Engine Room Intake Refit for the Super Yacht Dancing Hare
Brad Marsden
Director - Marine Air Flow International
35 Years Experience in the Marine Industry
Supersize Air Intake Grilles for the Super Yacht "Dancing Hare"
While we often create engine room ventilation systems for super yachts, the Dancing Hare project was in a class all of its own.
We were invited to quote on updates to Dancing Hare's engine room ventilation sysem when it was undergoing some refit work at Rivergate Marina in Brisbane.
After extensive sea trials on the vessel we learned that the engine room was suffering from a decent level of salt mist ingress & also needed its air flow plan to be reconfigured.
These engine room grilles are now the largest we have constructed (a record previously owned by the hopper barge "Brisbane") at over 4.5 meters in length.
Info on the boat and project
Dancing Hare info:
- 58 m (190 feet)
- 767 T & powered by 2 Caterpillar engines.
- designed by Bannenberg & Rowell Design and built by Amels in 1986
- she has a steel hull and an aluminium superstructure
- Marine Air Flow supplied 2 x intake separator grilles ea aprox 4050mm x 1400mm &
- repowered the existing fans for better air flow
All MAFI grilles are designed and manufactured from high grade marine alloy extrusion & assembled and welded 100% with no dissimilar metals or fixings. This prevents premature corrosion, significantly improving the service life of the product.
For large projects like this we will often construct a freight container to ensure the grilles are delivered to site and ready for installation in perfect condition.
Dancing Hare - another super yacht now with MAFI engine room ventilation equipment
