After a flurry of superyacht activity at Trafalgar Wharf earlier this year, it's now the turn of the less glamorous, but equally important side of our refit and maintenance business to take centre stage. At the time of writing, we're lucky enough to have two vessels onsite - SD Moorfowl a former Mooring and Salvage vessel operated by Serco Denholm that is being converted into a diving support vessel and Split Two, a hopper barge owned by ML(UK) of Portsmouth with us for maintenance work. First off is Split Two - more information on her can be found here
And here is SD Moorfowl.
More information on Serco Denholm's work is here and photos of SD Moorfowl in action can be found on this site. Trafalgar Wharf's Operations Manager, Simon Oatley completed this years' Round the Island Race in " Grand Slam", a 37 foot Grand Soleil and stormed to a 1st in Class (Class 2A) and a fantastic top 50 spot overall, crossing the line in 48th position.
This year's Round the Island race has been described as one of the most successful on record, with good weather and close racing. Most of the 1700 boats finished before sunset and the monohull ICAP Leopard was the first monohull to finish, with Nordic folkboat "Nordic Bear" taking the Gold Roman Bowl.
Ben Ainslie, Shirley Robertson and Paul Goodison - all Olympic Gold medallists, all sailing stars and were all in Cowes for the race. Ben, Britain's most successful Olympic sailor of all time with three Gold medals to his name, was racing on board J.P. Morgan Asset Management Prince's Trust, a Ker 46, with a group of young ambassadors from the Trust who have been through their ‘Get into Maritime' programme and are now working in the industry. Shirley skippered Team Volvo for Life 1 John Merricks, a TP52. Shirley won consecutive Gold medals in Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. Paul Goodison is the current Olympic, World, European and British Laser champion. Paul was on the VO60, Team Volvo for Life 2.
Historic TV Star at Trafalgar Wharf In amongst the ocean girdling Velux 5 Oceans yachts and the carousel of super yachts that have graced Trafalgar Wharf of late, there's been one other very special guest with us recently.
High Speed Launch 102 is featured in ITV's current TV series "All At Sea" starring Mark Durden-Smith, Nick Hancock, Richard Madely, Dawn Porter and Rosemary Shrager.
HSL has a fascinating history - HSL 102 was one of the RAF 100 class High Speed Launches which joined the RAF fleet in 1937 to increase the operational range duties of the 200 class seaplane tenders. Built by The British Power Boat Company at Hythe, the 100 class HSLs were designed by Fred Cooper. The class were a stretched version of the 60ft MTB hull and the prototype was the format on which the RAF based their decision for a new type of high speed launch. A full technical specification can be found on the warboats website here and details of her restoration programme are covered here. Here's a photo of her in action:
Australia's Velux 5 Ocean Yacht At Trafalgar Wharf
Garry Golding, the renowned Australian sailor conquered an important milestone in the preparation on his way to the start line of the VELUX 5 OCEANS, the round the world yacht race which starts on 17th October 2010 from La Rochelle.
Garry has spent the past few weeks in Gosport (UK) bringing together a handpicked team of people to assist him to get his Eco 60, OZ, out of the water.
First stop was “Endeavour Quays” to load the mast that Garry had purchased from Hugo Boss onto the deck (hopefully that will be the last time you see the mast carried in a horizontal position). It was then on up the channel to get safely to Trafalgar Wharf arriving just minutes before high tide. Garry says “We made good time up the channel doing about 5 knots and the tide was probably running at another 2 knots”.
The rest of the day was hectic, the crane lifted “OZ” onto the cradle. As soon as she was in the cradle the guys from Marine Tech Engineering climbed aboard and started work on a “problematic bolt” that need to be removed before the keel could come off. Garry says “It was a massive relief when Elvedin shouted across the yard to him with the bolt in hand”. Garry assisted by Perry, Tony and Phil at Trafalgar Wharf and Alan Nebauer worked tirelessly until the keel was removed and the boat positioned in her cradle correctly.
What a relief getting into the yard successfully, getting the keel off and being ready to start work to enable her to get back into the water for her official measuring and the qualifying voyage.Garry says the team at Trafalgar Wharf & the crane from King Lifting are already booked to get “OZ” back into the water – again at a time when the tide will be at her highest.
Oz arriving at Trafalgar Wharf
Superyachts at Trafalgar Wharf May has seen a steady stream of new arrivals at Trafalgar Wharf, including some award winning superyachts here for routine maintenance and surveys. The calibre of our guests is testament not only to the facilities on offer here, but also the expertise that our on- site tenants bring to the superyacht sector. T6, the 2008 winner of Motor Yacht of the Year and Best Displacement Motor Yacht (500T to 1,299T) categories! At a little over 48m, this Dutch designed (Pieter Beeldsnijder Design) and New Zealand build super yacht is a stunning guest at Trafalgar Wharf - this time visiting us for a survey.
A different style of superyacht "Kiring" has been with us for the last week or so - an expedition category yacht, she can be seen here lying ashore ahead of "Senses" whilst being worked on at Trafalgar Wharf.
and here in the wet berth. More information on "Kiring" can be found here.
Last but certainly not least, we have welcomed "Senses" to Trafalgar Wharf. With a stunning Francis Design exterior and a Phillipe Starck interior, she is a real head turner and provided an impressive addition to the Trafalgar Wharf skyline whilst with us this month…
Have a look at the article by clicking here.
Moody owner tells Trafalgar Wharf what he really thinks...
BVT say farewell to Trafalgar Wharf Friday 29th January 2010 was a sad day for the small team from BVT Halmatic, lead by Dave Moody, who said their final farewell to Trafalgar Wharf after completing the final military workboat for the British Army. Many of the staff had been at the site, which used to be Vosper Thorneycroft, for over twenty years. They have now moved into HM Dockyard at Portsmouth under BAE Systems. 
Senses arrives at Trafalgar Wharf The Senses arrived at Trafalgar Wharf on Sunday 31st January 2010. She is the biggest superyacht that Trafalgar Wharf has welcomed to the yard since having taken it over in September 2007. 
Have a look at the following video of the Senses. Click here to view.
Trafalgar Wharf - Team of the Year - January 2010 Trafalgar Wharf was awarded third place for Team of the Year. Jonny Boys, Simon Oatley, Lisa Simpson, Tony Parkinson and Phil Weight all went up to collect the award. Congratulations and Well Done. 
Left: Louise Boys, Jonny Boys, Simon Oatley, Matt Rogers (JBT Marine), Lisa Simpson, Tony Parkinson & Phil Weight
 The Waterside Restaurant/Bar opens at Trafalgar Wharf September 2009 The Waterside Restaurant/Bar is now open at Trafalgar Wharf. Located just near the main entrance, the Waterside has an outside decked area for alfresco dining and comfortable leather sofa and table seating inside. A varied menu of home cooked food and daily specials. Fresh cakes and sandwiches and take away. The Waterside is open from 7am for breakfast until early evening Tuesday to Saturday. ---------- Tuesday 25th August, 2009 A new course venue will help Highbury College Portsmouth propel its students into exciting careers in the marine engineering industry. Having recently increased its range of boat-building and marine engineering courses, the College is expanding its facilities to include a workshop situated in Portsmouth’s Trafalgar Wharf, already a key location for marine and industrial businesses. The new training facility is currently being refurbished to contain all the technical equipment needed to support the hands-on vocational training offered by the courses. Martin Porter, Head of Automotive and Engineering at Highbury College, says: “It is an exciting opportunity. We had a good look around before deciding on this site but Trafalgar Wharf seems the perfect location for marine-based training. It has a strong marine history, being the former VT Halmatic site, and is home to a number of marine and industrial companies, as well as having access to the water.” “We teach both traditional skills plus newer, more modern techniques so students have a fully-rounded understanding of the subject of boat construction, maintenance and repair. So the workshop will be equipped for working with fibreglass and also have a full woodwork facility. As of January this year, Highbury now offers a PEO (Performing Engineering Operations - Marine) NVQ Level 2, which includes both theory and practical work to give students valuable knowledge and insights into various aspects of the engineering and marine industry. This first course has now been successfully delivered with a 95% pass rate and the graduate students are actively seeking employment within the industry. The College is also running an Apprenticeship in Boat Building (Marine Engineering) and is aiming to run several more marine engineering courses in the next academic year, including a City and Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Boat Construction, Maintenance and Support- a work-related course designed to give students the skills to launch their career in the industry. Martin says: “They are vocational courses designed with the industry in mind, to give students a grounding in the areas they require to get a job. We don’t want to teach them just theory; we want to give them the hands-on skills they require in the workplace. “On completing their course, students will be able to demonstrate that they can be useful to their employer from the start. They will be capable of earning the company money and contributing to its bottom line.” For students who would like an introduction to the subject, the College also offers a 10 hour Step Up course giving them a taste of the marine engineering courses. Highbury College is now actively recruiting students to all of its marine engineering courses. For more information about courses at Highbury College Portsmouth, please call (023) 9238 3131 or visit www.highbury.ac.uk. ---------- Supplied by OCEANWAVE the internet connection is very easy to set up and pay for. Once you have an account you can use it at any of their locations. There are now more than 40 marinas where you can benefit from using your OCEANWAVE account and soon you will be able to use it at international locations going live over the next few months! See their current UK locations here. On your laptop search for WIRELESS NETWORKS, select OCEANWAVE and follow the simple instructions (you may need to refresh your browser). Having problems connecting? Call OCEANWAVE on 08451 240404. ----------
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