Seacore s Skate 4 Jack Up Platform; built Italy 1979.
24 x 12 metres. 31.5 metre legs, she can extend to a height of 27 metres above water line, depending on water depth, of course.
It never ceases to amaze me where some of these work, that last one we had in dock Discovery worked in America and then came over here. Some of the smaller boats travel many miles, we tend to forget that.
It is a fitting reminder that Hayle, St Ives and Penzance had connections by sea to the whole world, it changed the world by people and machinery, let alone trade and ships that were sold all over the world. As remarkable as it is when looking at our floating visitors, it is nothing like the maritime hub that we once were.
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