Locationwise though, I'm worried about the stability of the ship - a cruise ship can feel wobbly enough when static, what methods are going to be used to stabilize the seaste[a]d?
That's a core aspect of the project, and we've done extensive research (short of a basin study with a ship model, which is too expensive for the funding stage we're at).
First,
NOAA buoys around the location have been recording wave and current data since
1980. BitcoinNordic founder Lasse Birk Olesen (
fimp here on the forum) analyzed the wave data while he interned for us, and constructed this chart of durations of large wave events:
http://blueseed.co/media/Blueseed_vessel_stability_vs._ocean_waves.pngIf you total the numbers, it amounts to a significant wave height under 3 meters, 93% of the time.
Second, a smaller offshore accommodation vessel, the
Dan Swift (149m x 24m) was
shown (
mirror in Spanish) to have a
Motion Illness Ratio within the acceptable European standards for ferries, in ocean conditions near Brazil worse (3.5m significant wave height, double wind speed, 15m/s) than those we are likely to encounter.
Third, there is still roll, and there is still that 7% of the time with taller waves. There are two solutions to this:
1. Cruise ships are equipped with
stabilizer fins. They work when the ship is in motion; the higher the speed, the better they work. One solution is to run the ship in a very large circle or figure 8.
2. Another, greener, solution works while
at anchor or at low speed, using actively-controlled fins (such as the
Stabilisation at rest system developed by Rolls Royce that oscillate to counteract wave motion), and rotary cylinders employing the
Magnus effect (developed by Quantum Med Marine under the
MagLift Zero Speed name).
Which solution we'll choose is a tradeoff between the initial capital investment and operating cost.
BTC investmentsDan, with so many potential investors using Bitcoins I'd suggest you try to iron a way for BTC owners to invest in blueseed. I sure would like to own a piece of a seaste[a]d - This is a shared ideal by many, to get away from the politicians enslaving us and get a step closer to full freedom.
I've been thinking about that since I saw the Reddit thread "
Any Bitcoin millionaires here on reddit" (I responded to the folks there, albeit a bit too late). There have been a few more threads of that nature in the meantime,
Today I'm a millionaire (deleted account),
Bitcoin millionaires, do they (really) exist ?,
How 23-year-old Charlie Shrem became a millionaire through Bitcoin. Unfortunately, I don't have access to
http://www.reddit.com/r/BitcoinMillionaires...
We're already running a round on
AngelList, accepting USD investments in exchange for equity.
What would the community suggest as ways to enable
Blueseed to raise investments in BTC?
