for attaching to the connector ( 27 , 28 ) on an upper end ( 16 , 19 ) of the tendon ( 17 , 18 ), the tendon section comprising at an upper end ( 31 , 32 ) a stopper ( 33 , 34 ) for engaging with the guide member ( 14 , 15 ) and for tensioning the tendons ( 17 , 18 ) upon deballasting of the base ( 2 ), whereby the upper end ( 31 , 32 ) of the tendon section is fixed in a vertical direction and a lower end of the tendon section ( 12 , 13 ) extends substantially in line with the tendon ( 17 , 18 ) while the complementary connector ( 25 , 26 ) is situated at a distance (D 2 ) below the bottom of the base; and a pulling device ( 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 ) attached to the tendon section ( 12 , 13 ), for lowering the tendon section ( 12 , 13 ) along the guide member ( 14 , 15 ) towards the tendon ( 17 , 18 ), the pulling device comprising a winch ( 38 , 39 ) on the floating construction and a cable ( 36 , 37 ) extending from the winch to the upper end ( 31 , 32 ) of the tendon section ( 12 , 13 ).