Various works are taking place this month to facilitate the development of the Braymore Wind Park in the north Irish Sea.
A geophysical survey was scheduled to start last week to be completed by early November, subject to weather and operational constraints, to provide site investigation information for the proposed Braymore Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) Array.
The Braymore WTG Array area is located some 18km from Dunany Point in Co Louth at its most northerly point and Braymore Point in Co Dublin at its most southerly.
Operations will be conducted on a 24-hour basis by the Roman Rebel (callsign 2ICA5) and on a 12-hour basis by the Lady Kathleen (Callsign EIXT2). The vessels will display appropriate lights and signals.
Due to the deployment of towed survey equipment, the survey vessels will be restricted in their ability to manoeuvre when surveying.
All other vessels operating in their vicinity are requested to keep their distance and pass at minimum speed to reduce vessel wash. Mariners are advised to keep continuous watch on VHF radio channel 16 when navigating the survey area.
Coordinates and a map of the survey area, as well as contact details, can be found in Marine Notice No 66 of 2022, attached below.
Meanwhile, three surface buoys, three guard buoys and one sub-surface mooring are to be deployed at the wind farm site for a metocean and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) survey campaign.
The deployments are expected to be completed over a two-day period from this Wednesday 5 October, subject to weather and operational constraints. The devices will remain deployed for a period of 12 months.
These operations will be conducted by the Damen Shoalbuster 2409 versatile multi-purpose and shallow draft tug AMS Retriever (callsign MEHI8).
During operations, the vessel will be restricted in its ability to manoeuvre and all other vessels are requested to leave a wide berth during the deployment operations. Radio transmissions will be conducted with other seafarers to notify them of the operations.
Characteristics of the buoys, as well as contact details, coordinates and a map of the deployment area, are included in Marine Notice No 67 of 2022 as attached below.